About
What is Exipolis?
Exipolis is an atlas of emergent cities — a directory of the charter cities, special economic zones, master-planned communities, and network states being built around the world. It exists because there is no single, up-to-date reference for the new-city movement. Until now, tracking these projects meant piecing together scattered press releases, investor decks, and scholarly papers. Exipolis brings them together in one place.
What we catalog
The atlas tracks every project we can verify — from operational ZEDEs like Próspera to announced network states like Praxis, from legacy SEZ successes like Tatu City to ambitious visions like California Forever. If a group of people is seriously trying to build a new jurisdiction, district, or community from the ground up — and they’ve made their intentions public — they belong here.
How we define things
- Charter City (ZEDE)
- A new city operating under the Honduran Zone for Employment and Economic Development framework. Examples: Próspera, Ciudad Morazán.
- Charter City
- A city with its own legal or regulatory framework outside standard municipal law.
- Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
- A designated area with distinct regulatory or tax rules for attracting investment. Examples: Tatu City, GIFT City, Oxagon.
- Digital Economic Zone
- An SEZ specifically designed for remote workers and internet-native companies. Example: Itana.
- Master-planned Community
- A large residential or mixed-use development designed as an integrated whole. Examples: Teravalis, Masdar City, Appolonia.
- New City
- A greenfield city development under standard municipal law. Examples: California Forever, Nusantara, Xiong'an.
- Network State
- A digital-first community with ambitions toward physical settlement and eventual diplomatic recognition. Examples: Praxis, Network School.
- Pop-up City
- A recurring temporary gathering of technologists, researchers, or builders. Examples: Edge City, Zuzalu.
Status labels
Projects move through three phases. We label each one honestly:
- Operational
- Residents, businesses, or tenants are already on the ground. The project exists physically.
- Under development
- Construction has started or the legal framework is in place, but the project isn't yet operational at scale.
- Announced
- The project has been publicly launched with a named operator and a stated plan, but little or no ground has broken.
- Cancelled
- The project was formally wound down or abandoned before reaching operation.
What we don't do
Exipolis is a directory, not a magazine. We don’t rank projects. We don’t pick winners. We don’t tell you whether a project is good or bad, likely or doomed. We try to represent each project the way its operators describe it, using accurate data and neutral language. Judgment is the reader’s.
Sources
Facts are drawn from each project’s official website, press statements, and reputable reporting. Where figures differ between sources, we use the most recently disclosed data and note the date. Where data is unavailable, the field is left empty rather than estimated.
Contact
Submissions, corrections, and tips: Use the Submit page to add a project or suggest a correction.
For inclusion criteria and sourcing methodology, see the Methodology page.