Institutional incumbent
A sovereign territorial state whose population is, or is treated as, a single nation; the default baseline for territorial governance.
Institutional incumbentNetworked alternativeHybrid coordination
Reading the radar chart
Each spoke is one of eight scored attributes. Further out = further along that attribute's scale, from the first value listed to the last; a “variable” scale is plotted half-way. Color shows form lineage. Hover a point for its value and definition.
- TerritoryTerritorial claim:
- None → Symbolic / networked → Pursued → Sovereign (recognized)
- LegalLegal personhood:
- None → Informal → Incorporated wrapper → Sovereign entity
- Decentr.Decentralization:
- Centralized → Federated → Fully decentralized
- ScaleScale:
- Local → Regional → National → Global
- DecisionDecision-making:
- Hierarchical → Representative → Token-weighted → Consensus / deliberative → Liquid democracy
- MembersMembership:
- Birthright / citizenship → Employment / ownership → Values alignment → Token / NFT → Trust network
- CapitalCapital model:
- Taxation → Equity / profit → Dues / grants → On-chain treasury → Commons-pooled
- PurposePurpose:
- Profit-maximizing → Mission-driven → Civic / public good → Commons stewardship
Sorted by Form lineage, Ascending
Institutional incumbent
A legally incorporated company owned by shareholders and run for their profit; the default baseline for equity-owned organization.
Institutional incumbent
A mission-driven organization with legal personhood and no owners entitled to its profits; the default baseline for non-equity organization.
Networked alternative
A collectively owned organization run by rules encoded in smart contracts, with decisions made through open proposals and votes.
Networked alternative
An online community that crowdfunds physical territory in several places and seeks diplomatic recognition as a sovereign state.
Networked alternative
A digitally native community that exercises functional sovereignty without exclusive territorial claims.
Networked alternative
A DAO whose population is a trust network, with a capacity for 'extreme decisioning' beyond ordinary coordination.
Networked alternative
A framework for bootstrapping and sustaining commons projects by offering participants shared stakes in the organization behind them.
Networked alternative
A cooperative model that tracks pro-bono commons work, paid work, and care work as three separate value streams.
Hybrid coordination
A multi-stakeholder network across geographic, institutional, and sectoral lines, working on global problems no single sector can solve.