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The world has global problems, but no global democracy to solve them. AI safety, climate change, and economic inequality ignore borders, but our political systems are locked inside them. The World Republic is building the layer that is missing: a platform where anyone, anywhere, can take part in the decisions that cross every border. To see how that mission applies to specific global challenges, explore Campaigns.

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How World Republic governance works today

The World Republic is early, and the platform is operated by a Swiss association. During this stewardship phase the founding team runs it, so the election system, verification, and party infrastructure can be tested and changed quickly. The elections held today are test elections: open to every registered party, experimental, and non-binding.

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How control shifts over time

Control moves to citizens in three phases:
  1. Phase 1 (current): Stewardship and incubation
    Governance is non-binding while test elections validate systems and support political party development.
  2. Phase 2: Constitution ratification
    A global referendum ratifies the constitution and formalizes the permanent governance framework.
  3. Phase 3: Citizen governance
    Binding elections transfer full governing authority to citizens under constitutional rules.
Phase transitions depend on readiness criteria such as security, participation, and institutional maturity rather than fixed calendar dates.

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What protects citizens in every phase

The roadmap changes who governs. It does not change these.
  • Open source: The platform is free software under the GNU AGPL, so anyone can read how voting, verification, and rewards work — and the license lets anyone run their own copy. What is published is a snapshot, and it is older than the version running today. Section 9.1 of the Terms of Use sets out what we have published and what we have not.
  • No lock-in: The world drachma you earn can be withdrawn onchain, to a wallet you control.
  • Ballot privacy: The ballot is secret. We record that you voted, so nobody can vote twice, and your choice goes into the party’s total with no record of which party you chose — not on any screen, and in no row we keep, for any election we have ever run. The app’s Your data page names the one trace that voting leaves in the database, and what reading that trace would take. Only party totals are published, and only once an election has closed. Telling people how you voted is your choice.
  • No legal name, no documents: Proving you are a real, unique person takes a short camera scan — no legal name and no identity document. Signing in with Google stores no name, email, or photo. The scan does process biometric data: the Privacy Policy sets out what is captured, where it is held, and how to have it deleted.
These hold during stewardship, and they are not up for negotiation under citizen governance.