Loosing your physical homeland and permanently living in the cloud

The island of TUVALU sits peacefully in the middle of the pacific ocean.

With a population shyly north of 10,000 people they are the second least populated country after the Vatican city

The population here though is suffering from climate change and this may be the first official country to loose itself the to ocean as we know it and can record it today. There are plenty of ruins under the sea, but this country has taken an opportunity that has never been done before. They are “digitalizing” their country in the cloud.

Their plan is to create the first digital nation, re-creating and creating historical descriptions of the country today going through great lengths of detail from a mapping perspective, historical and cultural perspective, including community input from their citizens. This online replica will preserve not just the country’s beauty but the rights of the people as well. They have agreements with other sovereign nations ( permanent sovereignty with The Bahamas, Cook Islands, Gabon, Republic of Kosovo, Marshall Islands, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Taiwan, Vanuatu, and Venezuela) that ensures they are still seen as citizens of Tuvalu, through a digital passport on blockchain.

It’s incredible to think that your country you belong to is not physical anymore.

We hope to see Karalo Maibuca still compete in the next 100m race at the next Olympics, but he may no longer be able to train on his native turf.

We must address climate change, and we must address our digital future.