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Podcast: The Scandinavian History Podcast
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011 Here's the Thing
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:34:49
Publish Date: 2020-09-25 08:24:34
Description:

In the year 930, the Icelandic Commonwealth was established. The Icelanders set up a libertarian utopia of personal freedom and sheep farming, governed by the Althing—an assembly that passed laws and settled disputes—but that had absolutely zero executive power. Instead, law enforcement was left to the citizens themselves. It worked better than you might have expected.
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