[Tail Gunner]

(12-28-2013 03:24 AM)Icarus Wrote:  

It's a lovely idea, but...

What if I am an eccentric billionaire and I decide to buy a bunch of amphibious vehicles and hire a bunch of mercenaries, and then invade your "start-up city" and hold everyone hostage until a hefty ransom is paid?

Who will defend you? The government of Honduras? The United States?

You are reading way too much into the word "autonomous." These fee trade zones will be similar to Hong Kong, which is an autonomous free trade zone located within a host country.

So, if mythical billionaire-backed mercenaries attack such a city, then they also attack the host country. Enough said.