The President of Palau | Network State Podcast with Balaji #3

The President of Palau and Balaji discuss how the tiny island country is becoming a digital leader, experimenting with everything from on-chain identity to drone delivery. Despite having less than 20,000 citizens, Palau is a full UN member state. Its path to diplomatic recognition holds many lessons for aspiring founders of new communities. Joining Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. in this chat is William Wang, founder of rns.id, the Palaun government’s crypto identity partner. If you're interested in these topics, you'll be interested in Network School. Apply online at https://ns.com. OUTLINE 0:00 - Intro 2:03 - The Republic of Palau 6:18 - Palau's path to sovereignty 8:35 - How Palau is using crypto 10:40 - The President's background 16:51 - Returning to Palau 18:42 - What is rns.id? 25:08 - How the Palau government works 27:23 - Partnerships in Palau 34:15 - Diplomatic relations 36:29 - How small countries punch above their weight 42:00 - Tech policy in Palau 45:04 - How Palau became a sovereign country 48:59 - Outro AUDIO 1) Apple: https://apple.co/3Zgt4W3 2) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3YVbYgC CREDITS Editing: @DholakiaJaydeep Images: @elijah10t SOCIAL   / surangeljr   https://rns.id   / balajis   https://thenetworkstate.com/podcast https://ns.com