The Republic Of ‘X’
Chapter I
Disclaimer:
Dear Reader,
What you’re about to read is… well… let’s call it “almost” science fiction. A mixture of speculation, suggestions, and pure “What if?” moments that I have decided to share here in my blog.
If you’re not into these kinds of topics, you can skip this series entirely, but if you do decide to stick around, I only ask one thing: don’t judge too harshly.
Think of this as a sandbox for my imagination, where I get to build a world that is perfect, perfect for Me.
Like I wrote in my About page, I share anything and everything that pops into my mind — and sometimes, that means wandering into speculative sci-fi territory. This is one of those times.
So… let’s begin.
The Birth Of An Idea
I wish I could tell you the exact moment this idea struck me. Was it a post on X that I read? A podcast I overheard? A late-night YouTube rabbit hole? Honestly… I don’t know.
It feels more like this “Republic of X” has been quietly growing in the background of my mind for years. A slow drip of everything I’ve read, seen, and heard about civilizations, technology, politics, and human ambition. Eventually, all those droplets gathered into a single question:
“If we could create an entirely new civilization from scratch, an empire with no baggage, no outdated rules, what would it look like?”
And naturally, one question led to a hundred more:
Where would it be? When would it rise? What would its core principles be? Would it thrive, collapse, or reshape humanity forever?
At some point, I realized I had to stop letting these ideas float around aimlessly and start shaping them into something more structured:
a kind of speculative blueprint. Not a utopia, not a dystopia… something else entirely.
Why I think this isn’t just fiction
Sure, you can treat everything you’ll read here as pure science fiction. But remember: the past is full of ideas that started as fiction and ended up shaping reality. A few examples:
Leonardo da Vinci – sketched the “Aerial Screw” in the 1480s, a concept eerily close to the modern helicopter.
Cyrano de Bergerac – in 1657, described rocket-powered spaceflight in Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon.
Jules Verne – imagined the submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1873).
Back then, these ideas were just as wild as faster-than-light travel seems to us now. And yet… here we are, flying, diving, and even sending rockets to Mars.
Things We Still Haven’t Figured Out (Yet)
Not every prediction makes the leap into reality — at least, not yet:
Faster-Than-Light travel
Contact with advanced alien civilizations
Mind uploading / digital immortality
But here’s the thing: with the pace of modern technology, the line between sci-fi and reality is getting blurrier every year. The only things holding us back now are
artificial bottlenecks (human-made constraints) and superficial ones (cultural, religious, political, economic), and those are far more stubborn than physics.
The Core of the Republic of X
So here’s the seed of it: The Republic of X is a thought experiment — a nation, a civilization — where all those artificial bottlenecks are stripped away. No brakes. No “we’ve always done it this way.” No outdated blueprints from ancient empires.
In other words: full throttle.
It’s a place where the mindset of e/acc (effective accelerationism) isn’t a fringe internet philosophy but the operating system of society. Where we stop asking “Should we?” and start asking “How fast can we?”
This is the world I want to explore with you in this series. A place that doesn’t exist… yet.
If you’re still here, buckle up. The next chapters will start laying the foundation — geography, governance, culture, economy — of The Republic of X.
And who knows? Maybe someday, someone will stumble on these posts and say, “Funny… that’s exactly how it started.”
Thanks again for spending your precious time reading here, Ti’ll next time.
Michael.
My Financial Journey
Chapter I
Dear Reader,
Where do I even begin?
If life followed the neat rhythm of a Three act structure: Setup, Confrontation, Resolution—this story would be much simpler. But my financial journey? was nothing like that at all.
No dramatic beginning
I grew up in a lower - middle class family. Thank god that my parents raised me and my brother with everything that truly mattered:
Food on the table, clothes on our backs, and even the occasional family trip.
Yes there were many many things we couldn’t afford, Like expensive trips, and new cars, but my parents always knew what is important for our development and personal growth without feeling deprived.
We even managed once to travel abroad on a cruise ship around the Greek Islands (I think it was for my Bar-Mitzvah or something).
No Classic confrontation
I had always wanted to figure out how the “rich people” live? and how did they get there?
When I finished my military service and stepped into the “real world,” that curiosity became a quest. I was fortunate to be entering adulthood during the boom of social media and the explosion of free, easily accessible information.
There is a Resolution… or at least a path
From the first day that I had started living on my own*, I’ve set to myself two major goals:
I would buy my first property with cash - no leverage, no mortgage.
I would be a Millionaire** by the age of 30.
Fueled by books, blogs, YouTube videos, and financial mentors, I created a plan:
Get Rich from Investing in the stock market and not by grinding endless hours or hoarding every penny.
Simple plan. Hard execution.
I didn’t hit my millionaire goal by 30 (I’m 33 now). I haven’t bought that first property yet, and apparently buying a property without mortgage is kinda stupid, But what I have learned is something very common that many self-made people discover along the way:
Your goals can be clear, but the road is rarely straight. It twists, dips, and takes you places you didn’t expect. And while I’m still on that journey, I’ve found that the ride itself—the lessons, the failures, the wins, are worth every moment.
Until next time, may your own path take you closer to where you want to be.
Michael.
own* - My first roommate was one of my best friends from high school.
Millionaire** - 1 Million Israeli Shekels in Assets.
The People Who Have Shaped Me
Dear Reader,
I wanted to share with you this thoughtfully curated list of influential figures from around the world, spanning every field, subject, and topic that has profoundly shaped my personality and worldview. Some names may seem immediately familiar and expected, while others might surprise you with their unexpected impact. Please note that this collection is a living reflection of my evolving values—I'll periodically update, edit, add, or remove entries to better align with what resonates as authentic and meaningful to me.
Here it is:
Astronomy
Nicolaus Copernicus,
Johannes Kepler,
Edwin Hubble,
Carl Sagan
Art
Leonardo Da Vinci,
Stan Lee
Walt Disney
Hayao Miyazaki
Akira Toriyama
Biology
Charles Darwin
Richard Dawkins
Chemistry
Dmitri Mendeleev
Marie Curie
Cinema
Steven Spielberg
Quentin Tarantino
Christopher Nolan
Engineering
Nikola Tesla
Henry Ford
Elon Musk
Leonardo da Vinci
Entrepreneurship
Elon Musk
Jack Ma
Jeff Bezos
Thomas Edison
Mark Zuckerber
Finance
Milton Freidman
Thomas Sowell
Warren Buffet
Charlie Munger
Peter Lynch
Cathie Wood
Hasolidit
MrMoneyMustache
Health and Fitness
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Andrew Huberman
Jeff Cavaliere
David Goggins
History
Alexander the Great
Abraham Lincoln
Napoleon Bonaparte
Julius Caesar
Martin Luther King Jr.
Nelson Mandela
Mahatma Gandhi
Jewdaism
Manis Friedman
Zamir Cohen
Igal Cohen
Aharon Levi
Menachem Mendel Schneerson - The Rebbe
Moses Ben-Maimon (RAMBAM)
Music
Hans Zimmer
Literature
Aldous Huxley
Albert Camus
Ayn Rand
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
George Orwell
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Walter Isaacson
Jules Verne
Isaac Asimov
J.R.R. Tolkien
Yuval Noah Harari
Technology
Naval Ravikant
Elon Musk
Steve Jobs
Alex Karp
Jeff Bazos
Sundar Pichai
Jensen Huang
Lisa Su
Physics
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstein
Psychology
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
Jordan Peterson
Viktor Frankl
Philosophy
Aristotle
Socrates
Confucius
Plato
Marcus Aurelius (Stoics)
Baruch Spinoza
Friedrich Nietzsche
Alan Watts
Epicurus
Visionary
Ray Kurzweil
Tom Lee
Peter Thiel
Yuval Noah Harari
Space Exploration
Carl Sagan
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
Johannes Kepler
Edwin Hubble
Spirituality
Osho
Sadghuru
Lao Tsu
Thank you for reading, and I hope you have managed to find some Mentors that you could relate to.
Michael.
It all begins with a pen stroke
Dear reader,
Welcome to the very first entry of my personal blog.
After years of hesitation—and, truthfully, a quiet fear of writing in public—I’ve finally found the courage to begin. This space is something I’ve long dreamed of creating: a home for my thoughts, questions, insights, and curiosities. No filters. No pseudonyms. Just me, Michael Martusevich, writing under my real name with as much honesty as I can offer.
In a world full of curated personas and masked identities, I’ve chosen to show up early, as I am—flawed, thoughtful, evolving. If you’ve stumbled here without knowing who I am: welcome. I’m grateful you’re here.
This blog will not follow a single theme or niche. It’s not about finance or tech or philosophy—it’s about all of them and more. I’ll write about whatever captures my mind: spirituality, personal growth, AI, relationships, health, and the meaning of it all. Think of it less as a brand, and more as a living journal.
Things will likely shift. My writing, style, structure, and focus will evolve—as will I. Five years from now, I hope this place will look nothing like it does today. That’s the whole point of growth.
Thank you for joining me at the start. I write these words with deep appreciation and genuine love.
Let’s see where this pen stroke leads.
– Michael