The announcement comes nearly two years after the organization began a Trigger the Move campaign, which sought to get 20,000 people to move to the community.

"Today, we announce that the Free State Project has officially Triggered the Move, and that participants now have five years from February 3, 2016 to move to New Hampshire to help build the world's first intentional liberty community," said Free State Project president Carla Gericke during a speech to commemorate the occasion. "I don't mean 'intentional community' like kibbutz or commune, but a statewide community bound by the principles of liberty, which can neatly be summarized as a 'live and let live' mentality."

According to Gericke, the 20,000 signatories mark was reached two years earlier than anticipated and over 2,000 people have already moved to New Hampshire (referred to simply as "the shire" by the group), purchasing upwards of $30 million in real estate.