CVTas

Continuity Village Tasmania — systematic site selection and planning for disaster-resilient community development in Tasmania.

181 Properties
39 Regions (LGAs)
26 Scoring Criteria
4 Evaluators
3 Showcases
What is CVTas?

A site selection and planning system for a self-sufficient community in Tasmania.

It's likely that we build superintelligence relatively soon, well before the kind of alignment you need for superintelligence to go well is solved. Under this world-model, most of the remaining good timelines lie in worlds where things go so badly wrong that datacenters are not maintained. Preparing a remote and well stocked village or farm is relatively practical before supply chains collapse, but not after.

The project aims to prepare such a location and move as many of the top researchers as want a peaceful research retreat over soon, with room for emergency late-joiners. Research focus: AI safety researchers doing math/philosophy-heavy and not GPU-heavy work.

Why Tasmania: strong food surplus, about as good handling of nuclear winter as anywhere, low and unusually countryside/homestead based population, and excellent local connections through Pip.

Scale: between 20 and 75 people mostly dependent on budget, of whom around 1/3 research focused, with the rest being specialist skills, community and mental health, food production, and stakeholders. Target: 365+ days of food security through permaculture.

Access: This page, the scoring framework, regions, showcases, and documentation are publicly visible. Property details, food plans, capital planning, and other operational data require a login. If you need access, message the person who sent you this link. Log in here.

Getting Started

1. Score Properties

Open the Scoring Wizard, choose your name, and score properties one at a time. Each evaluator's scores are independent. The wizard walks through all criteria with large, simple controls.

Open Scoring Wizard
2. Explore the Data

Property Database — filter and compare all properties. Scoring Profiles — adjust dimension weights, see rankings. Evaluator Comparison — compare how different people scored.

Properties Documentation

How to Explore

1.
Score Properties

Use the Scoring Wizard to evaluate properties one at a time with simple, large controls. Each evaluator scores independently.

Open Wizard
2.
Browse Properties

Filter and sort all properties by region, price, score, and status. Click any property for full detail.

View Database
3.
Compare Rankings

Adjust dimension weights via Scoring Profiles to see how rankings change. Compare evaluators' scores side-by-side.

View Profiles
4.
Property Showcases

Detailed operational plans for top candidate properties: budgets, capacity planning, and implementation phases.

View Showcases
5.
Food Production

Model permaculture-based food security for different population sizes and property configurations.

View Plans
6.
Capital & Timeline

Funding scenarios, property affordability, and project milestones for acquisition and development.

View Timeline

Property Scoring Framework

Each property is scored by evaluators across 5 dimensions (each rated 1-10, total out of 50). Within each dimension, scores roll up from individual criteria through weighted sub-criteria. Criteria marked as mandatory are deal-breakers: failing them flags the property regardless of total score.

Location 5 sub-criteria, 2 criteria
Proximity to services, roads, towns, internet connectivity, and community integration potential.
Sub-criteria: Distance to Major Centers, Road Access Quality, Regional Services, Internet/Communications, Community Integration
Self-Sustainability 9 sub-criteria, 13 criteria
Water security, agricultural potential, energy independence, existing buildings, and natural resources.
Sub-criteria: Water Security, Agricultural Potential, Energy Independence, Building/Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Infrastructure Independence, Planning & Permitting, Scalability, Maintenance Burden
Resilience 4 sub-criteria, 4 criteria
Natural disaster risk (bushfire, flood), climate resilience, and environmental stability.
Sub-criteria: Natural Disaster Risk, Climate Resilience, Political/Social Stability, Microclimate
Security 4 sub-criteria, 4 criteria
Access control, obscurity, fortifiability, tactical situation, and defensibility.
Sub-criteria: Access Control, Obscurity, Fortifiability, Tactical Situation
Appeal 3 sub-criteria, 3 criteria
Living environment, accommodation quality, and mission alignment.
Sub-criteria: Living Environment, Accommodation Quality, Story/Mission Alignment
Mandatory Criteria (Deal-Breakers)
  • Has fresh running water source
  • Minimum land area
Full Criteria Framework Start Scoring

Regions (39 Tasmanian LGAs)

Tasmania is divided into 29 Local Government Areas. Regions carry legacy scores from an earlier 11-criterion analysis (1-5 scale each). These inform but do not replace the per-property scoring above. Regions without scores have not been evaluated yet.

Rank Region Score Locales
#1 Huon Valley 385 (southern Tas, e.g. Huonville/Geeveston) View
#1 West Coast 780 Queenstown, Strahan, Zeehan, Rosebery View
#2 Central Highlands 355 high altitude Tas, e.g. Bothwell area or Great Lake) View
#2 King Island 750 Currie, Grassy (King Island) View
#3 East Coast Tasmania 335 e.g. Swansea, St Helens area View
#3 Huon Valley 740 Huonville, Cygnet, Geeveston, Dover View
#4 Flinders 730 Whitemark (Flinders Island) View
#5 Central Highlands 720 Bothwell, Miena, Hamilton, Ouse View
#6 Circular Head 710 Smithton, Stanley, Marrawah View
#6 Tasman Peninsula 325 e.g. near Nubeena, Port Arthur) View
#7 Kentish 700 Sheffield, Railton, Wilmot View
#7 North West Tasmania 320 e.g. Circular Head district, Smithton area View
#8 Derwent Valley 690 New Norfolk, Bushy Park, Maydena View
#8 Flinders Island 315 Bass Strait, near NE Tas View
#9 Dorset 680 Scottsdale, Bridport, Branxholm, Derby View
#9 Northern Midlands 310 Tasmania central north, e.g. around Deloraine/Great Western… View
#10 Glamorgan-Spring Bay 670 Swansea, Bicheno, Triabunna, Orford View
#10 Waratah-Wynyard 670 Wynyard, Somerset, Boat Harbour View
#11 Central Coast 660 Ulverstone, Penguin, Turners Beach View
#12 Break O'Day 650 St Helens, Scamander, Fingal View
#13 Derwent Valley 295 central-south, e.g. New Norfolk to Ouse) View
#13 Meander Valley 640 Deloraine, Westbury, Mole Creek, Hadspen View
#14 Far South Tasmania 290 e.g. Dover or Geeveston outskirts View
#14 Latrobe 620 Latrobe, Port Sorell, Shearwater View
#15 King Island 285 Bass Strait, between Tas and VIC View
#15 Southern Midlands 610 Oatlands, Campania, Kempton View
#16 Northern Midlands 590 Longford, Perth, Campbell Town, Ross View
#17 George Town 580 George Town, Low Head View
#18 Tasman 570 Nubeena, Port Arthur, Eaglehawk Neck View
#19 Devonport 550 Devonport, East Devonport View
#20 Burnie 540 Burnie, Cooee, Upper Burnie View
#21 Sorell 530 Sorell, Dodges Ferry, Midway Point View
#22 Brighton 520 Brighton, Bridgewater, Bagdad View
#23 Launceston 510 Launceston, Mowbray, Kings Meadows View
#24 Kingborough 490 Kingston, Blackmans Bay, Bruny Island View
#25 Clarence 480 Bellerive, Howrah, Rokeby, Richmond View
#26 Glenorchy 470 Glenorchy, Moonah, Montrose View
#27 West Tamar 460 Beaconsfield, Beauty Point, Exeter, Legana View
#29 Hobart 400 Hobart CBD, Sandy Bay, North Hobart View
Full Region Analysis

Featured Property Scenarios

Detailed operational plans for top candidate properties, including budgets, capacity planning, and implementation phases.

1907 Woolnorth Rd (Large)
Circular Head

Large-scale agricultural enterprise with significant development potential

3798.00 acres
View Details
Gunns Plains (Medium)
Central Coast

Advanced off-grid property with dual solar, hydro, and pristine pastoral land

183.99 acres · $4,500,000
View Details
Westerway 1 (Small)
Derwent Valley

Entry-level agricultural opportunity with strong self-sufficiency potential

550.00 acres · $700,000
View Details
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