Idaho Survivalists Plan Walled Citadel

A group of survivalists is inviting people to apply for places in a walled, medieval-style city it wants to build in the woods of northern Idaho. The proposed fortress community, where residents would be required to own weapons and stand ready to defend the compound if society collapses, would have room inside for up to 7,000 families.

The citadel's website - which bills it as "A Community of Liberty" - shows drawings of a stone fortress that would include houses, schools, a hotel and a firearms factory.

No building has been done on the project, but it has already raised concerns in communities southeast of Spokane, Washington, where it would more than double the population of rural Benewah County, home to 9,000 people.

Gary Davis, the owner of a quilt shop near the proposed citadel, said he was worried about the type of people who would be drawn to such a community.

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