For a growing number of people, nations, and the system of which they are a part now appear unable to offer a plausible, viable and prosperous future. On the surface, resurgent nationalism might seem like the resurgence of the nation state, but it might be that this system is becoming more and more obsolete and is in decline. One in 500 people globally have no nationality. Providing alternative homes for stateless people is essential to eliminating statelessness in itself. But it is also a major step on the way to securing universal human rights. If all the stateless people on earth were to form a nation, its population would exceed that of New York City. How could these alternative homes look like? These issues require speculative radical imagination in the field of architecture and beyond to consider how the capacity for a more integrated world system can be built – one that is designed to ensure global cooperation, peace and justice.