We have no police or jail, because nothing gets stolen. There is no need for laws or written rules. In Gaviotas, we just have codes of common sense. Anyone who violates these unwritten social protocols, Cecilia adds, is simply ostracized by the community. It's not a problem, because no one gets married here.
Couples live in free union.
There is no churches and no politicians, either. Politics and religion don't matter here. We respect what others believe, but we don't need them in Gaviotas. Cecilia points to a family of monkeys swinging over the children's heads. For me, God is in the birds, in the monkey, in the trees.