I recently had an opportunity to go camping with over a thousand people who consider themselves libertarians and anarchists. Sometimes the word "anarchist" is mis-used by members of the news media to describe violent thugs who break windows and burn things.

In the case of my camp-mates, anarchy is a philosophy of peace. It is the recognition that a person owns his or her own body, and should be able to decide how to use it, as long as doing so doesn't bring harm to others. Anarchy is sometimes referred to as "lack of rulers", and anarchists feel that the world be a better place if people ruled themselves and governments were voluntary.

Individual anarchists come to their philosophy from different backgrounds. These different schools of thought are symbolized by a flag bisected diagonally. One half is always black, to indicate anarchy, with the other half symbolizing the "flavor" of anarchy.

I make soap, and so I thought it would be fun to interpret these flags as bars of soap and see if I could sell some to the campers. In this Instructable I describe the process of making the soap using a special jig, as well as a couple different methods of selling the soap, including an Arduino-enhanced rainbow soap belt for walking around and an honor store at the campsite.

And with the Rainbow Contest now active, what would be a better time to describe my effort? Please vote!