Pakštas believed that because of the tensions between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia at the time, Lithuania would eventually be occupied by either of them and face assimilation by force.
[2]He also feared that the chaotic and non-directional mass emigration of Lithuanians to the West following the First World War also posed a great threat to the survival of the nation as they were destined to assimilate with other cultures.
Pakštas called for the planning and regulation of this migration with the intent to form a colony where Lithuanians would constitute the majority of the population, thus eliminating the threat of the nation's demise.
In 1927, I was interested in colonization opportunities in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, but I learnt that Lithuanians would not get cultural autonomy here.
Southern Rhodesia seemed better then, especially in terms of political rights, but large numbers of British colonists were already penetrating it and the better lands were quickly bought up.
The concept also inspired the making of the 2019 period drama film Nova Lituania, created by writer-director Karolis Kaupinis.