throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoWhat is the maximum size of a "country"? As big as a Continent? A hemisphere? An entire planet? Solar System? Galaxy? How big can it get before it's no longer one "country"?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the maximum size of a "country"? As big as a Continent? A hemisphere? An entire planet? Solar System? Galaxy? How big can it get before it's no longer one "country"?throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
I’m wondering if the concept of a Galactic Republic/Federation/Empire commonly depicted in Space Sci-fi even makes sense.
minus-squaremercano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoIt’s only in the last 150 years that information could travel any faster than a currier ship or rider. Before the telegraph and the radio, information traveled at roughly the same speed as goods or soldiers.
It’s only in the last 150 years that information could travel any faster than a currier ship or rider. Before the telegraph and the radio, information traveled at roughly the same speed as goods or soldiers.