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-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoSeems like size clearly correlates with citizen happiness in contemporary world. Small European countries as much faster and have much happier citizens than large empires like russia, USA, China.
minus-squarethrowawayacc0430@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoInstructions Unclear. I declare my own sovereign nation with a population of 1 and just 1 square meter of land (cardboard box under the bridge). 🫠
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThat’s what really drives me - if all fails you can always become a Cynic and live in a cardboard box country 🙂↕️
Seems like size clearly correlates with citizen happiness in contemporary world. Small European countries as much faster and have much happier citizens than large empires like russia, USA, China.
Instructions Unclear. I declare my own sovereign nation with a population of 1 and just 1 square meter of land (cardboard box under the bridge). 🫠
That’s what really drives me - if all fails you can always become a Cynic and live in a cardboard box country 🙂↕️