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The Vatican is practically that now. The extent of Vatican City is miniscule, but they have a huge governing hierarchy physically distributed across the world.
by a3n 11y ago
The Vatican is practically that now. The extent of Vatican City is miniscule, but they have a huge governing hierarchy physically distributed across the world. About all they'd need to do is let the other shoe drop.
- starshadowx2 11y agoThe Vatican is also an absolute monarchy and very much not in line with the society I'm imagining. I'm not familiar with how their citizenship process works as well, or how they provide services to expats.
- a3n 11y agoMentioning the Vatican was my way of pointing out an (almost) existence proof. If the Vatican can be that close to a defacto distributed government, I don't see why one can't explicitly form itself.
- starshadowx2 11y agoI was thinking of Estonia and their e-citizenship system and services. I guess the Vatican would be an example of small area, but you could also look at something like Sealand, or other small island nations. Even though this is a terrible example and comparison, you could also look at Scientology and their offices. They may not be a established state but they work in the way I'm imagining. Global offices, schooling, protection, etc.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> The extent of Vatican City is miniscule, but they have a huge governing hierarchy physically distributed across the world. I think you are confusing the governing hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church with the governing hierarchy of the State of Vatican City. While those hierarchies have the same head, the latter is strict (and small) subset of the former.