If you look back far enough, nearly every on-land government still extant today has a history of violence; be it that they conquered the land they inhabit, that

If you look back far enough, nearly every on-land government still extant today has a history of violence; be it that they conquered the land they inhabit, that they invaded their neighbors so that they might not be themselves invaded, that they were established due to their predecessors being violently overthrown, and so on. Governments really suck.