> While smaller units are almost universally better I completely agree. In my opinion it should go down to the individual level. Let's say China had independe

> While smaller units are almost universally better I completely agree. In my opinion it should go down to the individual level. Let's say China had independent states/countries per province. And, they all agreed to a set of laws individually but disagreed as a collective set of laws. This would mean that most citizens would suffer as the laws are (at best) an average of the opinions of all citizens of China. Being an average, most people would have at least one disagreement on how a particular law should or should not be. There will be of course some some people that lie on the exact average. These lucky people would be 100% fairly represented. In order to be fair ultimately law needs to favor the individual, not a country, state, or other larger group.