The earth doesn't care the arbitrary division of it in countries, and any per country stats. Countries are irrelevant from the earth's perspective. Countries ar

The earth doesn't care the arbitrary division of it in countries, and any per country stats. Countries are irrelevant from the earth's perspective. Countries are an abstract concept. So saying that a smaller country means more license to use more energy seems absurd. If Catalonia separates from Spain, are they suddenly eligible for 2x emissions? But people are not an abstract concept. With or without countries, people need to eat, sleep, wear clothes, get entertainment, have devices, all of which emit carbon per capita. Saying that monaco and India should emit similar carbon makes absolutely zero sense. People in the developed world simply can't sustain their energy intensive life style if we want to reduce carbon emissions. If somehow we ended on a per country stats, it will simply encourage creation of fake countries. A country can split in 100, create a federation like EU, but more stronger to join those countries and keep business as usual. Per land area might be a better metric with some tweaks.