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There are a few problems with that: We instantly lose economies of scale. While a software company might be able to scale up with 100 so employees, the same do

by jmopp 5y ago

There are a few problems with that: We instantly lose economies of scale. While a software company might be able to scale up with 100 so employees, the same does not apply to most other industries. Goods will be more artisanal, but also more expensive. It's already hard enough to solve problems of a global scope. Increasing the number of countries from ~200 to ~7.9 million will make this impossible. Sure, microcountries could band together for a specific purpose to become macro-countries of a size large enough to solve a specific problem, but such an arrangement would be highly unstable: I can imagine a farming micro-country and the fishing micro-country that lives down-river having major disagreements on fertiliser run-off, for instance

Avtomatk 5y ago
I don't think economies of scale will be lost, they would have more complicated logistics since each country would have its own policies and a deep analysis of the laws of each micro-country would have to be carried out to export... This would be solved with new technology (Imagine consulting a global database if your product is accepted by the policies of most countries, everything would be automated and would have no extra cost). The micro-countries could create trade agreements with each other (as currently occurs in the countries), such as eliminating import taxes on a product that is in high demand, exchanging resources, pooling wealth to work for a common goal... Another important aspect would be the judicial system, there could be criminal countries that make theft legal in their territory, if that micro-country is in a strategic place, sooner or later people would have to enter the country... One solution would be for the micro-countries to adhere to a centralized judicial system made up of members from each micro country, similar to how the European Union works. I have a lot more ideas on this topic, but I am not an expert and cannot validate my hypothesis, or do a deep and detailed analysis of this topic.

by jmopp 5y ago

Avtomatk 5y ago

I don't think economies of scale will be lost, they would have more complicated logistics since each country would have its own policies and a deep analysis of the laws of each micro-country would have to be carried out to export... This would be solved with new technology (Imagine consulting a global database if your product is accepted by the policies of most countries, everything would be automated and would have no extra cost). The micro-countries could create trade agreements with each other (as currently occurs in the countries), such as eliminating import taxes on a product that is in high demand, exchanging resources, pooling wealth to work for a common goal... Another important aspect would be the judicial system, there could be criminal countries that make theft legal in their territory, if that micro-country is in a strategic place, sooner or later people would have to enter the country... One solution would be for the micro-countries to adhere to a centralized judicial system made up of members from each micro country, similar to how the European Union works. I have a lot more ideas on this topic, but I am not an expert and cannot validate my hypothesis, or do a deep and detailed analysis of this topic.