I dont imagine them to be different, I imagine 1. A Single vote in a smaller political division carries more weight than being diluted in a large nation like t

I dont imagine them to be different, I imagine 1. A Single vote in a smaller political division carries more weight than being diluted in a large nation like the US at the national level. 2. If the local rent seeking becomes too harmful it is far less costly to relocate to a new City, County, or State than it is to immigrate to a new nation 3. It is infinitely more costly for a large corporation to rent seek thousands of cities / counts, and/or 50 US States, than it is for them to rent seek 1 federal government. I could add probably 5 more things. IMO Federalism is a more desirable system of governance, and provides ways to limit the damage the inevitable corruption can cause.