America didn't start with fiat. The transcontinental railroads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_

America didn't start with fiat. The transcontinental railroads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad) provided the backbone for a continental network that helped unleash human creative potential, much like the Internet is doing today. This led to an economic boom. Then two world wars destroyed Europe while leaving America virtually untouched. In the aftermath America had risen to superpower status (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_II).