I too would love to see supersized countries like the United states, Russia, and China split up into several parts that compete and cooperate with one another.

I too would love to see supersized countries like the United states, Russia, and China split up into several parts that compete and cooperate with one another. Sort of like how EU works, but learning from EU's mistakes as well. It's a cool thought experiment: Let the Confederate States of America declare independence again and ban abortion, homosexuality and interracial marriage within their borders. As long as the borders remain as thin as they are in Europe, I'm sure people will eventually vote with their feet (or their wallets) and give us much more solid evidence of what really works and what doesn't. Meanwhile, Vermont can go ahead and implement single-payer health care, and Alaska can start experimenting with a more substantial basic income. Political experiments are much easier to carry out in small countries. Unfortunately, power has a tendency to keep growing and never willingly limit itself. So I don't see this realistically happening any time soon, except in the aftermath of some sort of disaster you'd expect to see in a Roland Emmerich movie.