My view is that republics work best at medium scale; too big and they become too fractured and disparate, too small and they become too insular and attached to various personal entities.
Very small republics and very big republics tend to have the problem of being unable to agree on anything, though sometimes they swap problems; for exam…
My view is that republics work best at medium scale; too big and they become too fractured and disparate, too small and they become too insular and attached to various personal entities.
Very small republics and very big republics tend to have the problem of being unable to agree on anything, though sometimes they swap problems; for example, in India the ruling party for over a generation was basically a Gandhi-family run party.
Balancing the needs of a large nation is vary hard, regardless of government type. But it's much harder when the various regions do not trust each other and actively view their needs and desires as being entirely different or hostile to one another.
My view is that republics work best at medium scale; too big and they become too fractured and disparate, too small and they become too insular and attached to various personal entities.
Very small republics and very big republics tend to have the problem of being unable to agree on anything, though sometimes they swap problems; for example, in India the ruling party for over a generation was basically a Gandhi-family run party.
Balancing the needs of a large nation is vary hard, regardless of government type. But it's much harder when the various regions do not trust each other and actively view their needs and desires as being entirely different or hostile to one another.