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Hmm, you could call this type of government a federated system. Have it broken into different states and counties, maybe with local city governments. Enumerate some powers reserved for each while keeping a central authority to make sure everyone is assured at least a minimum of rights.

Naw, would never last.




It won't if you don't actually draw the lines between states accordingly.

(Counties don't mater, because they don't possess any sovereignty - they only have such political power as the legislature of the respective state gives them.)


It didn't last.


Actually, what happened is that the boundaries became immutable concrete while the population concentrations varied.

At this point, we should redraw all state lines, and raise the number of elected officials in the House and Senate.




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