[quote=So Boerd]Darcs is in the process of discovering what James Madison did in Federalist 10.[/quote]
Federalist 10? Wow is that the new one! Better pull up my wagon and trot along to the nearest town to get it! But first I better make sure to watch out for those durn injuns!

[quote=So Boerd]Here's the problem with your system, Darcs. 1. You can take over really tiny countries very eaily.[/quote]
That's why France was able to suppress the French revolution, right? That's why Finland fell so easily to Russia, right? The US totally curb stomped Cuba, right?

War is dying down, and with that mentality, borders will become more fixed as more and more people realize how stupid senseless loss is and eventually go the war of Costa Rica. Being taken over isn't really a concern in today's political climate.

[quote=So Boerd]2. It is easier for demagogues to convince 10,000 people all in the same area than 150,000,000 all over the country. The bigger the country, the more cultures it has and the more varied its citizen's concerns. This makes a 51% perpetual majority for one ideology impossible.[/quote]
STV, brah.

Also, what?

[quote=So Boerd]The solution therefore is to have a weak federal government whose only business is regulating that which crosses state lines, having uniform international trade laws, protecting your rights from violence, and national defense.[/quote]
You mean a confederacy?
(national defense is a waste, though)