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Maximally Non-Geographic States

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 4 down vote favorite 1 Imagine a world in which a household can choose which Commonwealth to be a part of, much the way that you might choose a cell phone provider or a religious denomination or a health insurance company. Your Commonwealth would collect substantial taxes from your income and property, and would use it to provide retirement savings, health care, disability payments, other social safety nets, education, library access, banking services, unemployment insurance, inheritance laws, and divorce laws, for members of your household. It would be responsible for providing its share of military personnel for the country. They would run parks that non-members could use at an additional fee, all over the country, and political power you had would be through Commonwealth representatives. Transferring from one Commonwealth to another Commonwealth wouldn't always be easy, because you might have a net debt to your Commonwealth at ...