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Habanero | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 City states with constitutional monarchs, and allow free travel between the city states... it's the best model I can think of for a free-market of governance.
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Mindaugas | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I can only add that there must also be uninhabited and unclaimed land that is for all tastes and no lower quality than the inhabited one. For fresh starts in case all kings suck.
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Mindaugas | 8 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Basically, what you do not use and cannot individually (non-collectively) protect, is not yours.