@Humpleupagus @Diceynes @msbellows @JedDrudge @eriner @CoQ_10 counterpoint: the entire concept of "divided sovereignty" is retarded on its face; there must be a unitary, continent-spanning sovereign, who may as a matter of convenience divide certain regions into subordinate administrative sections (fiefs), but which in any event rule their area in the name of the Crown and subject to its final decision-making capacity
(this is sort of what we have now, in a gay and retarded fashion, except with lots of opportunities for bad social actors to attempt to game the system by pitting multiple levels against one another and seeing whose pilpul can influence the outcome the most)