Corps, Govts, States, and Empires excel at imposing standards and suppressing local rents (and transaction costs), producing economic velocity until central rents are maximized and the political system is unable to adapt to shocks, trade route changes, or population pressures.
Source date (UTC): 2020-05-09 01:32:36 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1258932851690606593
Reply addressees: @dreadpiratepsl
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@dreadpiratepsl Same as everyone else: rule over heterogeneous polities.
British/HRE: Country > Nation(Ethnic) > Nation State > Federation (Kin)
French/Russian: Country > Culture(Ethnic) > State > Empire (Corporate)
Chinese/Islamic: Population(Ethnic) > Province/Region/etc > Empire (Martial)
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