“Then we have scandinavia, that is mostly independent city states that masquerad

–“Then we have scandinavia, that is mostly independent city states that masquerade as countries”– Peter Zeihan (@PeterZeihan)

Well, aside from the humorous hyperbole, that’s the ideal size and organization for a country, and federations (formal alliances) of such city states is the optimum alternative to the security of empires. And that’s why we all enviously want to ‘get to (imitate) Denmark’ as Francis Fukuyama has kindly reminded us.