Polystate: A Thought Experiment in Distributed Government

Polystate: A Thought Experiment in Distributed Government

Publication Date: February 23, 2014

Publisher: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.

Pages: 73

Format: Kindle Edition

Author: Zach Weinersmith

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What if governments didn't rule locations, but instead ruled minds? That is the question explored in this eBook.

"Polystate" refers to the idea of a geographic entity in which multiple overlapping states exist, each consisting of citizens who have agreed to the laws of a single non-geographic state. In this sense, the book is a discussion not of a particular form of government, but a meta-government in which each person is free to choose a new constitution on a yearly basis without the encumbrance of relocation.

It is not clear whether such an institution as a Polystate is possible or desirable, but the author sets out to discuss ways in which it might conceivably work, and why it might be desirable.