[tanto]

To put it a bit colorful: Because in the Game of Nations many people want to be King. To have many Kings you need many Kingdoms. Also Unity makes you strong and usually your enemies will do whatever they can to divide and conquer.

[mantas]

More like people don't like when people from far away try to enforce seemingly stupid laws. Having a vote that actually matters is awesome.

The other question is how those tiny kingdoms organise into bigger structures to have economy-of-scale, while still retaining their sovereignty on internal matters.