[Memosyne]

> If you could take all the good parts of most countries and try to combine them to create a new country, you could have a winner.

Or you could have an amalgamation of different policies that are dependent on conflicting cultural values.

> Is anyone seriously working on starting a new country?

Hm, I don't know if you consider them serious but there's the ongoing Syrian civil war, Boko Haram insurgency, Mali war, etc...

[mxmilkb]

In northern Syria there is Rojava and democratic confederalism;

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/06/15/how-my-fathers-idea...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Rojava