[vagrantJin]

> That's obviously not the case with the government that claim the area I live in as their territory.

This view is rather child-like - not childish. Something a kid in a philosophy/arts major would wax lyrical about. Well intentioned but wide of the mark.

You could vapourize humanity leaving a few thousand groups of kids. Check back a few thousand years later and governments will be up and running. The distribution of burden for our highly social species essentially dictates that we function in groups - whether that be your family, clan, tribe, town, chiefdom, city, kingdom, empire or state.

In less pie in the sky language - governments tax its people in return for stability, safety and meter out punishment fairly. The fact that you are alive is proof of that, seeing as the neighbour whom you hate hasn't yet killed you nor you him (hopefully) because going to jail is not appealing to either of you, especially if you kill someone for some absurd reason as they looked at me funny, I dont like em

The land you own and all your possession are garuanteed by the state. No one can wake up tomorrow and claim you are on their grandfathers goat farm from 299 years ago - even if true.