[tialaramex]

Lots of this stuff is required to be done by US States, rather than by the US Federal Government, and Americans are in general keen to keep it that way, for a mix of good and bad reasons.

So every problem needs to be solved independently fifty times. People who live in continental Europe might have examples similarly because there are undoubtedly things European countries, especially EU member states could co-ordinate and don't. The difference in population between Luxembourg and Germany is even bigger than between Vermont and California.

[bombcar]

Yeah, my states system is basically the same as the UKs but you can also pay for registration via some weird kiosk.