| > a country is more constrained by space than a spaceship? At the point that we're building 60 km spaceships, yes, I think that's a possibility. > you're reaching into antiquity then not even normal democracies The further back we go the more consensus-driven small societies get. I'm also reaching back due to familiarity. There are plenty of small island communities that did fine for generations on their own. > They all assume all decisions will be unanimous and no one will ever break the law Sorry, I missed this in the winning design. Where does it say that? > all exploration and conquest is driven by strict hierarchical organisations If you need to bring an army, yes. I don't think we know how hierarchical Polynesian settlers were. |
I didn't notice any prisons included in the design, so that assumption seems fair.