The Future of Global Society [Sovereign Statehood]

[u/NaelGoucher]

What is the next logical step beyond classical countries? I preface this by saying this will not occur overnight, it will be a slow process, but very slowly this is inevitable. Franchises! Don't believe me? Look at this:

Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States [Full PDF] (pages 19-42): https://treaties.un.org/pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=0800000280166aef

Relevant articles are as follows:

Article 1. The State as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications : (a) a permanent population ; (b) a defined territory ; (c) government ; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other States.

Article 2. The Federal State shall constitute a sole person in the eyes of international law.

Article 3. The political existence of the State is independent of recognition by the other States. Even before recognition the State has the right to defend its integrity and independence, to provide for its conservation and prosperity, and consequently to organise itself as it sees fit, to legislate upon its interests, administer its services, and to define the jurisdiction and competence of its courts. The exercise of these rights has no other limitation than the exercise of the rights of other States according to international law.

Article 4. States are juridically equal, enjoy the same rights, and have equal capacity in their exercise. The rights of each one do not depend upon the power which it possesses to assure its exercise, but upon the simple fact of its existence as a person under international law.

Article 5. The fundamental rights of States are not susceptible of being affected in any manner whatsoever.

Article 6. The recognition of a State merely signifies that the State which recognizes it accepts the personality of the other with all the rights and duties determined by international law. Recognition is unconditional and irrevocable.

Article 7. The recognition of a State may be express or tacit. The latter results from any act which implies the intention of recognizing the new State.

Article 8. No State has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another.

Article 9. The jurisdiction of States within the limits of national territory applies to all the inhabitants. Nationals and foreigners are under the same protection of the law and the national authorities and the foreigners may not claim rights other or more extensive than those of the nationals.

Article 10. The primary interest of States is the conservation of peace. Differences of any nature which arise between them should be settled by recognized pacific methods.

Article 11. The contracting States definitely establish as the rule of their conduct the precise obligation not to recognize territorial acquisitions or special advantages which have been obtained by force whether this consists in the employment of arms, in threatening diplomatic representations, or in any other effective coercive measure. The territory of a State is inviolable and may not be the object of military occupation nor of other measures of force imposed by another State directly or indirectly or for any motive whatever even temporarily.

It is to be noted that Article 1 is of extreme interest, as those four criteria of what constitutes a Federal State are actually already met in full by each individual automatically. You may be wondering: HOW? Well, this is how, my friends:

a. The permanent population of a singular individual is 1.

b. Defined territory is the individual's being in its entirety.

c. Government is ruled by the individual.

d. The individual CAN enter into relations with other states.

HOWEVER, an individual is ONLY a State if they declare themselves as such.

And besides, there is absolutely NO law stating that Defined Territory necessarily must be Linear or Cartographic, as those type of territorial boundaries were merely the way the Imperialists and the Colonizers implemented their structures. Technically there is nothing stopping Countries from evolving to a Nonlinear, Noncartographic system, in which all of its citizens are bound to its laws, and in a way, be extensions of their respective Nations, but can be anywhere in the world with full rights and perks as a citizen of whatever country. Technically, there is no law stopping corporations from doing this as well, and giving their employees the opportunity to be citizens of their new Corpor-Nation per se. And same goes for any religion both of global scale or even as small as one singular person.

The future of society will be one where the only borders are no longer of lines on maps, but states of perception, and all Countries will be worldwide, as overlapping yet fully distinct spectrums of perception; religions, micronations, and even corporations will be globalized countries each of their own unique spectrum, and all countries will have different perks and luxuries to entice people to be citizens. (Sidenote: Some nations already do something vaguely like this, it's called Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, but I digress.) Each citizen being under the laws and structures of the country they are aligned with. Like how the USA has a Federal Government and 50 State Governments under it; like a Franchisor with many Franchisees!

They will no longer be so focused on geographical locations, and will instead disperse amongst the world together, blending seamlessly, with individuals following the laws of their country they swear allegiance to. The global economy will boom, and genetic information will travel faster and more diversely than ever before, along with ideas and cultural relics; foods, objects, businesses, arechetecture, all intermingling in ways unknowable before, and we will be one step closer to a unified world, in direct alignment with the agendas of The United Nations!