I literally planned on just typing "yes" and I made a g-dang essay...From a philosophical standpoint: the more centralized government is, the less it is in touch with the people who allegedly control it, and the less the people practically controlled by said government feel they have a voice. Those who make decisions are, naturally, more closely resembling a group solely of "elites," with all the ever-corrupting money and ego that enters that equation. While the idea that pure regionalism can lead to minorities in particularly tyrannical regions receiving the short end of the stick, the same can be said for minorities nation-wide when only the elites at the capital get a vote--a balance is necessary (Yankee, consider this my late birthday present for you
). I've noticed that some people here tend to view everyone wanting to secede from a country as the Confederates of the US Civil War--a specific example that doesn't reflect the fact that many "rebel groups" are themselves, in fact, the oppressed people vying for freedom from a union that screws them over.
I think more devolved power is, in general, a good thing. The more decisions can be made within a community, the more regular people have a say. (Community-focus is also a must for police!) While some sort of lib-soc paradise where people live in gay space communes and are all members of some council where everyone gets to vote on how to best love and respect each other is, clearly, nothing more than a blurry vision to 2021 eyes, it's the one we want human eyes to gaze upon at some point before the heat death of the universe, right? (This is where I lose the conservatives who were cheering on my first paragraph
)
From a gameplay standpoint: Obviously. Far less chance the entire game gets uncompetitive or bland--there's always 4 different zones for elections to take place instead of just the federal one--and more room to experiment with different systems of government and laws. Not to mention a change of pace for veterans who don't feel like going to Nyman, and a place for new people to learn the ropes (not to mention be tested for activity without risking sending a dud to the House). I've long said that, if we were going to nuke the federal or regional governments--for the sake of the
gameplay--we should scrap the federal and just have 3 different countries. That would be more fun that just running one government.
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