> ...there is always an uncertainty from having to depend on a foreign government. If you can't trust foreign governments any more than they can trust you (you

> ...there is always an uncertainty from having to depend on a foreign government. If you can't trust foreign governments any more than they can trust you (you are the foreigner to them, after all), why not just divvy up the world into a bunch of "hunger games" districts and use gunboat diplomacy to keep them in line? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unified_Command_map_s.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unified_Command_map_...