there IS that... @amerika
... but I've long contended we don't need big cities.
And HUGE cities are an artifact of the past. Once, it was necessary to aggregate workers, for EFFICIENCY... but they're a social disaster.
Maybe 100,000... then move down the road a few miles and do it again...
I agree. I like tiered structures:
1. Alliance
2. Nation
3. Region
4. County
5. Parish
6. Town, city, or village
Manorial feudalism was the best we had
https://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/medieval-manorialisms-selection-pressures/
Not around here
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parish
British : a subdivision of a county often coinciding with an original ecclesiastical parish and constituting the unit of local government
This part of Texas is anglo and your parish is your local church and environs
I can't claim to understand provinces. They seem to be huge.
Louisiana partially inherited French law, so it's a bit different. Not sure where it fits.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/why-does-louisiana-have-parishes-and-not-counties.html
@amerika re-read your link... yes.
cofe