What administrative and territorial division do you think is better - lots of small states like in USA and Mexico or several big macrostates/provinces like in Canada? What factors would you personally consider in planing such division of a country?
I am making this thread since Russian government is working on new constitutional and administrative reform which is supposed to fix some inherited structural problems. (picrelated)
Will post my thoughts on the subject if asked.
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what are the regions? economic zones?
will Russia ever try to populate those states, some of them if they were independent would be some of the largest countries.
or is there any attempt to encourage Russians to move out to different areas?
In Russia this word is used in the same context as the word "local state" or "province" in the West.
From what one understands the main idea is to address this absolutely horrible disproportion of power and economic activity between different areas of the country.
Picrelated different regions of Russia by their local flag.
Quote from Russian economic development ministry:
A comprehensive implementation of strategic planning instruments of the Russian Federation is the main mechanism of increasing the efficiency of public administration. Principles, priorities, goals and tasks of country’s development, the priorities of industrial and regional development will be internally integrated, complex correlation between development of the system of urbanized regions (settlement network) and development and allocation of economic and social sphere objects will be made, allocation of large investment projects and their infrastructure supply will be justified, a content of macroregions of Russia will be justified and the process of preparation of their strategies will be launched as a result of implementation of the state strategic management system.
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Will post more about what they plan for big cities.
There is a government program to give away free plots of land on the Far East. For now only a few people took it.
Mostly locals, which kinda make sense in some way if it is totally free and they already live there.
Global Warming will make Far East more habitable in the next 15 years anyway.
the government should encourage to raise russian birth rate to populate those areas
no European country has worked out how to do that
Give tax reductions for every child you have
Isn't for people to decide where to live based on real life conditions? For invisible hand of the market to guide?
I agree that government, should act to preserve common sense moral values but only as a traffic light.
Government was forcing people to live where they didn't want for several hundred years.
>lots of small states like in USA
maybe only a Russian could think this.
>Will post my thoughts on the subject if asked.
since no one is saying maybe you can tell us your thoughts. There are cultural and historical reasons for why Europe and the states are divided the way they are. Why is Russia divided the way it is and how would you reform it?
It is already doing it on top of around 5000$ grant payment for successful birth.
In some cities if you get twins you can get free house or apartment.
we have tried all these sorts of things, even giving money and child care in some countries. We can't have kids, its pretty sad
Picrelated was original imperial division which was authoritarian but nevertheless based on real perception of reality compared to what communists did with artificial national republics and such.
I believe that people do not live because someone legislate them to, so division should be based on real economy, how people actually communicate between each other and not how government wants.
BTW do you think that Brexit might lead to Scotland and Ireland demanding their own trade deals with EU?
It doesn't really matter. If borders have been enforced for long enough, then the state has an identity.
The only thing that matters for most countries is connecting economic hubs and separating incompatible peoples.
Maybe for Russia it'd help to fragment minorities into multiple states to discourage unity.
Have you tried reforming Church of England?
Making it illegal to promote equality and socialists ideas?
Establishing centrist political party which can unite the country towards the future?
Isn’t it like that because of population though, in that regards it’s just like the US. Some of our largest states had a small population and needed to get everyone in one territory to classify as a state (pop>10000)
Bring back the family one house one family
>>separating incompatible peoples.
Like some southern states in USA which used to absolutely hate each other?
>>Some of our largest states had a small population and needed to get everyone in one territory to classify as a state (pop>10000)
I thought that was only true for Alaska
>Brexit might lead to Scotland and Ireland demanding their own trade deals
That won't happen, too much of their trade is with England. They also won't allow a different setup for northern Ireland as that could risk breaking up the country. It has led to renewed calls for Scottish independence though. Again I don't think anything will come off that.
We are entering a critical phase of EU negotiations with EU saying a deal is 95% in place. Within the last hour there have been people rejecting the governments deal. Any thing could happen at this point
It completely depends on the population
I wonder if Irish will eventually try to push for joining the republic since Good Friday agreement gave them easy access to that option.
I agree with you, would only add that economic activity of the population should also be taken in to consideration.