what were the demerits of the nation state?
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Disadvantages include: (1) states and local governments compete in "race to the bottom," (2) federalism does not bring people closer to the government, (3) citizens suffer because of inequalities across states, (4) policies in one state may undermine policies in another state, (5) overlap of responsibilities among ...
Some nations that have too much diversity of ethnic, religious, and/or political beliefs have a harder time working together. When nations become too small in size, their economic power becomes weaker. Nations that are ruled in a dictatorship, oftentimes, find an extreme in economic class with a few rich oligarchs and a mass of poor. Nations can become polarized within and with other nations if their identity with ethnic, economic, or political will are too different.