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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 6 hours ago

That would be nice.
But then you get another outside government to come and annex them.

search for China annexes Nepal - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60288007I didn't read this particular article. It just came from a search and my words are from memory.
This is only for convenience in case you are being lazy to search.

Ideally you^[problem being, there is no "you" that will manage that] have to manage the 2 parameters:

  • profitability for anyone trying to annex the country
    • Your military power needs to scale with GDP and exploitable geographical resources to protect from outside threats
    • But the more money/power the government gets, the greater the internal threat (corruption mostly)
  • QoL of citizens