I also believe that government bodies should be distributed rather than centralised wherever possible, and with multiple member positions. For example, something like the Swiss federal council rather than a single powerful president.
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This also leads into another belief I have, that borders should be open. I wish I could find the source of a quote that is stuck in my head: "Borders are the scars left on the map by war." I think that people should be able to move to the district that has the best opportunities for them
I think by having a lot of districts that each have some differences in policies, and allowing free movement between them, you make local governments more responsive. Obviously there are some things you would want to keep standardised across regions, and this would be the role of any federalism
High internal immigration should be seen as a sign you are doing something right. Moving up to the level of international migration does bring issues where privileged areas don't want to be 'swamped' with migrants. I think this is a dangerous line of thought to go down, but this is the internet
I am at heart an internationalist, but the current system has set up some very wide gradients of wealth and inequality that need to be carefully defused and equalised before borders can be erased. For instance, the fact that the internal German border can still be seen on maps is a symptom of this
I do think the Georgism of my utopia would help this, land and rents in the 'poorer' side of the border would be cheaper, and so that would provide a gradient acting in the opposite direction
Obviously, I am also very much in favour of free trade between equals. I'm not as convinced that it's a good idea between unequal countries, where there still exists inequality between working people, and uncompensated exploitation of nature. Tariffs aren't an answer, but I don't know what is
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