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2025-01-18 03:28:15Voluntary associations, of which (generally small) territorial provinces might be a thing but with incentive structures that put restrictions on jurisdictional overreach or that separate that power entirely from the republic's office. Like medieval Iceland or the Republic of Cospaia, which was not even a state, just a voluntary association with the word "republic" meaning its literal etymological meaning of "public affair." Regions may allow whatever insurance or rights protection agency to contract with whoever to allow maximum separation and therefore limitation of power.