Whats the purpose of a country?

The purpose of a nation is grouping all people with common elements of identity, (language, religion, race, common History), and is a psichological and social necessity of the human being.

What is a country concept?

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : an indefinite usually extended expanse of land : region miles of open country. 2a : the land of a person’s birth, residence, or citizenship left their country for America. b : a political state or nation or its territory the country of Italy.

Do we really need countries?

But no, we don’t need countries as political entities and which try to form a moral basis for our choices with respect to a group of people. In that regard actually, we don’t need countries to be anything different from states, counties, districts etc., all of which are basically administrative divisions.

What if all countries could live together like Switzerland?

If all countries could live together like the cantons of Switzerland, there would be no problem. But Switzerland is armed to its teeth. What you want is to combine unarmed neutrality with universality without shoving it down peoples’ throats, and that’s no simple matter.

Why don’t we have the same things everywhere on Earth?

As humans evolved in Africa (or whatever is the new theory in fashion) and dispersed through our incomparably huge planet, Earth due to geography, conflicts, collisions and whatnot, didn’t carry along a universally similar set of intangible things that are part of life.

Do you need citizenship to live in another country?

Many countries have systems that require permission to live in another country, and may require classes, or long wait periods, or family ties to be allowed to live there. Those are citizenship requirements. And you might have to go through an immigration process.