throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoWhat is the maximum size of a "country"? As big as a Continent? A hemisphere? An entire planet? Solar System? Galaxy? How big can it get before it's no longer one "country"?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the maximum size of a "country"? As big as a Continent? A hemisphere? An entire planet? Solar System? Galaxy? How big can it get before it's no longer one "country"?throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
I’m wondering if the concept of a Galactic Republic/Federation/Empire commonly depicted in Space Sci-fi even makes sense.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 days agoAssuming no FTL and centered at Earth (or the sun) that puts the max distance roughly a little past the low estimate for where the Oort cloud begins. (Wolfram Alpha says 14 light days is 2424 AU and the cloud has inner edge estimates from 2000 to 5000 AU
Assuming no FTL and centered at Earth (or the sun) that puts the max distance roughly a little past the low estimate for where the Oort cloud begins.
(Wolfram Alpha says 14 light days is 2424 AU and the cloud has inner edge estimates from 2000 to 5000 AU