The State
The state is that organization, unique and sovereign for a particular
geographic domain, whose members, in strict accordance with a
formalized standard applied uniformly for a particular location within
the domain, and strictly constrained by a constitution enacted in
accordance with § Constitutional Enactment, Amendment, and Extension,
(1) have unique authority to incarcerate those who violate the
individual rights of others, (2) have unique authority to use force,
or the threat thereof, to compel an individual to perform an act that
is not an immediate situational remedy for a crime, or to compel
surrender or otherwise deprive an individual of material or assets not
known to be stolen from the compelling agent, (3) are uniquely
responsible for, though are not uniquely permitted, the use of force
and the threat thereof, to protect the geographic domain from
ecological or forcible encroachment or compromise, and (4) uniquely,
maintain a policy infrastructure enforced by force and the threat
thereof for avoidance and resolution of conflicts among inhabitants
involving activities that significantly impact property not owned by
the actor, that are inherently deleterious, or potentially so, for
others.
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