The role of the state is to ensure genuine healthy competit…

The role of the state is to ensure genuine healthy competition. Not a false competition of cronyism, front companies and bribery, as is the case with most of the "privatizations" and "competition" that it is now doing in most countries, for example with the energy market in the EU.

The role of the state is to ensure that all other entities within its jurisdiction operate in a competitive and fair manner. However, this raises the paradox that even a well-functioning state may eventually become complacent and neglect its role as a regulator due to lack of competition. One potential solution to this problem is to find ways for the state to continuously stay in competition with itself and other entities. One potential limitation to this solution is the fact that the state is typically tied to a specific territory, and it may be inconvenient for the majority of the population to move from place to place.

A potential solution to the limitations of having a single state governing a territory is to have multiple states that are distributed more or less evenly across the territory, allowing people to easily move between them. And that may be why the United States has consistently experienced more economic growth and innovation than most other countries, thanks to its federalism and two-party system. But even such a system can deteriorate if the two parties collude to oppress the population. That is, after all, the very reason for the creation of antitrust laws.

I don't have the solution to this question, but I suspect that it is probably at the intersection of a system that would allow independent parties to emerge more easily, with perhaps some control over a part of a territory, a system which would allow one to choose which to finance through taxes, because after all, money is the nerve of war. But also probably through technologies that will facilitate physical relocating, or through the virtualization of the economy that will reduce the influence of states on territory as a source of wealth.