👉The table of contents so far is here.
Chapter 7: Specifics of the Organization of the World Commonwealth - Part 1 -
7.1. The World Commonwealth and The Zone
In the previous chapter, the World Commonwealth was defined as a global community composed of "Zones," which are zonal bodies that reserve the right of autonomous governance within a certain geographical domain. In other words, the World Commonwealth is a collection of zones.
Unlike existing sovereign states, the Zone is no longer a "country." However, it is a zonal public entity that is recognized for autonomous governance based on the Commons' Convention within a certain domain. These Zones are the components of the World Commonwealth. They can be broadly divided into two types.
The first is the single Zone. As the name suggests, it is a region that forms an independent territory, and is the most standard region where unified administration is carried out around the General Commons' Convention.
The single Zones are further divided into the unitary Zone and the federal Zone. This difference is similar to the difference between the centralized and federal types in the current state system, with the unitary Zone being centralized and the federal Zone being federal. The federal Zones are made up of a union of multiple Quasi-Zones (the Zonelet) that retain a high degree of autonomy similar to that of the Zones, but as a whole they form a single Zone and do not independently constitute the World Commonwealth.
The second type, the Joint-Zone, is one in which multiple Zones (up to a dozen Zones) enter into an agreement to form a joint entity. It is somewhat confusing with the federal Zone, but unlike the federal Zone, it is merely a loose union of multiple Zones, and is not a single Zone as a whole.
However, rather than simply a friendly and good-neighborly group, a Joint-Zone will formulate common economic plans and set up a permanent policy coordination organization to coordinate the implementation of important policies. Furthermore, a single representative delegate is sent to the World Commonwealth on a rotating basis for each session, so there is a strong sense of unity. Therefore, it will usually be formed between neighboring Zones that share strong ethnic and cultural unity.
The number of member states in the current United Nations is increasing year by year, currently standing at nearly 200 countries, but this has made the UN too large, with the interests of countries large and small intertwined, making smooth international decision-making difficult. As a result, the UN is in danger of losing its effectiveness and becoming merely a ceremonial entity.
In response to this, in order for the World Commonwealth to become a real decision-making body for the world's common people, it is necessary to narrow down the number of the Zones participating in the resolutions of the World Commonwealth General Assembly/the World Commons' Convention to a maximum of less than 100. When this happens, it is expected that the Joint-Zones mentioned above will be utilized.
👉The papers published on this blog are meant to expand upon my On Communism.
