Properties of large scale societies and states

Understand the main requirements for large scale human societies and very large states to function correctly and stably and understand what role each of those requirements plays in making the society stable and effective.

Knowledge Node Summary

As humans live and work in very large populations there is a need for each individual to give over power and influence to certain controlling structures and individuals. In turn the controlling structures need to create a stable environment which will allow the population to live and work safely and securely.

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The knowledge named 'Properties of large scale societies and states' is considered to be quite important.
In addition, the knowledge is thought to be quite justifiable knowledge, and is generally learned by study.
The learn time for this node given an understanding of the prerequisites, is about 6 months. The estimated learn time for the entire knowledge structure of this node is about 2 years.