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Failure in achieving what?
How would there be a national disaster response agency without central planning? Who would fund it? Who would run it?
Are cities actually more productive, or is their higher productivity subsidised by rural areas?
Perhaps, but is that what you want? The resource-poor societies of Central Asia lie between theresource-rich China and Europe. Would a theoretical Eurasian government not want to subsidise people living in these regions, so that they can service the trade routes between China and Europe?
Who mediates disputes, and who enforces their decisions?