Yes

i can easily head out to sea

or the artic

At which point a state will lay claim to any good shit you have

a family could come in and try to lay claim to any land i have

Your dad's not going to claim the neighborhood with his pistol

why not? has happened before

how many crime families used to run major cities

>a single person is a crime family

>an entire criminal organization

sure

i mean, dictators run whole countries

No they don't. They have entire organizations underneath them that keep things running

Fucking Stalin wasn't going to show up to nick you for jaywalking

yeah, and? one person runs it, people follow that person

just like my dad is the head and my mom follows, and they force their will on me

Right, and the authority limits the space controlled

they can easily come after me if i leave

Yes, and 2 people is not a military

2 people vs 1 person? why not.

1 person can be as effect as a whole army.

how many people are needed to be a military?

personally, i think the only thing separating your usual family, and the state, is just a matter of scale.

so then what is the min amount to be called a state

>one person can be an entire professional organization

There's more to it than scale, but scale is a large part of it

thats fine, why are you not defining scale then. outside nebulous terms. just go "military is at least 100 people" or something like that.

"goverment needs at least 20 people"

Because it's not a flat number, it's a style of organization

A government isn't just 50 dads

so then a family unit could be a state, but is not always.

No, a family unit on its own could not be a state

A family unit could become head of a state

Could occupy the positions within a state

if i am on an island, with just me and my family, are they not the state?

they "own" the whole island

i was just born there

They only own it by virtue of you willingly following them. If you decided not to, you'd be fucked

i pointed the answer of this issue out earlier

If you decide tomorrow not to pay taxes you'll get fucked

Group of people is a family,
Group of families is a community,
Group of communities is a town,
Group of towns is a country,
A countries leaders is called a state?