The King has announced that he will be publishing a series of essays on the basis and implications of the philosophy of Leopold Kohr. Kohr was a charismatic and intriguing individual, who, following the Second World War, formulated a theory he called the Power Theory of Social Misery, which links population size directly to war and social dysfunction - Kohr's suggestion being that we should therefore separate existing states into smaller parts to limit their ability to wage war.
Although the size of nations is still not widely accepted as a workable explanation for social and international evils (often the examples of Nauru and other South Pacific island states are given, to demonstrate that small nations are not necessarily more stable or peaceful) the apparent sense of the theory, and its utility in supporting micronational aspirations, makes works like The Breakdown of Nations well worth a read.
The King's essays, Morality, War, and Kohrian Micronationalism, can be found here: Part One, Part Two, Part Three
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