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jltsiren
on March 15, 2025
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It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life
A 10% chance of collapse every decade is a reasonable baseline for a stable country. At least if a civil war or a major invasion counts as a collapse. That gives you a century of stability in the expected case, which is quite exceptional.
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