I think as long as you have #1 (common race/language/religion/culture) then everything will fall into place as a nation. Encoding the religion into the government is a good way to strengthen that precept, along with immigration control. Although there will be constant rebelling against the authority by youth - to allow for this you could implement something like the Amish have, give people a choice to leave or stay once they reach a certain age. Actually a lot of this seems pretty Amish... it's like the modern-day version.
TIL I want to be Amish.
I didn't even put it together! Good observation!
Has anyone told the Amish what's going on in the world?
Looks like they keep up with things. In the past they created a steering committee specifically to get out of participating in social security.
It's the Illumin-amish!
They know what is going on.
I live in the country, and I used to live down the road from an Amish family (it seems a lot of the Amish are kind of, ah, relaxing a bit?). I swear every day that you'd drive by, their two very young boys were out chopping wood. I don't care if it was 95 degrees. They'd be out there in pants and a long-sleeved shirt cutting wood. I was always super impressed by that.
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