THE STATE AND THE DIVERSITY OF THIRD PARTY ENFORCERS
Definition: The state consists of a set of individuals who are subject to a single ultimate third-party that uses violence as a means for enforcement. Its territorial boundaries are demarcated by the reach of its enforcement power. The scope of the state is measured by the ratio of the value of all violence-backed third-party enforced agreements to the value of the gross product, inclusive of the imputed product, within these boundaries.
