Template:CharacterUrbismball is an extremely Municipalist and in all other aspects varied ideologyball. The idea behind Urbism is that it's the principle of "Subsidiarity" (The idea that civic/state duties should be done at the lowest (closest to the people) level of governance at which they can be realistically done) taken to its "logical extreme" ― that being that sovereignty itself and with it all the powers that come with it should be transferred to the municipal level of government for it to decide for itself all these functions, meaning a world of thousands upon thousands of city-states.
Because of his affection for small jurisdictions, Urbism's praxis is effectively advocating for literally every single separatist movement there is in the world and then some and screeching at any unification movements.
Personality
As a consequence of his belief, Urbism is an avid Micro-nationalist (someone who is involved with Micronations, like Sealand or Molossia for example).
How to Draw
- Draw a ball with eyes
- Draw a diagonal line with rather dark grey on the ball
- Above the line draw fill with dark grey and below with dark cyan.
Relationships
Friends
Hoppeball- "EUROPE OF A THOUSAND LIECHTENSTEINS"
Bookchin Communalismball- Free Municipalities are ebig
Distributismball-Subsidiarity forever!- Athenian Democracyball- This guy gets it!
Monarchismball- All these principalities.
Frenemies
Enemies
Globalismball- Did I hear "global federalization"?
Further Info
Literature and Articles
Wikipedia pages
- Citystate
- Microstate
- Micronation
- Urban Secession
- Independent City
- Localism
- Municipalism
- Libertarian Municipalism
- Seasteading
Modern Examples
- Singapore
- Monaco
- Vatican City
- Liechtenstein - Technically not a city-state but it's close enough, also hoppeans like it.
- San Marino - Same as above, without the hoppean part.
- European Microstates
- Monastic Republic of Mount Athos (Not Fully Sovereign)
- Hong Kong (Not Fully Sovereign)
- Macau (Not Fully Sovereign)
- Principality of Sealand
Historic Examples
- Free city of Danzig
- Free and Imperial Cities
- Polis (Ancient Greek city-states)
- Free City of Kraków
YouTube Videos
- Why are there so few city-states? by City Beautiful
- City-States by KhAnubis
- Can London Be A City State? by KhAnubis yet again
- 5 Shades of Nationalism by Political Ferret
- Micronations - Countries in Countries by Derek Adam Thomas