"Equilibrium level of government organizations" has two meanings. 1) Optimal scale for social functionality (small -- almost certainly 10,000,000, or less). 2) Optimal scale for state power (large -- probably over 100,000,000, given a relatively homogenized population).
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... As far as the "But I'd rather have a 1 SD IQ advantage" argument is concerned -- Sure, but it's not ultimately an independent variable.
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... China is going to skew the data for a while, but at the end of the day you can't do eugenics in a mega-state.
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