Note to self

[james_davis_nicoll]

Even if the polity of asteroid city-states calls itself the Republic of Independent States, they probably won't refer to themselves collectively as the RISables.

Comments

[rwpikul.livejournal.com]

Well, a republic made up of independent states has been tried.

The first run was an utter failure, the second sort of looked like one until Grant and Sherman settled the question of "are they really independent?"