Planetary diversity

[jammi]

I was just looking at New London and considering the many RP stories and such that revolve around the place. It just made me think that planets are really diverse, with a range of ecosystems and habitats, n' stuff like that. I mean, there's probably a desert or rainforests or massive open plains on New London. But then you could speculate for ever, eh?

Anyway, I'm straying from my point - do you think the planets would be sub-divided into countries as on modern day Earth? And based on that, what about war? Over the last 800 years hundreds on Earth wars have broken out between various countries, so I wonder would wars spark off between various countries (not Houses) in Sirius too? Or would a massive planet-wise (or House-wide as it is) government remove that possibility?

Opinions please.

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