Question

What other countries might be likely candidates for adopting federal systems in the future? Why do you think these countries are particularly good candidates?

Answer 1

Spain is experiencing political difficulties as they are a parliamentary monarchy and many people are tired of having King (and paying for them) and are tired of corruption, so they need to modernize government. Also, Spain is and has always been like a multinational country since the Kingdom of Castile united other kingdoms to become Spain, and these differences remain, not only linguistic (Spanish, Basque, Catalan, etc.) but cultural, which explains the province of Catalonia seeking independence.

China could have another, twenty years ago they had Tien An Mien Square and demonstrated their willingness to suppress the dissent. That and the people do work and don't feel pain. Saudi Arabia is a country which is family run. If you're a Saudi, you've got bucks and you're being looked after. The other gulf states have lots of Shi'ites unhappy with the Sunni who run those countries. They could be potential flash points, particularly when Shi'ite Iran stirs the pot.

Greece has a very large contingent of radical leftists who are not happy with EU-imposed austerity measures. It is not probable, but not unthinkable, that a communist revolution is. They would be unhappy but, when listening to Rage Against the Machine, they would repudiate all of the debt and lay around starving. The United States will have a similar uprising in November 2012 to the one it had at the 2010 Congressional elections. The war against small business vigorously waged by the Oboma Administration for two and a half years will end and business will respond by hiring people.