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Modern states are competing entities with spontaneously developed conservative foundations. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a democracy or a totalitarian regime – every observed system possesses significant potential for development and, consequently, for more successful competition. The business world has long proven that success in a competitive environment requires an effective and appealing franchise – one that is attractive both to entrepreneurs and to consumers. Why fight those who can be rallied under your own banner? The United States, under the guise of its ideals, was essentially the first to successfully promote the franchise it had created – a franchise that today reveals many weaknesses and has lost much of its former appeal, both to the ruling elites and businesses, as well as to the populations of other countries.

Currently, in the absence of any truly capable competing systems, the European Union stands out as the most attractive model, with several countries awaiting membership. However, the EU is also showing increasing signs of degradation and lagging behind in many areas – even compared to China, which is on its way to an inevitable decline – justifying its stagnation by claiming that nothing better has yet been invented. This work challenges that claim directly.

The Soviet system collapsed even earlier, exposing its failure and losing all appeal. The Chinese model is also not replicable due to numerous constraints and its lack of attractiveness to the general population.

Thus, today, any state aspiring to a leading role in the global system of relations needs a new governance model – one based on a symbiosis of accumulated experience and the implementation of new approaches. In this book, I dare to propose a franchise for a modern state – one that, if implemented, can quickly lead to success in competing with the outdated systems that currently govern the world’s major powers and international alliances.