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72:1.1 Notwithstanding all these [[planetary]] [[handicaps]] a very superior [[civilization]] is [[evolving]] on an isolated [[continent]] about the size of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia]. This nation numbers about 140 million. Its people are a mixed race, predominantly [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 blue and yellow], having a slightly greater [[proportion]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet] than the so-called [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#PAPER_80:_ANDITE_EXPANSION_IN_THE_OCCIDENT white race] of [[Urantia]]. These [[different]] [[races]] are not yet fully blended, but they fraternize and socialize very acceptably. The [[average]] length of life on this continent is now ninety years, fifteen per cent higher than that of any other people on the [[planet]].

72:1.1 Notwithstanding all these [[planetary]] [[handicaps]] a very superior [[civilization]] is [[evolving]] on an isolated [[continent]] about the size of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia]. This nation numbers about 140 million. Its people are a mixed race, predominantly [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 blue and yellow], having a slightly greater [[proportion]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet] than the so-called [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#PAPER_80:_ANDITE_EXPANSION_IN_THE_OCCIDENT white race] of [[Urantia]]. These [[different]] [[races]] are not yet fully blended, but they fraternize and socialize very acceptably. The [[average]] length of life on this continent is now ninety years, fifteen per cent higher than that of any other people on the [[planet]].

72:1.2 The [[industrial]] [[mechanism]] of this [[nation]] enjoys a certain great advantage derived from the [[unique]] [[topography]] of the [[continent]]. The high [[mountains]], on which heavy rains fall eight months in the year, are situated at the very [[center]] of the country. This [[natural]] arrangement [[favors]] the utilization of [[water]] [[power]] and greatly [[facilitates]] the irrigation of the more arid western quarter of the continent.

72:1.2 The [[industrial]] [[mechanism]] of this [[nation]] enjoys a certain great advantage derived from the [[unique]] [[topography]] of the [[continent]]. The high [[mountains]], on which heavy rains fall eight months in the year, are situated at the very [[center]] of the country. This [[natural]] arrangement [[favors]] the utilization of [[water]] [[power]] and greatly [[facilitates]] the irrigation of the more arid western quarter of the continent.

72:1.3 These people are [[self]]-[[sustaining]], that is, they can live indefinitely without importing anything from the [[surrounding]] [[nations]]. Their [[natural]] [[resources]] are replete, and by [[scientific]] [[techniques]] they have learned how to [[compensate]] for their deficiencies in the [[essentials]] of life. They enjoy a brisk domestic [[commerce]] but have little foreign trade owing to the [[universal]] hostility of their less [[progressive]] [[neighbors]].

72:1.3 These people are [[self]]-[[sustaining]], that is, they can live indefinitely without importing anything from the [[surrounding]] [[nations]]. Their [[natural]] [[resources]] are replete, and by [[scientific]] [[techniques]] they have learned how to [[compensate]] for their deficiencies in the [[essentials]] of life. They enjoy a brisk domestic [[commerce]] but have little foreign trade owing to the [[universal]] hostility of their less [[progressive]] [[neighbors]].

72:1.4 This [[continental]] [[nation]], in general, followed the [[evolutionary]] [[trend]] of the [[planet]]: The [[development]] from the [[tribal]] [[stage]] to the [[appearance]] of strong rulers and [[kings]] occupied thousands of years. The unconditional monarchs were succeeded by many [[different]] [[orders]] of [[government]]—abortive republics, communal states, and dictators came and went in endless profusion. This [[growth]] continued until about five hundred years ago when, during a [[politically]] fermenting period, one of the nation's powerful dictator-triumvirs had a [[change]] of [[heart]]. He [[volunteered]] to [[abdicate]] upon condition that one of the other rulers, the baser of the remaining two, also vacate his dictatorship. Thus was the [[sovereignty]] of the [[continent]] placed in the hands of one ruler. The unified [[state]] progressed under strong [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy monarchial] rule for over one hundred years, during which there evolved a masterful charter of [[liberty]].

72:1.4 This [[continental]] [[nation]], in general, followed the [[evolutionary]] [[trend]] of the [[planet]]: The [[development]] from the [[tribal]] [[stage]] to the [[appearance]] of strong rulers and [[kings]] occupied thousands of years. The unconditional monarchs were succeeded by many [[different]] [[orders]] of [[government]]—abortive republics, communal states, and dictators came and went in endless profusion. This [[growth]] continued until about five hundred years ago when, during a [[politically]] fermenting period, one of the nation's powerful dictator-triumvirs had a [[change]] of [[heart]]. He [[volunteered]] to [[abdicate]] upon condition that one of the other rulers, the baser of the remaining two, also vacate his dictatorship. Thus was the [[sovereignty]] of the [[continent]] placed in the hands of one ruler. The unified [[state]] progressed under strong [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy monarchial] rule for over one hundred years, during which there evolved a masterful charter of [[liberty]].

72:1.5 The subsequent [[transition]] from [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy monarchy] to a [[representative]] [[form]] of [[government]] was [[gradual]], the [[kings]] remaining as mere [[social]] or sentimental figureheads, finally disappearing when the [[male]] line of descent ran out. The present republic has now been in [[existence]] just two hundred years, during which time there has been a continuous [[progression]] toward the [[governmental]] [[techniques]] about to be narrated, the last [[developments]] in [[industrial]] and [[political]] realms having been made within the past decade.

72:1.5 The subsequent [[transition]] from [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy monarchy] to a [[representative]] [[form]] of [[government]] was [[gradual]], the [[kings]] remaining as mere [[social]] or sentimental figureheads, finally disappearing when the [[male]] line of descent ran out. The present republic has now been in [[existence]] just two hundred years, during which time there has been a continuous [[progression]] toward the [[governmental]] [[techniques]] about to be narrated, the last [[developments]] in [[industrial]] and [[political]] realms having been made within the past decade.

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[[Category:Paper 72 - Government on a Neighboring Planet]]

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