This idea was originally meant for my educational online store, Level 3, Topics Government & Politics.
A very large country and empire … that one day, suddenly, purposely gives away parts of itself.
It cuts itself into pieces, simply because it’s too big and unwieldy. It can’t keep control of the outer regions, it can’t make sure everyone is fed, so it makes this drastic decision to cut itself.
Can be a game too! You start with a big empire together … but it’s failing, and you need to constantly break it apart in such a way that the individual countries are much better off.