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There will never be a perfect country.

I speak ever so frequently about "utopia" & still believe a best possible land is attainable in all circumstances but this is not to say that our utopia will have no troubles. There will always be problems in any country but in a nation-state, there's a "better" pool of problem-solvers because of simple unity.

• Non-racialism: In South Africa, we preach non-racialism but our land is very much the opposite. So my solution is to establish a unified national culture with ONE national language. This establishes the direction of the country because a land where everyone is pulling in their own direction becomes almost stagnant. At the same time, we must allow cultural expression for the various groups within the land.

• Tribalism: I find the problem of tribalism very petty & unnecessary but some feel their tribe should be above others. That is no way to live in a country with many other tribes. There has to be a standard language & identity as the eternal theme of the land across all races & tribes; if this means names & surnames need to be changed to sound like an acceptable local-sounding name, so be it. We've heard of people moving to other countries & having to have their name & surname changed to a local version. David becomes Davide, Luka becomes Luke, Pinard becomes Pienaar, Mandlakazi to Manjacaze, Mathebula to Matsebula & so on. It's not a new phenomenon, it allows easier integration of foreign-sounding names into the new land they have moved to. Along with a single national language & we have, virtually, dealt with the problem of tribalism without going full socialist or full communist.

• Mock-up countries: We have not gained any permission to do mock-up countries, we just hope that there is no permission needed to create a model. There are even apps that allow you create mock-up states that show the advantages & disadvantages of the state's decisions. Please, bear with us. The mock-up lands we often make are not certain to be reality but simply a mock-up or example of how a said land could be. 

We can talk of how Sweden, Denmark, Japan etc. use capitalist socialism to benefit their nations but those lands had the advantage of previous capital & established institutions. In Africa, if we are to create something similar, we'll have to create many institutions from scratch so it won't be quiet the same but that's not to say that the capitalist socialist ethnostate is an idea to forget about in Africa. The capitalist socialist ethnostate is still the most effective form of governance worldwide.
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