| TheSource said: This excercise is ridiculous without knowing about culture / resources etc of the land. Places like Syria (before the Civil War), and Argentina (before going broke) had beautiful constitutions that were never enforced because of how different reality on the ground was from what the country could offer. |
The exercise is ridiculous not only for that reason, but for lacking definition of a purpose as well.
A good task would have had two definitions: given and requried. Culture/resources = given, purpose = required. It's like you've being given a task to build a rocket, and instead of deciding how many stages you'd need, will it be solid- or liquid-fueled etc. your entire descision: "Let's paint it in... pink" :D Basically what most are doing here... constitution-schmatitution. My best guess though if you're going to build a country in Syria... you'll get Syria, in Argentina... you'll get Argentina regardless.
