@balajis.eth what happens to a so called network "state" when guys with guns show up? violence is what defines the line between a country and a country club, no? ofc one can point to places like singapore but these are the historical exception, not the rule

What if the physical land the network state carves out is decentralized?

What if they own small plots of land in different states or different countries even? So showing up with guns would need coordinated effort from every state/nation.

centralized or decentralized, owned or shared, large scale or small, coordinated or uncoordinated—all superfluous to the central question: what happens when guys with guns show up?

In decentralized land, if guys with guns show up and actually shut down one node, it doesn’t do much to the overall network. 

You could argue that in an anti fragile network, showing up with guns and shutting one down would fortify the rest of the network.