Can a country be totally built with Private investments?

[Ucy]

Better still Can a Country be totally developed without government involvement?


Been thinking about this for a while now and found out that roads and railways are some of the few infrastructures that may be quite difficult to build completely by private investors. They will most likely find it difficult to make reasonable profits and recoup their investments.
So I wondered why not just give them lots of free lands on the roads/railways sides as incentives. They could  lease the lands out to all kinds of businesses such as Real estate, hotels, banks, large scale farms, advertisments etc and income generated from this can be used for future repairs, expansion and upgrades of the roads and railways.









Anyone knows any country that has been able to run successfully (100%) on private investments?
And how about the idea of giving parts of the lands to roads and railways investors?

[bluefirecorp_]

Nah, ancap societies suck.

Pretty much the wealthy individuals become a form of government; and it ends up just being an oligarchy.

[Ucy]

Nah, ancap societies suck.

Pretty much the wealthy individuals become a form of government; and it ends up just being an oligarchy.

No government bro. Could just be automated or small government.

This will do:
the investors, the people, rules and regulations.


Wealthy individuals are feared because of abuse of the law. I guess with with automated system their powers will be checked.

[bluefirecorp_]

Nah, ancap societies suck.

Pretty much the wealthy individuals become a form of government; and it ends up just being an oligarchy.

No government bro. Could be just automated or small government.

This will do:
the investors, the people, rules and regulations.


Wealthy individuals are feared because of abuse of the law. I guess with with automated system their powers will be checked.

I think you need a history lesson; or at least need to look into the definition of an Plutocracy; because that's exactly what you're describing.

[Jet Cash]

All countries start with private investments, and then they create governments.

[sinkfish]

Better still Can a Country be totally developed without government involvement?


Been thinking about this for a while now and found out that roads and railways are some of the few infrastructures that may be quite difficult to build completely by private investors. They will most likely find it difficult to make reasonable profits and recoup their investments.
So I wondered why not just give them lots of free lands on the roads/railways sides as incentives. They could  lease the lands out to all kinds of businesses such as Real estate, hotels, banks, large scale farms, advertisments etc and income generated from this can be used for future repairs, expansion and upgrades of the roads and railways.









Anyone knows any country that has been able to run successfully (100%) on private investments?
And how about the idea of giving parts of the lands to roads and railways investors?

it can be, eventually they become government.

[Eirecoin]

There is always going to be the need for a state or government to provide money for big projects like dams or scientific labs or projects like the Large Hadron Collider. Since those projects take a lot of resources and almost do not produce a profit in the short term it is preferred that the state or the government provide the resources