Both New York and New Jersey had examples
of this type of government:

from my own personal expirence food stamps has alot this makes it eaiser so we can affod bills and so we can life a better lifestyle not needing to worry about paying actual money to buy food since most people spend 100-300 dollars a month on food so this alot so we can afford other bills and other stuff we need

its many islands, high mountains, and remote peninsulas isolated population centers.

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