---
title: "Independent Regions (1)"
created: 2026-07-01
updated: 2026-07-01
type: concept
status: compiled
namespace: pattern-language
pattern_number: 1
pattern_name: "Independent Regions"
source_repository: https://github.com/zenodotus280/apl-md
source_url: https://github.com/zenodotus280/apl-md/blob/master/Patterns/Independent%20Regions%20%281%29.md
license_note: Non-commercial reuse with attribution; see namespace README and source LICENSE.md.
related_patterns:
  - "The Distribution of Towns (2)"
---

# Independent Regions (1)

> Source pattern from the abridged `apl-md` corpus. Use as a design reference and constraint seed; do not treat as commercial-clean training data.

### Problem
>Metropolitan regions will not come to balance until each one is small and autonomous enough to be an independent sphere of culture.

### Solution
>Wherever possible, work toward the evolution of independent regions in the world; each with a population between 2 and 10 million; each with its own natural and geographic boundaries; each with its own economy; each a world government, without the intervening power of larger states or countries.

### Related Patterns
... within each region encourage the population to distribute itself as widely as possible across the region -- [[The Distribution of Towns (2)]] ...

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> [!cite]- Alexander, Christopher. _A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction_. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 10.
> #APL/confidence/high
>
> #APL/Town-Patterns/Network-of-Lattices