A stateless society is a society that is not governed by a state.

[54] In stateless societies, there

is little concentration of authority; most positions of authority that do exist are very limited in
power and are generally not permanently held positions; and social bodies that resolve
disputes through predefined rules tend to be small.[55] Stateless societies are highly variable
in economic organization and cultural practices.[56]

While stateless societies were the norm in human prehistory, few stateless societies exist
today; almost the entire global population resides within the jurisdiction of a sovereign state.
In some regions nominal state authorities may be very weak and wield little or no actual
power. Over the course of history most stateless peoples have been integrated into the
state-based societies around them.[57]

Some political philosophies consider the state undesirable, and thus consider the formation
of a stateless society a goal to be achieved. A central tenet of anarchism is the advocacy of
society without states.[54][58] The type of society sought for varies significantly between
anarchist schools of thought, ranging from extreme individualism to complete collectivism.[59]
In Marxism, Marx's theory of the state considers that in a post-capitalist society the state, an
undesirable institution, would be unnecessary and wither away.[60] A related concept is that
of stateless communism, a phrase sometimes used to describe Marx's anticipated
post-capitalist society.

Constitutions

Constitutions are written documents that specify and limit the powers of the different
branches of government. Although a constitution is a written document, there is also an
unwritten constitution. The unwritten constitution is continually being written by the legislative
and judiciary branch of government; this is just one of those cases in which the nature of the
circumstances determines the form of government that is most appropriate.[61] England did
set the fashion of written constitutions during the Civil War but after the Restoration
abandoned them to be taken up later by the American Colonies after their emancipation and
then France after the Revolution and the rest of Europe including the European colonies.

Constitutions often set out separation of powers, dividing the government into the executive,
the legislature, and the judiciary (together referred to as the trias politica), in order to achieve
checks and balances within the state. Additional independent branches may also be created,
including civil service commissions, election commissions, and supreme audit institutions.

Political culture