This is a facile discussion. "Nation states" are contiguous, occupied geography. The advantage of geography is you get to exploit the natural resources of that geography, be they animal, vegetable, mineral or strategic. The disadvantage of geography is you become responsible to those that share the geography with you. If "nation states" didn't matter, we wouldn't worry about the government of Lebanon, we'd deal directly with Hamas. If "nation states" didn't matter, we'd treat with the Zetas Cartel rather than the government of Mexico. Unfortunately, political factions necessarily lack the political bargaining power to control territory by design - let's take ISIS for example. Back when they were al Qaeda in Iraq, they were a bunch of terrorists that blew up citizens and occupiers alike via IED. They were responsible to no one, they had no entanglements. Then they started seizing oil wells and became ISIS - now they've got troops to shelter, prisoners to feed, territory to hold, and find themselves a bunch of phatty, phatty targets out in the middle of the desert. If "nation states" were passe, the Jews wouldn't have incorporated the idea of Israel into their very culture going back to 400AD and they sure as fuck wouldn't be fighting so hard for it now. Every example you use - Bitcoin, Tor, e-citizenship - none of that shit provides any of the benefits of "citizenship" or even "resident alien status" that society has been built on since the Code of Hammurabi. And it never will.but for the conversation it begins on the 'Nation State' as a cultural construct and the condition of its foundation.