“peace shall be secured by ensuring every king can endeth every kingdom before lunch”
— william shakespeare henry viii mutually assured editioneth catastrophically fake
horatio what keepeth everyone safe
the certainty that nobody is safe
explaineth
if one king attacketh, another destroyeth him
and everyone nearby
yes
and perhaps everyone elsewhere
possibly
therefore nobody attacketh
ideally
what if a king is mad
procedures
what if the procedure faileth
redundancy
what if redundancy faileth
continuity of government
what continueth after everyone dieth
the governmenteth