There is more to a country than being a place of work.
I'm not historian but I suppose throughout history the space that we call home became bigger and bigger as time went by. Perhaps first it was a cave, at some point it was a village, then it was a city and eventually it was a country.
I guess what I mean is that eventually countries will go away. And calling them "old-school" was assuming we were there yet. But maybe we are not yet. But surely you would agree one day this day will come?
If countries "go away", what do you suggest they would be replaced by?
Perhaps after that it will be planets (if you like Futurama), or religions, philosophies or even brands. :) Who knows.
> different cultures have different values and often don't want to live under the same set of laws.
different regions of america have different cultures and values, and yet you wouldn't question the status of the us.
> If you're oppressed under one countries set of laws at least you always have the option of leaving.
actually, no. it is precisely because of this offensive notion of citizenship that people are NOT free to leave the country they find themselves in.
50 years ago it was difficult to be a city-state, Monaco couldn't have it's own currency, army , foreign embassies.
Now it would be much easier for eg. Scotland/ Bavaria/ Flemish-Belgium to become a country again - they would have a euroepean central bank/currency/etc but could handle everything else locally instead of in a capital city 100mi away that is only the same 'country' because of a battle 500years ago.