Pattern 1: Independent Regions (A Pattern Language, Christopher Alexander, 1977)

That is exactly the same thought i has some time ago, i write a very small notes about it:

https://github.com/FabricioTeran/Micro-Nations

This article is much more elaborated.

it's absolutely not my site but I'm going to make a series of infrequent submissions here pattern-by-pattern of posts from A Pattern Language. Folks can jump ahead and find the rest here:

https://www.iwritewordsgood.com/apl/

or just hit up your local library and borrow a copy.

This is a pinnacle of modern philosophy. Applies across all spectra of system design.