Even that has earth parallels—colonies and low-resource areas that depend on outside economies cause interesting tensions. Putting it on Mars makes it less interesting, actually, as we’re fully guessing at the resource flows (and military threats) that drive the equilibrium.
A key question of Mars governance will be about what questions will be decided by people on earth and what will be decided by people on Mars.
Even that has earth parallels—colonies and low-resource areas that depend on outside economies cause interesting tensions. Putting it on Mars makes it less interesting, actually, as we’re fully guessing at the resource flows (and military threats) that drive the equilibrium.