Unruly

To move a society to its optimal state (to be defined), there is likely a minimum and maximum number of rules (to be defined) that can be imposed on it. A rule can be defined as a simple construct such as "If X then Not Y", and the societal optimum may be the aggregate production or some such metric. In a society where there are no rules, aggregate production is unlikely to be maximized as the members of the society (presumably maximizing tactical individual utility) will exhibit behavior...