As someone interested in politics, I am struck by 'what countries
do.' Obviously (and, I think, as I've been re-reading especially
Ricardo, helpfully), individual (& corporate) agents in countries
act, by and large.
But of course the laws of the country set boundaries, sometimes quite
severe, within which agents can act.
And, I wonder -- when a country goes to war, do we still
conceptualize it as individuals acting, or is that a case when
countries act?
Peter G. Stillman