Is “Balkanization” as you call it, or Aquinas’ theory of subsidiarity and self-government, bad because the larger tyrannies will overrun the smaller?
Generally, and this is obvious to most of us, greater authority to self-govern smaller enclaves leads to greater freedom. Are you saying we should give up on that idea out of fear?
Theyve got self-government - they have their own councils, and their own parliament. They have at least as much independence as any US State.