The nations with a thoroughly compacted family system have 'possessed the earth,' that is, they have taken all the finest districts in the most competed-for parts; and the nations with loose systems have been merely left to mountain ranges and lonely islands.
This quote emphasizes the geographical and territorial advantages held by nations with strong family systems.
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