We do not disagree with Dalibor on the prospective benefits of federalism. One message of Persecution and Toleration is that the historical process through which state formation takes place matters. In Britain and France the state building process resulted in highly centralized nation states. In Germany this process did not take place. When Germany was finally unified in the 19th century it was as a federal state. As a large part of our argument is focused on the rise of modern states in Western Europe, we did not dwell on federalism at any great length.