coastlines

Eventually you reach the size of atoms and you are now talking about fractals and not real-life coastlines.

Apparently it has been asserted that this special border region extends inward 100 miles from borders and coastlines.

The exact curve of the scaling factor can be played around with to give you sharper or smoother coastlines...

A co-operative system born from the hilly Greek peninsular and jagged Aegean coastlines meeting the hierarchical system of the Romans co-existing.

This isn't just a mathematical curiosity; real life coastlines are fractal and have no well-defined length, as the parent poster's link explains.

Is this doable on a micro level for off grid living on coastlines?

It's no accident that the coastlines of the USA were populated first, and are currently the most densely populated areas of the country.

Sure, the coastlines might vary or the colouring may be mildly different, but if the gameplay effect is negligible, then it's not an advantage.

If there was a war, China should pick it's coastlines where it has anti-access/area denial weapons (allegedly) and opposing force would not risk their assets.

Admittedly you don't need to cover all that area, as the effective range of pirate speedboats is limited, so you're really just covering the coastlines.

Not to mention the pollution issues impacting fisheries and coastlines.

That would be difficult, since coastlines are essentially fractal.

I'm reading this article and Sratfor says: "It is worth briefly explaining why Stratfor fixates on navigable rivers as opposed to coastlines.

The name of the paradox is really unfortunate because it doesn't apply the coastlines "all the way down." You can't keep subdividing a coastline because eventually you start working with curves meaning that you can use calculus and meaning that you can work out limits.

If I were writing a science fiction story there would be primitive villages on higher inland areas, and partially submerged technologically advanced cities on the coastlines:-) But what I find most amusing is that when I was a kid "science" was saying "but we don't know if any other star even has a planet!" and to me as a kid it seemed preposterous that other stars wouldn't have planets.