If a country is governed wisely, its inhabitants will be content. They enjoy their everyday work and don't bother with inventing labor-saving devices. Since they dearly love their homes, they aren't interested in travel. There may be wagons and boats, but these don't go anywhere. There may be an arsenal of weapons, but nobody ever uses them. People enjoy their food, take pleasure in being with their families, spend time working in their gardens, and delight in the happenings of the neighborhood. And even though the next country is so close that people can see each other, can hear its roosters crowing and its dogs barking, they are content to take life and death as it comes, without ever having to go and see it. There is no traffic between them, and throughout their lives the various peoples have nothing to do with each other.