The former PM expressed mild interest and said that, when he had taken office he had been struck by the excessive cost of embassies and armed forces, so they had been cut. Even cabinet ministers were too expensive. Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Somalia and others have ceased to function. The UN Development Programme says this is a growing trend, to be seen also in Afghanistan, the Balkans and, one might add, perhaps Transcaucasia eventually. If some countries, especially in Africa, were to be run along the lines of commercial enterprises rather than states, investors might find much that was attractive.
Some companies find the costs of listing too great and retreat to more modest existences.
Put in some local commanders and let them get on with it. They can call on group resources when they are in need. Just as there is a night watchman theory of government, so there is a night watchman theory of management. De-layering is common to both. The UK, New Zealand and others have handed out many government operations to commercial agencies.