Internet works by connecting Internet protocol (IP) addresses of servers and clients. Earlier IPv4 version of IP addresses was in use but they are limited in numbers. As they are 32-bits addresses so it can only have 2^32 combinations and they are exhausting soon. It can not meet the growing demand for internet service. So, we are shifting to IPv6 addresses as they are 128-bits addresses and it can serve trillions.
Now, globally there are 13 root servers which help in working on the internet. 11 root servers are in the United States, 1 in Europe and 1 in Japan. If any of the root servers stop working, the Internet will shut down.
So, it will be better to have our own root server. But it should be more liberal not state-controlled as we have seen in China where people are just limited to their country and don't have the knowledge about other things in the world.
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