we had an evangelist in nz ...if I can remember the name I will post it, who published several books about the end times in the 80s.
most of the books were about the beast 'system' or new world order.
I remember it saying that as well as cashless system the world would divided into ten zones. (like the kingdoms of clay and iron) or the heads of the beast.
the way countries are divided today are according to colonial empires and economic zones. Africa is like that, before the british empire and the dutch got there it was self governing under various tribes, and they didnt divide the land into square patches, but according to rivers and mountains and forests, depending on where food source was.
You see the NWO in microcosm today in cities where councils amalgamate and businesses merge to become bigger. unification and centralisation do make things easier (and the few at the top become extremely rich through doing so) but also can mean less autonomy for the people.