>>211882964 (OP)>How small would a planet have to be for one world government to inevitably emerge? How big a body a government can effectively govern is entirely determined by developments in transportation and communication. The fact Ontario can call, or fly, anyone, and anywhere, within the country (despite how wide Canada is) in a few hours makes the government "possible". The next big issue of our era to overcome though is aging and population: the more people you have, and the older they become, the more dependents you have, the more an exponentiating demand they put on the governments ability to just keep track of its' own population.
With our own current level of technology we could probably govern half of the planet under a single government, but probably only a little more than 10% of the human population effectively?