Where the stories start...

▼

Friday, December 27, 2019

Nation Building

One thousand years of national borders overlaid on one map SOURCE
The difference between what is now Germany and France is striking.

A critical study of German statehood might be instructive for developing nations approaching statehood. Sadly, most of those developing nations lack a common language and "tribe".

Hat-tip Lucas Machias
at

2 comments:

  1. Old NFODecember 28, 2019 at 3:18 PM

    And the last sentence makes most of the rest of the 'lessons' moot, as evidenced by what has/is happening in Africa as 'tribes' try to form/reform/lather/rinse/repeat...

    ReplyDelete
  2. AdaptiveDecember 29, 2019 at 1:20 AM

    The fact that Germany is a mess is old news but who knew what is now France was so stable! Also, it looks like Sicily has always been a unified island?

    ReplyDelete

Readers who are willing to comment make this a better blog. Civil dialog is a valuable thing.