Japan had just around 40 years since the civil war once they got into another big one. Germany was the messiest of all European countries even before the war a

Japan had just around 40 years since the civil war once they got into another big one. Germany was the messiest of all European countries even before the war as well... Your knowledge of history gives your wrong image of things. And yes, Afghanistan was close to being a centralised nation, with a running government for more time in the 20th century, than it wasn't. They did far better than German, or Italian kingdoms at least.