That's funny: Germany was not a single country until late 19th century, when the rise of nation states began. Russia was a nation state long before that (with t

That's funny: Germany was not a single country until late 19th century, when the rise of nation states began. Russia was a nation state long before that (with that meaning that the majority of the population is what would be called a single nation). USA was never a nation state (to its benefit!). All states are held together by "force": witness different parts of Spain or Turkey wanting to secede... While there is an implicit reason for nation states to exist (single language), outside of that, there's nothing natural about them — they are political contraptions kept up by force (economic, political or army force). All the war efforts of Russia in Ukraine are still being tolerated. Getting into war would be not tolerating it (that's how WWs started, by other countries not tolerating German/Austrain attacks on third countries). Anyway, this is becoming very rethorical, and you've so far not supported your claim in any way.