> But countries are a collection of its citizens [sic] This seems excessively reductionist. An organized state, borders, a system for generating revenue, an ar

> But countries are a collection of its citizens [sic] This seems excessively reductionist. An organized state, borders, a system for generating revenue, an armed force, and other infrastructure seems necessary for a proper country to exist. All of these militate against treating the country as merely a collection of people, or using the people as the fodder to "punish" the country.