I can't help myself on this one, but... > Believe it or not, the country didn't degrade into people waging private wars against each other, mass murder, etc...

I can't help myself on this one, but... > Believe it or not, the country didn't degrade into people waging private wars against each other, mass murder, etc... We did have a civil war (which is the end bound you placed on your time line). It wasn't a private war, it technically wasn't mass murder, but, it was a war. Again, sorry, I couldn't help myself on this one.