# We must cut down on the number of nations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-cut-down-on-the-number-of-nations/672401>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 28, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-cut-down-on-the-number-of-nations/672401 "2013-10-28T00:06:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-cut-down-on-the-number-of-nations/672401/81 "2013-10-30T17:21:24Z")

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Well that’s the point. It’s only through unceasing efforts and accidents of history that Portugal wasn’t unified with the rest of the Iberian kingdoms. Portugal, you’ve dodged these bullets for 500 years, now it’s over.

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