But what about outliving other nations? I'm sure you've seen your share of the rise and fall of them. Prussia, Persia, the Roman Empire. Actually, I'm also a bit intersted in learning about the creation of new nations. For example, take the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Are they represented by two individuals or just one? [Pausing for a moment, he thought about something.] That's actually a good case to consider for me, especially seeing that the lands they were created from used to be a part of Austria-Hungary.

[What he really wants to do is ask about the countries that came out of the break-up of the USSR but he's not too sure if it's a safe subject to get into.]