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[–] Pirasp 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It usually isn't this bad with neighbouring countries though. The reason is the late unification of Germany of course.

[–] lemmington_steele 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure late unification is necessarily the determing factor here. e.g. look at Italy

[–] Pirasp 9 points 11 months ago

Sure, but Italy also has the Vatican in it, and I've heard that place had and continues to have quite a lot of influence... Also, Italy was unified one before, the same cannot be said about Germany. (No, the HRE does not count)