..and, you know, maybe it's ok. Sometimes i fly over those countries and think to myself. Take Romania for example. Had a troublesome past. Currently not without problems I'm sure, but filthy rich by worldwide standards (not by US standards, but top50 gdp ppp per capita). Does some car stuff that got absorbed by France. Has some IT, some of it moves to/gets acquired by the US. Probably happy? why does everyone need to reinvent Google always.