3 countries most likely to merge

HitRed · Post by **HitRed** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:19 pm

Under one government. Germany was formed from many nation states as was Italy. Could this happen in the future? What are your 3 or more current counties likely to unite under one government? Some might share a common language or religion, as Italy, or not. In the case of Italy the North was more industrial and the south the breadbasket.

Let me know,

HitRed

NomadPatriot · Post by **NomadPatriot** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:10 am

Ethiopia, Peru & Scotland...

the Trifecta of Power

KoolBak · Post by **KoolBak** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:15 am

Canada, USA and Mexico! Just IMAGINE all the happy hosers and Nyetzkee!

jimboston · Post by **jimboston** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:16 am

I think some Central or South American countries could/would most likely benefit from a merge.
I don’t think they can do it in the near future... don’t think they could ‘get their act together’ to do it.

... former UK countries could do it maybe and become a global powerhouse.
Including the USA if we did it while we are still mostly anglican in terms of our language and culture.

Imagine USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand... as one country.

jimboston · Post by **jimboston** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:38 am

KoolBak wrote:Canada, USA and Mexico! Just IMAGINE all the happy hosers and Nyetzkee!

Geographically this would make sense... culturally it could work if we could reduce Mexican (and US?) corruption.

KoolBak · Post by **KoolBak** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:40 am

I could dig us all acting more Canadian.

Waiting for the new zealanders to reply to your suggestion of buddying up with ozzland

Just for fun, let's suggest Finland, Sweden and Norway. I'd LOVE to hear my Norse friends opine about marrying the swedes. You know they have a giant joke culture totally hosing each other? Funny as hell....

alex951 · Post by **alex951** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:15 pm

I know technically China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan aren’t separate but they will merge. The koreas willl merge after WWIII and the Ottoman Empire will emerge like the Phoenix.

Post by **TeeGee** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:24 pm

KoolBak wrote:I could dig us all acting more Canadian.

Waiting for the new zealanders to reply to your suggestion of buddying up with ozzland

Just for fun, let's suggest Finland, Sweden and Norway. I'd LOVE to hear my Norse friends opine about marrying the swedes. You know they have a giant joke culture totally hosing each other? Funny as hell....

I can help get a reaction from them

Is New Zealand even a country?

https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament ... n/preamble . read section 6

6. Definitions
The Commonwealth shall mean the Commonwealth of Australia as established under this Act.

The States shall mean such of the colonies of New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia, including the northern territory of South Australia, as for the time being are parts of the Commonwealth, and such colonies or territories as may be admitted into or established by the Commonwealth as States; and each of such parts of the Commonwealth shall be called a State.

Original States shall mean such States as are parts of the Commonwealth at its establishment.

NomadPatriot · Post by **NomadPatriot** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:58 pm

TeeGee wrote:
KoolBak wrote:I could dig us all acting more Canadian.

Waiting for the new zealanders to reply to your suggestion of buddying up with ozzland

Just for fun, let's suggest Finland, Sweden and Norway. I'd LOVE to hear my Norse friends opine about marrying the swedes. You know they have a giant joke culture totally hosing each other? Funny as hell....

I can help get a reaction from them

Is New Zealand even a country?

https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament ... n/preamble . read section 6

6. Definitions
The Commonwealth shall mean the Commonwealth of Australia as established under this Act.

The States shall mean such of the colonies of New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia, including the northern territory of South Australia, as for the time being are parts of the Commonwealth, and such colonies or territories as may be admitted into or established by the Commonwealth as States; and each of such parts of the Commonwealth shall be called a State.

Original States shall mean such States as are parts of the Commonwealth at its establishment.

teegee isn't the brightest bulb .. but for an aussie.. he's average.. I guess

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... _(nominal)

HitRed · Post by **HitRed** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 5:18 pm

Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

All mountainous (resources like metals and water), contiguous and Muslim. All have many things holding them back so some change would likely be better.

Post by **Dukasaur** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:00 pm

HitRed wrote:Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

All mountainous (resources like metals and water), contiguous and Muslim. All have many things holding them back so some change would likely be better.

Close, but I'm thinking Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Tadjikistan would be a closer match.

I think the mostly rural and agricultural population of Afghanistan would be overwhelmed by the mostly urban and industrial (and much larger) population of Pakistan. Neither of those overwhelmingly Sunni countries would gel well with Shiite Iran.

HitRed · Post by **HitRed** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:27 pm

Central America would be a great tourism play or have bigger purchasing power by going back to the past. The Federal Republic of Central America lasted from 1823 to 1841. Today all are poor but are in beautiful settings. Remove the corruption and things might take off.

The republic consisted of the present-day Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Post by **TeeGee** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:36 pm

NomadPatriot wrote:
TeeGee wrote:
KoolBak wrote:I could dig us all acting more Canadian.

Waiting for the new zealanders to reply to your suggestion of buddying up with ozzland

Just for fun, let's suggest Finland, Sweden and Norway. I'd LOVE to hear my Norse friends opine about marrying the swedes. You know they have a giant joke culture totally hosing each other? Funny as hell....

I can help get a reaction from them

Is New Zealand even a country?

https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament ... n/preamble . read section 6

6. Definitions
The Commonwealth shall mean the Commonwealth of Australia as established under this Act.

The States shall mean such of the colonies of New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia, including the northern territory of South Australia, as for the time being are parts of the Commonwealth, and such colonies or territories as may be admitted into or established by the Commonwealth as States; and each of such parts of the Commonwealth shall be called a State.

Original States shall mean such States as are parts of the Commonwealth at its establishment.
teegee isn't the brightest bulb .. but for an aussie.. he's average.. I guess

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... _(nominal)

I link an official government website, you link wikipedia, which I have immense pleasure in editing (ask the drama llama).
Who's the bright spark?

riskllama · Post by **riskllama** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:46 pm

LOL - TeeGee wins this thread...

mrswdk · Post by **mrswdk** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:16 pm

Northern Ireland to leave the UK and merge with the Republic of Ireland. It was probably going to happen anyway, but Brexit has brought the timeline forward a bit.

alex951 wrote:I know technically China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan aren’t separate but they will merge.

China is already sovereign over Hong Kong (and has been since 1997). If you mean when will Hong Kong lose its status as a special administrative region and cease to have a higher degree of autonomy than other Chinese cities, that will happen in 2047.

We all eagerly await the day that Taiwan is finally reunited with the mainland.

NomadPatriot · Post by **NomadPatriot** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:20 pm

TeeGee wrote:
NomadPatriot wrote:
TeeGee wrote:
KoolBak wrote:I could dig us all acting more Canadian.

Waiting for the new zealanders to reply to your suggestion of buddying up with ozzland

Just for fun, let's suggest Finland, Sweden and Norway. I'd LOVE to hear my Norse friends opine about marrying the swedes. You know they have a giant joke culture totally hosing each other? Funny as hell....

I can help get a reaction from them

Is New Zealand even a country?

https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament ... n/preamble . read section 6

6. Definitions
The Commonwealth shall mean the Commonwealth of Australia as established under this Act.

The States shall mean such of the colonies of New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia, including the northern territory of South Australia, as for the time being are parts of the Commonwealth, and such colonies or territories as may be admitted into or established by the Commonwealth as States; and each of such parts of the Commonwealth shall be called a State.

Original States shall mean such States as are parts of the Commonwealth at its establishment.
teegee isn't the brightest bulb .. but for an aussie.. he's average.. I guess

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... _(nominal)
I link an official government website, you link wikipedia, which I have immense pleasure in editing (ask the drama llama).
Who's the bright spark?

you would only need to edit Wikipedia if it proved you wrong..
which proves me right.
checkmate...

The ram · Post by **The ram** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 1:49 am

Israel, Palestine and Gaza would be an interesting mix

The most boring is the benelux countries.

I'd like to see the UK become closer to USA and Australia but leave Canada out the equation.

betiko · Post by **betiko** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:45 am

France, Quebec,romanche switzerland, wallonia, luxembourg, Monaco, vall d’aosta, Algeria, Djibouti, Vietnam, Laos

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:24 am

HitRed wrote:Under one government. Germany was formed from many nation states as was Italy. Could this happen in the future? What are your 3 or more current counties likely to unite under one government?

I don't see this happening in the near future. Your examples are all European centric which reached its peak in the "European Union." Outside of Europe there is little desire to go through all the necessary work. Regional differences are far greater than in Europe.

Countries to be absorbed by larger countries, on the other hand will continue to be common as long as the Empire of China has enough power.

A US/Canada/Medico merger is not possible at this time. The Mexican constitution is far too xenophobic to be tolerated by the left in the United States. (Seriously, it makes Trump look like a liberal.)

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:59 am

HitRed wrote:Under one government. Germany was formed from many nation states as was Italy. Could this happen in the future? What are your 3 or more current counties likely to unite under one government?

I don't see this happening in the near future. Your examples are all European centric which reached its peak in the "European Union." Outside of Europe there is little desire to go through all the necessary work. Regional differences are far greater than in Europe.

Countries to be absorbed by larger countries, on the other hand will continue to be common as long as the Empire of China has enough power.

A US/Canada/Medico merger is not possible at this time. The Mexican constitution is far too xenophobic to be tolerated by the left in the United States. (Seriously, it makes Trump look like a liberal.)

KoolBak · Post by **KoolBak** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 11:19 am

Yeah, but....tequila.

tzor · Post by **tzor** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:12 pm

KoolBak wrote:Yeah, but....tequila.

That's what USMCA is for.

mrswdk · Post by **mrswdk** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:05 am

mrswdk wrote:Northern Ireland to leave the UK and merge with the Republic of Ireland. It was probably going to happen anyway, but Brexit has brought the timeline forward a bit.

Right on cue, Sinn Fein - a political party that run in both RoI and Northern Irish elections on a platform of Irish reunification - have stormed national elections in the Republic of Ireland:

The date 10 February now represents two equally important moments for Mary Lou McDonald.

In 2018, it marked the day she took over from Gerry Adams as Sinn Féin president.

Two years later, it marked the beginning of a new era for the party under her leadership, as it consolidated its best-ever election result.

We now know Sinn Féin topped the poll in the majority of constituencies and increased its number of seats by 14 - a remarkable result.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51448739

NomadPatriot · Post by **NomadPatriot** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:48 pm

it's quoting itself now.....

Post by **TeeGee** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:17 am

KoolBak wrote:Yeah, but....tequila.

Just send mageplunka69 a message, he will sort you out with tequila

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