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Why Is The World Split Into Countries?

2017/1/6
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The world is divided into various levels of political divisions like countries, states, cities, and counties due to historical, geographical, and political reasons. Borders, often contentious and leading to conflicts, define these divisions.

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Why is all of the world split up into countries, states, cities and counties and more? Why can't we all just live as one big group? Which country has the least amount of people? We're talking about countries and borders with author Juan Enriquez. Also in this episode: why don't school buses have seatbelts?