quote:Originally posted by TheWoozle: I think that one thing they're trying to say (but NOT actually saying it) is that empires come and go. By the 23rd adn 24th centuries, some of these empries have lost ground. I think of the Vulcans like the British. When the Americans started exploring, the Sun Never Sets On The British Empire and today, they're just an island nation with quaint politics and America's strongest Ally. By the 25th Century, Vulcan is pretty isolationist.
Oh thanks a lot!
Anyway, we may be an "island nation" with "quaint politics", but we still have the world's fifth largest economy and the best-trained armed forces in the world.
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Fourth largest, isn't it? Also we still have Gibralter and the Falklands and several other small islands!!! The Empire lives!!!
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