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suujiku whispered:
Oh, SD, enlighten me. Are there any other nations that confounded death upon their dissolution, aside from Prussia? And while we're talking about death and dussolution, it has been shown that nations are more or less immortal, but can they die if their country is dissolved?
Certain characters, such as the Roman Empire and Germania, are technically dead in nation terms. Yet they live on in spirit, able to visit the Earth while maintaining a heavenly existence. When asked by Germany what it was like to disappear, Grandpa Rome seems to have a difficult time recounting the experience. At some point he ceased existing as a physical nation on this Earth, but the transition is vague.
At some point in his history, Lithuania feared that he might disappear as well. This is likely due to the fact that at the time, the existence of his nation was threatened.
However, the dissolution of a nation politically does not necessarily mean the national representative must disappear (that is to say, die).
An example of a nation who continued to exist beyond dissolution might be Turkey. We first meet Turkey when he is called The Ottoman Empire. Although the Ottoman Empire was officially dissolved in the 1920s, he lived on as the Republic of Turkey.
This mirrors the journey of Prussia. We first meet him as the Teutonic Knights. Despite the fact that he ceased to be a representative for the Teutonic Knights, Prussia - as he came to be called - took on a new name and continued to exist. Likewise, after the Prussian Empire was dissolved, Prussia lived on as a representative of East Germany.
In general, nations can, and often will, die completely when the political and social structures they are representing cease to exist or take on radically different forms. However, some nations adapt to these new forms, and continue living.
