I read somewhere that the higher the percentage of a country's borders that
is an open ocean/sea (vs. land locked) the better the prosperity of that
nation (given everything else, like government type, climate, etc. is
equal)
(I guessed at these % by looking at a map)
Examples Of Nations that have high % ocean/sea shorelines/borders
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Australia 100%
England 100%
Japan 100%
Hong Kong 100% (part of China now)
Singapore 100%
Italy 90%
USA 80%
Canada 80%
France 75%
Russia 50%
Chile 50%
China 30%
Low % of borders (land locked)
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Poland post WWII 15%
Poland pre WII 1%
Bolivia 0%
Paraguay 0%
So in a addition to Poland being surrounded by two large aggressive super
powers , it's seashore borders for trade/communication/navy are very small.
Zbyszek
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lech Lesiak [mailto:lech_lesiak@...]
Sent: November 7, 2004 9:59 AM
To: Kresy-Siberia@...
Subject: Re: [Kresy-Siberia] Re: Getting over it
--- Eve5J@... wrote:
The fact of
Poland's geography has nothing
to do with it.
Poland's location is critical to its history.
Location between competing superpowers during the past
several hundred years has had major effects on Poland
and Poles, including moi.
Do believe that it's purely coincidental that Norway,
for example, never suffered the same fate over the
centuries?
Czesc,
Leszek
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