Quote Originally Posted by Gilrandir View Post
In your post, America was referred to as a former British colony. I thought it was weird to thus refer to a country that has been independent for the last 350 years, so I referred to many present day countries in the same way: Britain as the former Norman domain, Germany as the former HRE, Greece as the former Byzantium, as Sweden and Norway as the former Kalmar Union.
I think it was supposed to draw parallels with Hong Kong - another territory which is oh-so much better off with its freedom.