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| Tango01 | 21 Feb 2025 4:49 p.m. PST |
"For those not familiar with the Western Balkan history of the 1930s, we must point you to those two important historical records, King Ottokar's Sceptre and the Calculus Affair by Herge, recording the involvement of Anglo-Belgian journalist Tintin in the region during this tumultuous time. Interestingly, neither book mentions one of the major reasons for much of the Syldavian – Bordurian tension. Trans Syldavia is a small state north of Syldavia and west of Borduria, and had fought free of the Habsburg empire in the 1848 revolution, only to be annexed by Borduria in the Balkan Wars. But Borduria joined the losing side in World War 1, and Syldavia the winning, so Trans Syldavia was transferred to Syldavia. (No one at any time asked what the Trans Syldavians wanted, of course)…"
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