• Taalnazi@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Constitutions don’t make a country. People do.

    If we’re going by constitutions nevertheless, San Marino is older. Even when we go by founding of the country or community living there, San Marino is definitely older.

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      23 hours ago

      Constitutions don’t make a country. People do.

      I agree completely with this which is why I said basically the same thing in my comment. I’m saying that while 250 years old for a country is not very old, going 250 years without suffering some kind of complete collapse in state institutions is pretty long.