We need to be resilient, we don't know when will reach the breaking point

Imagine you live in a country that for nearly seventy years has been a nation state in every way, including being a founder of the United Nations. You have a flag, a currency, and a strong economy that is among the strongest 25 in the world, complete with Executive, Legislature and Judiciary.

Yet, your country struggles to gain recognition as a nation state, and is claimed by your huge neighbour to the west, whose more than one billion population dwarfs your 23 or so million people. Your neighbour, whose power in the world has grown dramatically in the last 30 years, uses its diplomatic and economic muscle to intimidate any would be friends to keep away.