Even Spain and Portugal managed to do it. And if you know anything about these countries, it's not that they're especially competent. It's because when there are no opposing forces, you can simply bypass mountains and deserts and locate yourself in hospitable places.
America had modern (relatively) men have to undertake possible suicide missions just to claim 100 mile stretches of it for the country.
It's because when there are no opposing forces, you can simply bypass mountains and deserts and locate yourself in hospitable places.
Which is simple when your borders are either already founded nations or literal water on all sides. Not having 1/3rd of your massive country bisected by such terrain from top to bottom.
Especially when a huge fertile place filled with resources exists on the other side of it, meaning you can't just skip it to settle in Nebraska because its easy.
For their own profit.
Most wars are for profit for the leadership and government, so Europe's thousands of years of war and border changes makes this irrelevant.
Even Spain and Portugal managed to do it. And if you know anything about these countries, it's not that they're especially competent. It's because when there are no opposing forces, you can simply bypass mountains and deserts and locate yourself in hospitable places.
For their own profit. Yeah, they did that.
Which is simple when your borders are either already founded nations or literal water on all sides. Not having 1/3rd of your massive country bisected by such terrain from top to bottom.
Especially when a huge fertile place filled with resources exists on the other side of it, meaning you can't just skip it to settle in Nebraska because its easy.
Most wars are for profit for the leadership and government, so Europe's thousands of years of war and border changes makes this irrelevant.