From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   This is not a quiz. There is only one question, and it is not suitable   
   for a quiz, since there more than one "depends on what you mean".   
      
   But still, post your answers - without checking sources - and I will   
   try to summarise this on Sunday.   
      
   So this is the question: Of the independent countries that exist today,   
   existed also 500 years ago, in some shape or form, and has existed   
   in these 500 years without interruption?   
      
   If you want to add comments for why you include or do not include a certain   
   country, feel free to do so.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)