Mad men and selfish stupid savage smuggers.
Joseph Boyden made a good read here folks.
It maintains Machiavelli's insight that to create a nation state you have to do some heinous thing and never deny that it was for everyone's benefit, using Louis Reil as a prime example.
Ernst Cassirer tells you all about it. He makes good reads too.
Next, put your ears on and check out Karl Lentz.
It seems people don't even need to be told to go fuck themselves anymore. Current social conditions mandate that they do it by default.
No wonder John Lennon wanted us to imagine no countries.