In reading the article about the independence vote in Montenegro, I noted that there are only 700,000 people in what will be this new country.  Which is roughly the size of the last two places I’ve lived, Seattle WA and Vancouver BC.

If North America were Europe, it seems that each suburb would have to be its own country, and I’d have to cross national borders 20 times before I needed to fill up on gas.  Oh sorry, petrol.