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The Unification of Germany, coming practically a decade after that of Italy's, must have gone down the annals of history as one of the key defining moments of the exaltation of nationalism in the nineteenth century. Its significance is incredibly potent, as it was this unification that was to herald the dawn of a new age not only in the apogee of Realpolitik -- as practised by German chancellor Bismarck -- but also the history of the Western civilization. After all, who would have thought that Germany was going to become such a great power by dint of its particularly efficient army and, most importantly, its chancellor, Bismarck, considered by Rich as an exponent of a particularly amoral realpolitik? Yet, it did, and today, is considered to be one of the most powerful economies in Europe.
That said, as with everything, there is a history -- and this country's, by gum, is a chequered one:
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