> GreeksFrom absolute GIGACHADS inventing philosophy and democracy to an EU welfare case.> EgyptFrom building literal megastructures for their god-kings to a pyramid-themed gift shop that runs on US aid and tourist bucks.> Romans (Italians)From SPQR legions and Imperators ruling the known world to a nation of lazy bureaucrats who can't even form a government.> Persians (Iran)From the Cyrus the Great and his massive empire to a modern-day theocracy, obsessed with yelling "death to america".> Iraq (Mesopotamia)Literally the cradle of civilization. Invented writing, cities, everything. Now it's just a forever war sandbox.> BritbongsFrom a world-spanning empire that owned everything to a cope-and-seethe island that can't even handle a Brexit.
>>18005319Papal states to... whatever the Vatican is supposed to be.
>>18005319China gains and loses aura on a cyclical basis.
>>18005323trans rights activists