It's a lot of fun finding a country that nobody knows about. The only thing better is finding a country everybody's bullish on and shorting it.
Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.
Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries.
If the current birth rate, which is the lowest in the major developed countries, continues, there will be no Japanese. Who will pay the enormous debt?