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In 1871, Germany was unified for the first time ever (though the [[Holy Roman Empire]] was a basically German institution, it <s>wasn't</s> [[The Remnant|hadn't been for several centuries]] a true union of the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|myriad of small independent countries]], but rather a loose confederations not unlike the constantly [[Zero Punctuation|feuding and inbreeding residents of some backwards Louisiana swamp]], and was formally dissolved in 1806). A lot bigger than modern Germany, it incorporated a large part of modern Poland, the Alsace and Lorraine areas of France, parts of Lithuania and Denmark, and what is now the Kaliningrad exclave of the Russian Federation. All had German populations at a time, but in some places they were not a majority or "German in sentiment". [[Internet Backdraft|Be very careful when you talk about this. It may spontaneously combust.]] Germans were kicked out of a lot of places after the Second World War, but in Germany and these places (Poland and the Czech Republic) [[Elephant in the Living Room|it's considered polite not to mention this.]]