Asia (the Symphony That Never Ends)

Most of Asia is Japanese or Russian, with thinly populated states in the interior retaining nominal independence because they are not worth the effort, or the diplomatic costs, of conquest. In the southwest, the Ottoman Empire still pretends to be the natural leader of the world's Muslims, hurling anathemas at the revisionist sect that now controls Egypt and the Holy Cities in Arabia. Oil wealth has done little for its backward position, thanks to the corruption of its elite and its continuing technical inferiority.
Category:Asia
Category:The Symphony That Never Ends