But Poland has survived, with its culture, language and most of its territory intact, and today Poles look forward with optimism to taking their place at the forefront of the new, post-Communist Central Europe.
The territory comprising today's Poland is the nearly the same as pre-World War II. 
mnli hypothesis: The territory comprising today's Poland is the nearly the same as pre-World War II.  premise: But Poland has survived, with its culture, language and most of its territory intact, and today Poles look forward with optimism to taking their place at the forefront of the new, post-Communist Central Europe.