Something for nation builders to remember
Iraq, as currently configured, may not make sense as a complete nation.
What if we decided to actually carve it up rationally, according to actual populations? Would that work, giving everyone their own little piece of the action, or just start a whole load of little brushwars as each group decided that the other group's micronation would look good hanging on their belt?
Since the latter pretty much sums of most of recorded human history, I would probably bet on the brushwars. But it might be worth a shot.