Eventually it was all sorted out. Unusually, in nowadays, it needed very few boxes ticked, the completion of almost no Impact Assessment Statements and caused little or no debate on the various social networks.
However, it did result in some slight bruising to an elbow and the total annihilation of several small countries. This – as none of us still alive here (by definition) do not live in any of those (former) countries, does mean that it counts as a success – more or less.
That is the nature of such experiments; certain drawbacks are always possible and must always be counted alongside the benefits. Obviously, the fact we managed to produce a very nice cup of tea from the whole enterprise does go someway towards its overall success. Making the loss of a handful of the smaller countries pale into insignificance when compared with the increased biscuit-dunking opportunities such a nice cup of tea offers to us all.
After all, geography has of late become far too complex. There are an increasing number of countries, appearing faster than we can reprint the maps, even with modern technology. Consequently, the loss of a few of them does make things a lot easier. If some of the side effects discovered afterwards are confirmed it will enable us to print over quite a large expanse of what are – for now – the blank areas on our maps with that good old stand-by of: Here Be Dragons.
We do have some idea of why such a nice cup of tea necessitated destroying a mere handful of the smaller counties. However, theorists have yet to explain just how the dragons manifested themselves in those selfsame areas.
Obviously, much more work needs to be done on the nature of reality. Especially how it all relates back to there central importance of making a nice cup of tea for the integrity of this universe (and – it now seems - a few other nearby universes as well).
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