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Today  you have become the leader of an entire nation in the early 20th  century. This nation bears your name. Whether your title is president,  emperor, czar, prime minister, or another supreme title, you must take  the reigns and take decisive action. The decisions you make have the  power to change the lives of the people in your nation, and around the  world, for better or worse.
As you envision your created country, you will need a full understanding of what makes up a nation-including  its people, its history, its governance, and its goals for the future.  In addition, you will need to understand the complex state of world  affairs at this time in history. Will nations discussed in this week's  readings be your allies or your foes? Given a chess game analogy, how  will you keep your king safe and which countries will be your pawns?
For  this week's Application Assignment, you will create your nation, and  build it to prosper within the context of an early 20th century world.
To prepare for this Application:
- Envision your own country called YOUR-NAME-HERE-land.
 
- Learning Resources to more clearly understand the  realities of the world in which you will create your country.
 
- Consider  what life was like for the average person in Europe, Russia, or North  or South America during that time. Is life in your created country  similar or different?
 
- Consider  the political policies countries were pursuing at this time in history  and the struggles they were facing. How about in your created country?
 
- Reflect  on how countries felt about each other, and the alliances they were  building. Which would be your created country's allies and its foes?