Imagine There is No Country (?)

By : Jannerson Girsang

When I was in the first year of a university in Indonesia in 1980s, I heard John Lennon’s very popular song of “Imagine”. I love the song and still hear in certain time. However, I forget to dig the meaning of the song.

Several days ago, I heard the song and focused on following quotation of lyric below.

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Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

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I can not imagine how this world is managed without any country!. I believe John Lennon is still dreamer until this moment.

In fact, new countries are created year by year!. Let see http://s05.flagcounter.com  latest list of countries all over the world as follows:

Andorra, Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Albania, Armenia, Netherlands Antilles, Angola, Antarctica, Argentina, American Samoa, Austria, Australia, Araba, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Bermuda, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, The Bahamas, Bhutan, Bouvet Island, Botswana, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Cocos (Keeling), Islands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Switzerland, Cote d'Ivoire, Cook Islands, Chile, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Christmas Island, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Dominica, The Dominican, Algeria, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Western Sahara, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, Fiji, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Federated States of Micronesia, Faroe Islands, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Grenada, Georgia, Guernsey, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, The Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Guatemala, Guam, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Isle of Man, India, British Indian Ocean Territory, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jersey, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, Saint Kitts and Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Cayman Islands, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Macedonia, Mali, Burma, Mongolia, Macau, Northern Mariana Islands, Mauritania, Montserrat, Malta, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, Niger, Norfolk Island, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Nauru, Niue, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Peru, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Gaza Strip, Portugal, Palau, Paraguay, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sudan, Sweden, Singapore, Saint Helena, Slovenia, Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen), Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San Marino, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, Sao Tome and Principe, El Salvador, Syria, Swaziland, Turks and Caicos Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tokelau, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Tonga, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Holy See (Vatican City), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, British Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, Yemen, Mayotte, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

I love this devided world into countries that make me getting rich in thoughts, ideas of how to create world peace.

"Imagine there is no country"  is not a solution for “Nothing to kill or die for”.

The most important is : “Let us create peace by learning each other that we can love each other, although we live in different countries”. 


Through this blog, I have received more than 4000 visitors from more than 50 countries. Every time new visitor comes from new countries, I learn the country and know more about it. Some countries are new to me. By visiting some websites about the countries, I know more about cultures, economic, current politics and  lessons of how they dream, create and maintain peace. I love more people!