If the government is to powerful then the ideals of a democracy is pointless because the people will not have a voice in the government and the government will control everything. In addition, the nation will turn into a dictatorship because the people cannot vote for who will be in the government.
As Communism<span> in the Soviet Union and </span>Eastern Europe <span>began to collapse due to the revolutions taking place, pressure mounted on the </span>East<span> German authorities to open the Berlin border to the west. Thousands of Germans were escaping to the west through Hungary and the GDR was powerless to stop them.</span>
More generally, this means that a country declares itself to be on NEITHER side of some conflict.
Some historical examples were the US in 1793 when it declared itself neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain