Bland because it either means lacking flavour or lacking vigour or interest
1) Always in central Europe where all the wars seemed to be happening
2)Almost completely destroyed in both WW1 and WW2
3) Faced many wars from both the nordic people and central European superpowers(Always in between the major powers)
Direct object is a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transition verb. Like example John fed his fish the direct object is the fish.
Indirect object someone or something affected by the transition verb but not the primary object. Like example Give him the candy him is the indirect object.