They make decisions for subordinate local governments
<span>Fortinbras will not attack Denmark.
</span><span>Good news. The King of Norway has diverted his nephew Fortinbras to an attack on Poland instead of Norway (for now). There is word-play that makes this parallel Hamlet's killing of Polonius instead of Claudius.</span>
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During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. With stunning speed, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.
