Interestingly, noting the packing up of the giant 6ft by 4ft calligraphy noting the war of the 3 Kingdoms of China; initially China was 300 states, then 30, then 3, and now one. That was a lot of work over many centuries, but always with the same notion...unity. Although the West would like it all to go backwards...I doubt they'll be going back to 300 any time soon. Give it 300 years at least.