Preface
Many countries in the world are divided, and the trouble is very ugly, and some countries even fight for it, and even the relationship has become very bad after that.
However, there are two countries in this world that are independent and very peaceful, and the two countries are also very compatible in all aspects, what is the reason why these two countries are like a family?
Czechoslovakia
When it comes to Czechoslovakia, many people think of it as a country, but in 1992 the country split into two countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
After the separation of the two countries, there are still relatively close ties in many aspects, not only in the fields of science and culture, but also in the economic aspects, and even in the military industry.
Even Slovaks in the Czech Republic were able to occupy relatively important political positions, and this shows how good the relations between the two countries are.
Some people may wonder why the two countries split in the first place, given that the relationship between the two countries is so good? In fact, this has to be said in several ways.
Initially, both countries belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but after World War I the Austro-Hungarian Empire split into three states: Austria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
During this time, Czechoslovakia was still a capitalist country, and after the end of World War II, the nature of Czechoslovakia society began to change and it became a socialist state.
However, after the upheavals in Eastern Europe, Czechoslovakia was divided into two countries, and the nature of society began to change to capitalism.
These two countries are two neighboring countries, and if you go back in time, you can go back to the Middle Ages, which leads to a relatively good phenomenon, that is, the two countries are compatible in all respects.
However, due to various reasons, the two countries have split and merged several times, which has also led to the fact that although the two countries are very compatible, there are also certain internal contradictions.
First of all, there is the problem of uneven economic development between the two countries, and if you compare the two countries together, it is obvious that the Czech industry is much more developed than that of Slovakia.
This has also created a phenomenon, that is, the overall development of the Czech Republic is stronger than that of Slovakia, and if the two sides are equal in strength and most aspects complement each other, I believe that there will not be so many contradictions.
However, there is a certain competitive relationship between the two countries, so there is an irreconcilable contradiction, but this is only a contradiction within the country.
However, when these contradictions are affected by external conditions, this division is only a matter of time, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union in the last century affected many countries, and Czechoslovakia was one of them.
Since they were a socialist country at that time, the Soviet Union had a tight control over the country of Czechoslovakia, after all, the location of this place was in Eastern Europe.
And the Soviet Union and the United States are mortal enemies, so the Western world is not friendly to Czechoslovakia, at that time they resorted to a very classic trick, that is, isolation and sanctions.
Under such circumstances, the internal contradictions in Czechoslovakia became even more serious, which was the reason for the separation of the two countries, but the separation of the two countries was relatively peaceful.
There was no sword confrontation, and there was no unpleasant trouble, so people called this incident the "velvet divorce" incident, and the two countries developed quite well after they separated.
Czech and Slovak development
After the separation of the two countries, the Czech Republic was given 78,000 kilometers of land, and the population of the country at that time was more than 8 million.
Flag of the Czech Republic
Slovakia as a country has been allocated 49,000 square kilometers of land, and as for the population, Slovakia is almost 7 million.
Flag of Slovakia
After the split, these two countries committed themselves to developing their own economies, and for the development of their own countries, both countries joined NATO and the European Union.
Since then, both sides have paid more attention to the development of their own countries, and after the efforts of both sides, both countries have entered the ranks of developed countries.
However, if you compare these two countries, the Czech Republic is more developed than Slovakia, and when the two countries are not separated, the Czech Republic's industrial development is better, and this point is also extended to the later development.
In addition, the development of tourism in the Czech Republic is much stronger than that of Slovakia, and tourism can indeed stimulate the economy of a place to a large extent.
These two countries have also invested a lot in the social welfare system, whether it is children's education or medical care, the government has borne a lot, which makes the lives of their residents a lot easier.
Prices in the Czech Republic are very low in the whole Western European world, which means that Czechs can save more money, and the Parental Leave in Slovakia is very long, and they can still receive a part of their salary during the parental leave.
The impact of the secession on people's lives
The separation of the two countries is mainly determined by the governments of these two countries, and the people are not involved in the process, so the people of these two countries do not have much hatred for each other.
What's more, these two countries have the same culture, and the exchange between these two countries, to a certain extent, is also very convenient, after all, both countries are in the European Union.
As long as they are citizens of EU countries, they can travel freely in and out of these member states, regardless of which member state they choose to live in.
Not only that, but they don't need a visa, and for those citizens of EU member states, going abroad is like going out of a province, which greatly facilitates their lives.
And the separation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia and their lives when they were not separated is not very different, so many people feel that the Czech Republic and Slovakia are not separated, and it does not have much impact.
Whether these two countries can merge together again in the future is actually very closely related to the wishes of their citizens, but the general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, and they will be divided for a long time.
The two countries still have close cooperation in many aspects, so they also have a certain degree of commonality in politics, so what happens to these two countries in the future, let's wait and see!
Resources:
[1] Outline of the History of Czechoslovakia.
[2] On the establishment and division of the government of the Czechoslovak National Front.