[HPforGrownups] Muggle vs. Wizardling geopolitics, was Re: Christmas

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 167217

> Magpie wrote:
> "
> I mean, one might also ask why Wizards have countries the same as Muggles
> do, following our borders, if they're their own world. But the seem to 
> have
> that too. Whatever they claim about being cut off, and whatever Arthur's
> ignorance, they seem to always be a section of whatever society in which
> they live, and not really a world totally of their own."

Bruce:
> Wizardling political boundaries do not always follow Muggle ones.  Ireland 
> has
> been independent of Britain (except for the Six Counties) for some time, 
> but the
> British Ministry of Magic seems to regulate Irish wizardry still.  Also,
> Transylvania seems to be a separate political unit among Wizards, but in 
> the
> Muggle world it is divided between Romania and Hungary.

Magpie:
But even so, that's more alike than not. Ireland is still Ireland. 
Translylvania may now be divided between Romania and Hungary, but it, too, 
was a Muggle designated place at one time. It seems to fit in with other 
things in the WW that are old-fashioned, but still Muggle. Just Muggle at a 
certain time, not modern, but not ancient. At least that's how it feels to 
me.

-m