- Nationality and ethnicity : important components in the Indian federation - a comparison to Africa and other comparisons: I enumerate here important elements for national or ethnic alliance. Cultural civil war: In conjunction with this comparison, let us consider Western Europe which is uniting economically, and which shares both a common (if varied) culture and history (of wars which could be considered civil wars). When we note how European nations from the former Eastern-Soviet bloc have joined the EU and how the US and Russia have grown closer, it doesn't seem unreasonable to predict a process of national unification of the white man - a process that began with both World Wars since they functioned as civil wars that encouraged unification, just as the American civil war increased nationalism in the US. We can view civil war within a common culture as a process of internal alliance, similar (though not equivalent) to a married couple whose relationship is stronger after they successfully grapple with a crisis typical of marriage. A civil war does not necessarily erase the differences between the two sides that opposed each other - eg. Americans today are still very conscious of the South vs. North divide, and Bush's election to president in 2001 was viewed by some as the election of one of few 'Southerner' as opposed to the many 'Northerners' elected in the past. In India, as Brass describes, the Mithyali Brahamins preserve their ethnic identity yet maintain their distinctiveness from other sects of the Mithyali ethnic group. Brahamins, therefore, do not marry other Brahamins who do not belong to the Mithyali ethnic group, but at the same time, they also do not marry Mithyali who are not Brahamins. The Brahamins do not detach themselves from the Mithyali ethnic framework and in fact in the example brought, the Brahamin leader is also considered a Mithyali leader, though it is questionable whether leadership that is inherited is as powerful as that which sprouts from below. In truth, the Brahamin leader, Maharaja of Darbhanga, in our example, has little power. Be that as it may, the detachment that exists reflects a nationalistic or ethnic bond that formed within the framework of the State, despite conflicts and civil wars that became part of its history and strengthened more than weakened the States' internal bond. Conflicts and wars that occurred throughout history become myths that inspire nationalism, rather than division. And thus the European Union can be composed of Germans, French, and others, though in the past - which today is considered irrelevant - they fought against each other. The same goes for the French and British who also fought one another, and for that matter the eleven tribes of Israel who almost annihilated the tribe of Benjamin in a civil war, and only shortly after united under King Saul - a king chosen (intentionally?) from the tribe of Benjamin. It may seem like a distant dream - but is it a fantasy - to envision Americans and Russians serving in a new union of the white Christian nation with a common culture.