Canine Democracy

Countries are like dogs, the bigger they are
the more fearful human beings are of them.

The bigger they are the more closely they are watched
for how they behave, as if for being poorly trained
they could do anything to each other,
and they would do everything they could
to the humans who make up the rest of the world.

Small dogs are like small countries,
they are seen as friendly, manageable, biddable.
Their civilisation makes them relatively easy
to negotiate with, both internally and from without.
Though put a lot of them together in a pack,
or even a pact, and they will form a firm order,
a hierarchy that is harder for their enemies to beat.