 Complete the following phrase:  The relationship between Poles and Lithuanians has been long and complex. From 1588 until 1840, the Lithuanian Statutes forbid Polish nobility from purchasing manors in Lithuanian territory, regardless of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth uniting both Poland and Lithuania. Both nations simultaneously lost their independence after the Commonwealth was partitioned in the late 18th century and they regained their independence in the wake of World War I, but 