Be that as it may, nation-states were often formed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to promote common interests that transcended cultural, ethnic, linguistic, or religious differences. This was true of Italy and Britain, no less than of Belgium.
历史就是如此。民族国家通常成立于十八和十九世纪来促进超越文化、种族、语言或者宗教区别的共同利益。意大利和英国是这样，而比利时也不例外。