Yeah. the German nation is somewhat co-terminus with speakers of
> the German language.
>
Really? Do people in Austria, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, etc. consider themselves part of "the German nation"? I'm aware that some of them did before 1945, but have the impression that that kind of thing went out of vogue quickly after the war.
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."