Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, *** went missing for six
days. Eventually, Michael the Archangel found him on the seventh day,
resting.

He inquired of ***, "Where have you been?"

*** sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards
through the clouds, "Look Michael, look what I've made", said ***.

Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?"

"It's a planet", replied ***, "and I've put LIFE on it. I'm going to
call it Earth and it's going to be a great place of balance".

"Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused.

*** explained, pointing to different parts of the Earth. "For example,
North America will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, while
South America is going to be poor; the Middle East over there will be
a hot spot and Russia will be a cold spot. Over there I've placed a
continent of white people and over there is a continent of black
people". *** continued, pointing to different countries. "This one
will be extremely hot and arid while this one will be very cold and
covered in ice".

The Archangel, impressed by ***'s work, then pointed to a small land
mass and said, "What's that one?"

"Ah", said ***. "That's Britain, the most glorious place on Earth.
There are beautiful lakes, rivers, streams and hills. The people from
Britain are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous and they're
going to be found travelling the world. They'll be extremely
sociable, hard working and high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace".

Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed, "What
about balance, ***? You said there would be BALANCE!"

*** replied wisely, "Wait until you see what I'm putting next
to them in France"
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