Jonathan Swift's was one of the greatest satirists of his and our time. In the first book of Gulliver's Travels millions of young schoolchildren have grown to love this famous story and never recognize the satire hidden in the story. In his first Book he uses satire to demonstrate English politics by using the citizens of Lilliput. Gulliver's first adventure takes place in Lilliput. Gulliver gets shipwrecked and finds himself tied down by a considerable number of little people called Lilliputians. The Lilliputians stood only six inches high. During this time Swift recognized that England was also small in stature but was dominant force and had a great influence in Europe. England, despite its small size, had the potential to defeat any nation that might try to conquer them. Swift relates this situation with the Lilliputians. They only stood six inches tall but had the power to take on the, "ManMountain", Gulliver. The ability of the Lilliputians to
ridiculous idea. It is a comment on the pomp and circumstance of English armies. To Swift it seems that armies are often more concerned with looking impressive than with being impressive. This scene might also be an allusion to the Colossus of Rhodes, described in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare as a largerthanlife figure that men could walk through the legs of. The war between the English and the French is parodied in the conflict between the Lilliputians and the Blefuscudians. Their conflict over which end of the egg to break reflects the centuriesold conflict over how to practice religionas Protestants or Catholics. While the wars over religion certainly were very serious, Swift suggests that what was being fought over (at least on the religious rather than the political side) really was not very important. In Swift's eyes, fighting over religion is as pointless as fighting over which end of an egg to break.
Juriidiliselt on kõik suveräänsed riigid võrdsed, kuid poliitilises reaalsuses esineb palju ebavõrdsust – suuremad riigid mõjutavad maailmapoliitikat rohkem kui väikesed. Peamiseks keskmise riigi tunnuseks võiks olla mingis valdkonnas suurema võimekuse omamine võrreldes väikeriikidega. Näiteks Šveits oma rahandussektoriga või Saudi Araabia ja Kuveit naftaäriga võiks liigitada keskmiste riikide gruppi. (Neumann, Iver B.; Gstöhl, Sieglinde (2006) Peatükk: „Introduction – Lilliputians in Gulliver’s world?“ raamatust Small states in international relations, Seattle, University of Washington Press, lk 8). Euroopa keskmisterks riikideks võivad olla ka Ungarit, Tsehhit, Slovakkiat, Rumeeniat, Soomet. Euroopas loetakse väikeriikideks riike, mille rahvaarv on alla 16 miljoni elaniku (Neumann, Iver B.; Gstöhl, Sieglinde (2006) Peatükk: „Introduction – Lilliputians in Gulliver’s world?“ raamatust Small states in international
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