[Restorer]

The history of civilization would tell us that a country based on freedom and economic liberty generally last just a bit over 200 years.

I'm very curious which countries Neal is using to establish this baseline.

I contend that prior to the the establishment of the US there were no countries "based on freedom and economic liberty."

[in hoc signo vinces]

Neal is using the country of "Thin Air", which was located a thousand years ago in the allusive region of "Conventional Wisdom."