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No doubt that's true. I imagine a truly dynamic file for the entire world would be huge - and that's assuming that the data are out there, which, for a large portion of the world, they aren't. Nevertheless, I think a dynamic file could be created for the US and Canada - they're probably the most important countries for most players, and the statistics are reliable and accessible.
In addition, although the population numbers would be off, it wouldn't be difficult to track the major political changes over the past 140 years. For example, there wouldn't be a Poland before 1918 or an Israel before 1948, Norway would be part of Sweden until 1905, etc.
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