Re: Military & Territorial Comparison
There is something known as the democratic peace theory. It says that no two democracies have or will come to total war. They may come close, but in the end due to the way democracies work, both countries will be forced to the negotiating table. The pressure from different groups inside the democracies ensures transparency that you can never get in military dictatorships or sham democracies.
I think there is truth to this. Even during Kargil, even though our democracy was far from perfect (which is probably why Kargil happened in the first place), the war did not escalate to full scale conflict.
Or in 2002 after the Indian parliament bombing...