This video starts with questions like: What's the big deal with post offices? Why are the old world post offices so huge and ornate? After all, we only mail paper envelopes and the odd package! The answers to 'the big deal' question, as we dig deeper, are astounding and we come to realize that there is a huge economic impact of international trade and commerce, all tracing back to the humble mail delivery system. This video also exposes some of the less-nice components of the international merchant trade, using 'freedom of the seas' as implemented by the efforts of those who founded the United States and other nations. We also see how connected all nations are by the treaties and international organisations, including certain high profile individuals. I hope this research is useful to someone! God bless you! LB