Throughout history, neighboring countries have been likely to go to war against each other.Two neighboring rival powers, therefore, have often created a small country as a "buffer state" to separate the countries and to prevent war.
Which would be the most likely characteristic of a country that serves as a buffer state?
- have a population larger than either of the two rival powers
- have an area greater than the area of the rival powers
- be located directly between the two rival countries
- have the same language as one of the rival countries
- be the colony of one of the rival countries