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Explain briefly how war broke out between the empires if blefuscu and lilliput.

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On the view on how an egg should be broken after the son of the former king got hurt while breaking it the traditional way
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Explain how war broke out between the empires of Blefuscu and Lilliput?

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Blefuscu and Lilliput are two neighboring countries of tiny men in Gulliver’s Travels. The war between these two empires starts due to a decree in Lilliput that bans an ancient practice. Traditionally people break their boiled eggs at the larger end, but ever since one day the king's grandfather accidentally cut his finger while breaking egg this way, this method of breaking eggs has been banned by the lawmaker in Lilliput and everyone must break eggs at the smaller end. The new law results in large-scale civil rebellions and lots of bloodshed. Many citizens of Lilliput who are against this law flee from Lilliput and seek refuge in Blefuscu, where the emperor allows them to break eggs whichever way they like. Blefuscu accuses Lilliput of not following the religious doctrine that "all true believers break their eggs at the convenient end" and attempts to solve this dispute through diplomatic negotiation but fails. Eventually, the war breaks out between these two countries. It has lasted three years so far.