But he said it had left the nation with intractable social problems.

Never mind that satisfying all these complaints might leave the nation with a population larger than India's.

But it is important to note that the currency will never actually leave the importing nation.

One risk is another drought, which would leave the nation with insufficient supplies to meet demand.

A merger could also draw criticism for leaving the nation with four major television news organizations, instead of the current five.

But that left the nation with programs to treat less than a third of the estimated six million heavy drug users.

Their decided preference was to leave the new nation and go to the part of Pakistan that still existed.

But that would still leave the nation to decide how to make up the rest of the shortfall.

So that leaves the troubled nation with a leader who has for almost a year been unable to lead.

Still, it is possible that the plan would leave the nation with more poor people, rather than fewer.