The Soviet union also became  communist. People were ordered to attend communisic meetings. JWs fled to distant areas rather than  belong to that political party. The government  had told the people that produce would be  shared, no one any better than another. But that government  sold the produce to buy military weapons, and millions died of starvation. JWs were  in mountain areas. They did small farming, fishing, and had food. Scarcely populated areas  also had food. They did not attend those political meetings. They were no part of the world , so they survived. Some were arrested and sent to Siberia during the world war. They continued to preach and teach. They at 1st were treated very cruelly  but the guards also learned the truth, as taught by JWs in that camp. Literature was smuggled in. So was a small printing press. They held meetings after the work of  cutting wood to supply the fuel to heat houses  in Russia. Lowell Thomas a world wide  famous newsman  wrote an article in the Readers Digest  after visiting that camp. He learned that  it was one place in Russia that  fredom of speech, press, and religion was practiced. JWs had taugt other political disidents that  were sent to that camp, and they also taught the guards. The war ended, and out of that camp came  double  JWs than went in. Then they preaached in the many places  they had come from.. And now , in the big country formerly Russia and now  divided into states, JWS have had very large attendance at the assemblies... The  obidience to no part of the world at Jn 17  saved ther lives , for they did not take part in the war, and they did not starve to death nor freeze to death when the war was ongoing and  fuel was scarce.

Some will say,I am in the world and we must obey the authorities... fine advice, for Jesus  himself said we must  obey the authorites. But who is the supreme authority.  Do you know what authority to obey?  Suppose  your parents put an older  member of the family in charge while they left for a while. And suppse that  other authority said lets  go and   ruin the neighbors  crops. They arent very nice to us so lets go and teach them a lesson that they cannot  treat us badly. 

Now that older person is in charge but  those under  him know that the parents will not approve of what  he plans to do. Which authority will they obey. Should the children obey all that the  person in charge says to do, or will they say no our parents will not like us to do that.

So too with nations.  We  have  the right to say no to a givernment that is telling us to do  what Jehovah will not approve.

Does Jehovah and Jesus want peoples  in other nations  to wage wars.  Can we kill peoples in other lands?