It did stand for something once, vested interests on all sides and too many chefs spoiling the broth. But to admit it doesn't exist is a fallacy.
I propose that even when it did exist once ( it surely no longer does - that is patently obvious), it was enforced more by the sword than faith. Alone if at all ...
Political boundaries of empires cleaved and cobbled together by war. Breaking up when the tide of fortune turned.
Cheers, Doc