4 countries are enumerated.
The countdown goes (8, 7, 6, 5, ……).
(that's six dots).
Presumably
8=USA leadership change
7=Saudi Arabia leadership change
6=Germany leadership change (hasn't happened yet)
6=Pakistan leadership change
Let's keep counting those dots
5=other country leadership change
4=other country leadership change
3=other country leadership change
2=other country leadership change
1=other country leadership change
0=other country (or some other political arrangement's) leadership change
Help me relate it to the 40,000ft.
Because we were told to buckle up and stay the course a long time ago.