An open letter to the Line of Demarcation. But first, let's see what's in the secret compartment today. Oh, it's a globe. Thanks, Stan. Just what I always needed. Dear Line of Demarcation, you have so much to teach us about the way that the world used to work and the way that it works now. In 1494, Pope Alexander VI settled a dispute between Portugal and Spain by dividing the world into two parts.