Claim. Even at the principled minimum, loyalty and filial piety must be established in three countries, not one — because God does not love only Korea, the practice must scale beyond a single nation.
Elaboration. SMM names the scope: “Even from a principled viewpoint, we are required to establish the way of loyalty and filial piety in at least three countries” (CSG 14.4 §1, 155-235, 1965.10.31). The pastoral application reframes the believer’s prayer: “Now in Korea when you determine to attend me, and fulfill your duty of loyalty and filial piety to Heaven, you should not think that this loyalty and filial piety that you are practicing is for you alone. You should pray to God, ‘Father, I am offering my loyalty and filial piety first for this race, first for the world, first for heaven and earth.‘” The three-country requirement gives the saint-stage a measurable benchmark: not a vague “love the world” but a concrete plurality of nations served, beyond one’s birth country.