The two nations that Jonathan Swift ridicules in the selection from Gulliver's Travels are England and France.
Gulliver's Travels is a satire in the form of prose written by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre.
The travel kicks off with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver provides a brief outline of his life and history prior to his voyages.