Ohio's in the "Midwest" even though it's a solid 80% of the way to the East of the continental US. The Middle East is also quite far west in the context of Asia

Ohio's in the "Midwest" even though it's a solid 80% of the way to the East of the continental US. The Middle East is also quite far west in the context of Asia (or even in the context of Eurasia). Geographic clustering is always slightly arbitrary, but in American parlance "Eastern Europe" and "Western Europe" are used dichotomously, and with the former usually corresponding to erstwhile Warsaw Pact members.