Once in a while someone has the wild realization that European countries are, in fact, different countries. Despite a common background (and even that really ne

Once in a while someone has the wild realization that European countries are, in fact, different countries. Despite a common background (and even that really needs to be taken with precaution, a lot of the common ground in Europe has more to do with the worldwide uniformization of material culture than anything else), we do have strong differences, especially when it comes to governance, administration and political culture. For example Britain and France have more to do with their former colonies, in terms of how they're structured, than any of their direct neighbours.