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Romania? Poland?
by przefur 4y ago
Romania? Poland?
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoRomania and Poland aren't exactly small by European standards, in fact they're some of the biggest by population and area. And Romania is not Central but Eastern European [1], so that's out. Small and Central European would be Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland based on the most widely used definition of Central Europe [1] [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe#/media/File:Central_Europe_(Brockhaus).svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe#/media/File:Cen...
- someweirdperson 4y agoSmall would be Luxembourg.
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoLuxembourg is not Central European. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe
- kgwgk 4y agoHave you followed that link? Have you seen the second map in the introduction?
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoHave you followed that link? Have you seen the first map?
- kgwgk 4y agoThe one that says “There are numerous other definitions and viewpoints.”?
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoNo the one that quota encyclopedia Britannica.
- kgwgk 4y agoI think we are both talking now about the first chart in the section “Different views of Central Europe”. The one with the caption “Central Europe according to The World Factbook (2009),[1] Encyclopædia Britannica, and Brockhaus Enzyklopädie (1998). There are numerous other definitions and viewpoints.”
- yrgulation 4y agoDepends, Romania is either central, southern, or east european. Culturally is most definitely not eastern. Germany is by some considered central european. Austria and Switzerland see themselves as west european. Oh the delusion.
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoSee the map of the most widely used definition of the region of Central Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe#/media/File:Central_Europe_(Brockhaus).svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe#/media/File:Cen... Every country changes their belonging to a region based on the perceived value bias of what is being discussed. A user here humorously put it that Slovenians see themselves as Western European when it comes to how honest and hard they work, Southern European when it comes to weather and food, and Eastern European when it comes to drinking, partying and having fun. But geographical location however is immutable, so let's stick to that instead of the other more biased definitions.
- yrgulation 4y ago> But geographical location however is immutable, so let's stick to that instead of the other more biased definitions. Proceeds to using precisely biased, political, definitions.
- leto_ii 4y agoThese distinctions are pretty arbitrary, maybe just wait for GP to clarify.
- whimsicalism 4y agoThey're not going to clarify because there is no country that matches this description.
- Symbiote 4y ago5th and 6th largest EU countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_Union_member_states_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_Union_member_...
- fastball 4y agoWhich are smaller than various US States, so I think categorizing them as small is reasonable.
- bialpio 4y agoI would probably not classify Poland as small, especially noting how big of a population drop between Poland and Romania is. And if Poland were a US state, it would rank 2nd in terms of population, sightly over 1 million people less than California...
- fastball 4y agoExactly, so Poland would be a large state (but a small country).
- AdrianB1 4y agoRomania is Eastern Europe, not Central.