Romania is and was a fairly advanced place since at least Dacian times (Romans didn't spend the effort to invade it for nothing). Dacia https://ro.m.wikipedia.

Romania is and was a fairly advanced place since at least Dacian times (Romans didn't spend the effort to invade it for nothing). Dacia https://ro.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacia_1300 https://ro.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacia_1300 was such a vastly superior car to Trabant that it even transpired from popular culture into shows as Archer. Unfortunately like the computers, production was largely confined to citizens so not many might have heard about them (automotive and computer industry) abroad.