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If you take a look at the world map, you are amazed by how fragmented Europe is and how many small/tiny countries there are. In a fantacy world, I would combine the following in west Europe
1) France, Belgium, Monaco, Luxemburg, French Switzerland
2) Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, and Denmark
3) Spain, Portugal and Andorra
4) UK, Ireland
5) Norway and Sweden
6) Italy, Malta
One would reason these countries all have their culture and history etc. Well, China has been broken into many small countries in the past 3000 years, with various region having vastly difference culture, lifestyle and language, yet it manages to be one big country.
I don't get why people always want to create bigger units instead of smaller ones. Just like with companies and what not...
Smaller units are way better to govern and correct in case there are problems.
Humans want to feel that they belong to one unit, and not to the others. There are lots of peoples in China that would rather have their own, independent unit, but they are kept within China by mere violence.
Western Europeans : France, UK-Ireland, Benelux, Germany, Scandinavia in a less extend. Those are cultural, historical, economical and geographical close cultures.
Mediterranean or Southern europeans : Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, maybe Albania. Very close geographically and culturally.
Eastern europeans : from Hungary to european Russia (even if I know that it is controversial for Poland, Bohemia or Hungary - considering themselves as "Central europeans").
Britain is not more romanized than most of the other Germanic countries (excpet Scandinavia), and probably even less "romanized" than the western and southern fringes of Germany or the southern Netherlands.
More, many British big cities have been founded by the Romans : London, Manchester, Newcastle, Colchester, York etc...There is an indisputable Roman influence. We can still find Roman ruins or architecture.
Still, I think modern Britain is little Roman in terms of culture, which obviously is what this thread is about. Which countries fit together in terms of culture, not in terms of roads dating back to Roman times
Still, I think modern Britain is little Roman in terms of culture, which obviously is what this thread is about. Which countries fit together in terms of culture, not in terms of roads dating back to Roman times
If we use the word "Roman", excepted the historical heritage, I don't see (real antic Roman culture doesn't exist longer). Even the Italian language is not really roman.
Still, I think modern Britain is little Roman in terms of culture, which obviously is what this thread is about. Which countries fit together in terms of culture, not in terms of roads dating back to Roman times
Wow. That's a very bold statement. What is Roman culture? Gladiator fights, not having the letters K and U and gladiuses?
Do we really need Denmark? Let them play with Germany and the Netherlands. Finland, Sweden, Norway = one country. Think of all those medals in the Winter Olympics! If Estonia is nice, they could join us in a few years. Also, every country must agree upon that the ice hockey national team must have a Swedish coach for at least the next 50 years.
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