Europe

Satellite image of Europe.

Not to be confused with the European Union, the economic and political bloc within Europe.

“”What has made the European family of nations an improving, instead of a stationary portion of mankind? Not any superior excellence in them, which, when it exists, exists as the effect, not as the cause; but their remarkable diversity of character and culture. Individuals, classes, nations, have been extremely unlike one another: they have struck out a great variety of paths, each leading to something valuable; and although at every period those who travelled in different paths have been intolerant of one another, and each would have thought it an excellent thing if all the rest could have been compelled to travel his road, their attempts to thwart each other's development have rarely had any permanent success, and each has in time endured to receive the good which the others have offered. Europe is, in my judgment, wholly indebted to this plurality of paths for its progressive and many-sided development.

—John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859), Chapter III. Of individuality, as one of the elements of well-Being, p.136

Europe is allegedly a ~~Swedish glam metal band~~ continent (in a political/cultural sense) at the western end of the Eurasian landmass, usually defined as being west of the Ural mountain range and north of the Caucasus. Many European countries, but not all, are members of the European Union and NATO.

It's an understanding between Europeans that you need to go blow each other up every few decades. Then you remember why that was a bad idea and repeat it again in a few decades. If you're American, you need only sit it out until everyone else is exhausted. Then you sweep the leg and become a world superpower. Notably, the process is usually 2-3 decades of the worst warfare you've seen followed by 6-8 decades of peace, and by coincidence all of Europe's regions aligned such that the 1910s to mid-1940s was everyone's period of war and it's now about 8 decades since that all ended, so Russia decided to take one for the team and start the whole process, but the rest of Europe is a bunch of pansies who refuse to properly join in on the fun. ~~Pretty much no~~ ~~some~~ ~~most~~ All countries in Europe are Commu-Nazi-leebral godless hellholes! Let us learn nothing from them.

## Contents

* 1 Countries
* 2 Religion in Europe
* 2.1 Eurobarometer Poll 2005
* 2.2 Special Eurobarometer 2019
* 3 Continent or not?
* 4 See also
* 5 Notes
* 6 References

## Countries[edit]

Spain

Portugal

France

Andorra

United
Kingdom

Ireland

Netherlands

Belgium

Germany

Denmark

Monaco

Italy

Vatican

Malta

Austria

Czechia

Poland

Slovakia

Hungary

Albania

Greece

Serbia

Romania

Bulgaria

Turkey

Moldova

Ukraine

Belarus

Lithuania

Latvia

Estonia

Cyprus

Iceland

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Russia

Georgia

Azerbaijan

Armenia

Kazakhstan

Atlantic
Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

Black Sea

Baltic
Sea

Caspian
Sea

Morocco

Algeria

Tunisia

Syria

Iraq

Iran

Lebanon

Israel

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Countries of Europe include:

Countries of Europe

Western Europe | Southern Europe | Central Europe | Northern Europe | Eastern Europe
Benelux:

* Belgium
* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Luxembourg

.svg|40px|link=Luxembourg

| Luxembourg

]] Luxembourg

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Netherlands

.svg|40px|link=Netherlands

| Netherlands

]] Netherlands

| Balkans:

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Albania

.svg|40px|link=Albania

| Albania

]] Albania

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bosnia and Herzegovina

.svg|40px|link=Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Bosnia and Herzegovina

]] Bosnia and Herzegovina

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bulgaria

.svg|40px|link=Bulgaria

| Bulgaria

]] Bulgaria

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Croatia

.svg|40px|link=Croatia

| Croatia

]] Croatia

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Cyprus

.svg|40px|link=Cyprus

| Cyprus

]] Cyprus[note 1]

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Greece

.svg|40px|link=Greece

| Greece

]] Greece

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kosovo

.svg|40px|link=Kosovo

| Kosovo

]] Kosovo

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Montenegro

.svg|40px|link=Montenegro

| Montenegro

]] Montenegro

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_North Macedonia

.svg|40px|link=North Macedonia

| North Macedonia

]] North Macedonia

* Northern Cyprus (disputed)
* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Romania

.svg|40px|link=Romania

| Romania

]] Romania

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Serbia

.svg|40px|link=Serbia

| Serbia

]] Serbia

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Slovenia

.svg|40px|link=Slovenia

| Slovenia

]] Slovenia

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Turkey

.svg|40px|link=Turkey

| Turkey

]] Turkey[note 2]

| Germanic countries:

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Austria

.svg|40px|link=Austria

| Austria

]] Austria

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Germany

.svg|40px|link=Germany

| Germany

]] Germany

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Liechtenstein

.svg|40px|link=Liechtenstein

| Liechtenstein

]] Liechtenstein

* Switzerland

| Baltic countries:

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Estonia

.svg|40px|link=Estonia

| Estonia

]] Estonia

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Latvia

.svg|40px|link=Latvia

| Latvia

]] Latvia

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lithuania

.svg|40px|link=Lithuania

| Lithuania

]] Lithuania

| Ex-Soviet countries:

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Belarus

.svg|40px|link=Belarus

| Belarus

]] Belarus

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kazakhstan

.svg|40px|link=Kazakhstan

| Kazakhstan

]] Kazakhstan[note 3]

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Moldova

.svg|40px|link=Moldova

| Moldova

]] Moldova

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Russia

.svg|40px|link=Russia

| Russia

]] Russia

* Transnistria (disputed)
* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ukraine

.svg|40px|link=Ukraine

| Ukraine

]] Ukraine

British Isles:

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ireland

.svg|40px|link=Ireland

| Ireland

]] Ireland

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_United Kingdom

.svg|40px|link=United Kingdom

| United Kingdom

]] United Kingdom

*     * [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_England

.svg|40px|link=England

| England

]] England

*     * [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Scotland

.svg|40px|link=Scotland

| Scotland

]] Scotland

*     * [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Wales

.svg|40px|link=Wales

| Wales

]] Wales

*     * Northern Ireland
* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Isle of Man

.svg|40px|link=Isle of Man

| Isle of Man

]] Isle of Man

*     * [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Jersey

.svg|40px|link=Jersey

| Jersey

]][[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Guernsey .svg|40px|link=Guernsey

| Guernsey

]] Channel Islands

Iberia:

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Andorra

.svg|40px|link=Andorra

| Andorra

]] Andorra

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Gibraltar

.svg|40px|link=Gibraltar

| Gibraltar

]] Gibraltar (U.K.)

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Portugal

.svg|40px|link=Portugal

| Portugal

]] Portugal

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Spain

.svg|40px|link=Spain

| Spain

]] Spain

| Italic countries

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Italy

.svg|40px|link=Italy

| Italy

]] Italy

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Malta

.svg|40px|link=Malta

| Malta

]] Malta

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_San Marino

.svg|40px|link=San Marino

| San Marino

]] San Marino

* Vatican

| Visegrád Group:

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Czechia

.svg|40px|link=Czechia

| Czechia

]] Czechia

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Hungary

.svg|40px|link=Hungary

| Hungary

]] Hungary

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Poland

.svg|40px|link=Poland

| Poland

]] Poland

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Slovakia

.svg|40px|link=Slovakia

| Slovakia

]] Slovakia

| Nordic countries:

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Denmark

.svg|40px|link=Denmark

| Denmark

]] Denmark

*     * [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Faroe Islands

.svg|40px|link=Faroe Islands

| Faroe Islands

]] Faroe Islands

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Finland

.svg|40px|link=Finland

| Finland

]] Finland

*     * [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Åland Islands

.svg|40px|link=Åland Islands

| Åland Islands

]] Åland Islands

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Iceland

.svg|40px|link=Iceland

| Iceland

]] Iceland

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Norway

.svg|40px|link=Norway

| Norway

]] Norway

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sweden

.svg|40px|link=Sweden

| Sweden

]] Sweden

| Caucasus:

* Abkhazia (disputed)
* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Armenia

.svg|40px|link=Armenia

| Armenia

]] Armenia

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Azerbaijan

.svg|40px|link=Azerbaijan

| Azerbaijan

]] Azerbaijan

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Georgia

.svg|40px|link=Georgia

| Georgia

]] Georgia

* South Ossetia (disputed)

France:

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_France

.svg|40px|link=France

| France

]] France

* [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Monaco

.svg|40px|link=Monaco

| Monaco

]] Monaco

## Religion in Europe[edit]

### Eurobarometer Poll 2005[edit]

Participants were asked if they believed that "there is a God", if they believed that "there is some sort of spirit of life force", or if they "didn't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force".[1]

Country | "I believe there
is a God" | "I believe there is some
sort of spirit or life force" | "I don’t believe there is any
sort of spirit, God or life force"

|
|
|

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Malta

.svg|40px|link=Malta

| Malta

]] Malta || 95% || 3% || 1%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Cyprus

.svg|40px|link=Cyprus

| Cyprus

]] Cyprus || 90% || 7% || 2%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Greece

.svg|40px|link=Greece

| Greece

]] Greece || 81% || 16% || 3%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Portugal

.svg|40px|link=Portugal

| Portugal

]] Portugal || 81% || 12% || 6%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Poland

.svg|40px|link=Poland

| Poland

]] Poland || 80% || 15% || 1%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Italy

.svg|40px|link=Italy

| Italy

]] Italy || 74% || 16% || 6%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ireland

.svg|40px|link=Ireland

| Ireland

]] Ireland || 73% || 22% || 4%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Slovakia

.svg|40px|link=Slovakia

| Slovakia

]] Slovakia || 61% || 26% || 11%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Spain

.svg|40px|link=Spain

| Spain

]] Spain || 59% || 21% || 18%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Austria

.svg|40px|link=Austria

| Austria

]] Austria || 54% || 34% || 8%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lithuania

.svg|40px|link=Lithuania

| Lithuania

]] Lithuania || 49% || 36% || 12%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Germany

.svg|40px|link=Germany

| Germany

]] Germany || 47% || 25% || 25%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Luxembourg

.svg|40px|link=Luxembourg

| Luxembourg

]] Luxembourg || 44% || 28% || 22%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Hungary

.svg|40px|link=Hungary

| Hungary

]] Hungary || 44% || 31% || 19%

Belgium || 43% || 29% || 27%
[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Finland

.svg|40px|link=Finland

| Finland

]] Finland || 41% || 41% || 16%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_United Kingdom

.svg|40px|link=United Kingdom

| United Kingdom

]] United Kingdom || 38% || 40% || 20%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Latvia

.svg|40px|link=Latvia

| Latvia

]] Latvia || 37% || 49% || 10%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Slovenia

.svg|40px|link=Slovenia

| Slovenia

]] Slovenia || 37% || 46% || 16%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_France

.svg|40px|link=France

| France

]] France || 34% || 27% || 33%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Netherlands

.svg|40px|link=Netherlands

| Netherlands

]] Netherlands || 34% || 37% || 27%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Denmark

.svg|40px|link=Denmark

| Denmark

]] Denmark || 31% || 49% || 19%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sweden

.svg|40px|link=Sweden

| Sweden

]] Sweden || 23% || 53% || 23%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Czechia

.svg|40px|link=Czechia

| Czechia

]] Czechia || 19% || 50% || 30%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Estonia

.svg|40px|link=Estonia

| Estonia

]] Estonia || 16% || 54% || 26%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_European Union

.svg|40px|link=European Union

| European Union

]] EU25 || 52% || 27% || 18%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Romania

.svg|40px|link=Romania

| Romania

]] Romania || 90% || 8% || 1%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bulgaria

.svg|40px|link=Bulgaria

| Bulgaria

]] Bulgaria || 40% || 40% || 13%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Croatia

.svg|40px|link=Croatia

| Croatia

]] Croatia || 67% || 25% || 7%

Switzerland || 48% || 39% || 9%
[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Iceland

.svg|40px|link=Iceland

| Iceland

]] Iceland || 38% || 48% || 11%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Norway

.svg|40px|link=Norway

| Norway

]] Norway || 32% || 47% || 17%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Turkey

.svg|40px|link=Turkey

| Turkey

]] Turkey || 95% || 2% || 1%

Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia were not members of the EU at the time; Romania and Bulgaria joined in 2007 and Croatia in 2013. The United Kingdom left in 2020.

### Special Eurobarometer 2019[edit]

Participants were asked if they considered themselves "Catholic", "Orthodox Christian", "Protestant", "other Christian", "Jewish", "Shia Muslim", "Sunni Muslim", "other Muslim", "Sikh", "Buddhist", "Hindu", "Atheist", "Non believer or agnostic" and "other". For conciseness, only "Atheist" and "Non believer or agnostic" will be represented in the table, "Remainder" being the subtraction of 100% from the aforementioned.[2]

Country | "Atheist" | "Non believer
or agnostic" | Remainder

|
|
|

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Romania

.svg|40px|link=Romania

| Romania

]] Romania || 1% || 0% || 99%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Cyprus

.svg|40px|link=Cyprus

| Cyprus

]] Cyprus || 1% || 1% || 98%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Greece

.svg|40px|link=Greece

| Greece

]] Greece || 2% || 1% || 97%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Malta

.svg|40px|link=Malta

| Malta

]] Malta || 1% || 3% || 96%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bulgaria

.svg|40px|link=Bulgaria

| Bulgaria

]] Bulgaria || 3% || 2% || 95%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Poland

.svg|40px|link=Poland

| Poland

]] Poland || 3% || 3% || 94%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ireland

.svg|40px|link=Ireland

| Ireland

]] Ireland || 3% || 6% || 91%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lithuania

.svg|40px|link=Lithuania

| Lithuania

]] Lithuania || 3% || 6% || 91%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Slovakia

.svg|40px|link=Slovakia

| Slovakia

]] Slovakia || 6% || 5% || 89%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Croatia

.svg|40px|link=Croatia

| Croatia

]] Croatia || 6% || 5% || 89%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Portugal

.svg|40px|link=Portugal

| Portugal

]] Portugal || 4% || 8% || 88%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Italy

.svg|40px|link=Italy

| Italy

]] Italy || 5% || 9% || 86%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Austria

.svg|40px|link=Austria

| Austria

]] Austria || 4% || 12% || 84%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Slovenia

.svg|40px|link=Slovenia

| Slovenia

]] Slovenia || 14% || 4% || 82%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Latvia

.svg|40px|link=Latvia

| Latvia

]] Latvia || 6% || 13% || 81%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Hungary

.svg|40px|link=Hungary

| Hungary

]] Hungary || 3% || 17% || 80%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Denmark

.svg|40px|link=Denmark

| Denmark

]] Denmark || 9% || 13% || 78%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Finland

.svg|40px|link=Finland

| Finland

]] Finland || 10% || 14% || 76%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Luxembourg

.svg|40px|link=Luxembourg

| Luxembourg

]] Luxembourg || 10% || 16% || 74%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_European Union

.svg|40px|link=European Union

| European Union

]] EU28 || 10% || 17% || 73%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Germany

.svg|40px|link=Germany

| Germany

]] Germany || 9% || 21% || 70%

Belgium || 10% || 21% || 69%
[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Spain

.svg|40px|link=Spain

| Spain

]] Spain || 12% || 20% || 68%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_United Kingdom

.svg|40px|link=United Kingdom

| United Kingdom

]] United Kingdom || 9% || 28% || 63%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Estonia

.svg|40px|link=Estonia

| Estonia

]] Estonia || 15% || 23% || 62%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_France

.svg|40px|link=France

| France

]] France || 21% || 19% || 60%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sweden

.svg|40px|link=Sweden

| Sweden

]] Sweden || 16% || 34% || 50%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Netherlands

.svg|40px|link=Netherlands

| Netherlands

]] Netherlands || 11% || 41% || 48%

[[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Czechia

.svg|40px|link=Czechia

| Czechia

]] Czechia || 22% || 34% || 44%

The United Kingdom left the European Union in 2020.

## Continent or not?[edit]

The definition of "continent" is actually more of a political definition than a scientific one. In most of the world, Earth is believed to have 7 continents; Asia, North American, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Antarctica. However, the exact border between Europe and Asia is difficult to pin down, and has varied wildly throughout history. In Eastern Europe and Russia, Europe and Asia are considered to be a single continent.[3] Similarly, Central America and the totality of the American landmass (comprised of the sub-sections South and North America) can be described as continents.

The definition of continent predates the discovery of continental plates; notably, Europe does not have a separate plate. In much the same way scientists didn't have a good definition of "planet", and when they did create one which resulted in Pluto not qualifying, geologists may one day declare Europe to not be a real continent.

## See also[edit]

* Eurocentrism

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ Perhaps perceived as part of the Middle East and not Europe, it is culturally and historically similar to Greece and is a member of the European Union.
2. ↑ Most of its modern territory is in the Middle East, but eastern Thrace with its capital Istanbul (historically known as Constantinople) is considered geographically and historically European.
3. ↑ A small portion of which is technically in Europe, depending on who you ask.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_225_report_en.pdf
2. ↑ https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/instruments/SPECIAL/surveyKy/2251
3. ↑ [https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/;3925410 Polish Wikipedia