Originally Posted by
Albion
Czechia, Poland and Slovakia are some of the better Slavic countries. They were rather Western until the artificial division of Europe after WWII and are integrating back into the West again. They're good countries which have been held back by Communism.
Czechia formed a part of the Holy Roman Empire for much of its history and has always been geopolitically linked in with Germans. Much of its culture seems similar to Bavarian and Austrian, I don't think they have much in common with places like Russia or Bulgaria apart from Slavic languages.
The major cultures of Europe have influenced each other and been affected by regional circumstances. I suppose the Germanic influence on Czechia and Slavic influence on Eastern Germany mirrors the Germanic influence on Ireland and the Celtic influence on England. These countries have all been influenced by neighbouring countries of a different "meta-ethnicity" and regional traits by their proximity to each other.
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