Social and Cultural Influences of Europe

[MRuffalo715]

The map above shows the present-day European social and cultural influences excluding Russia. This map shows the result of a compilation of geographical and cultural information including historical references, languages, and religions. I compiled this map to allow for a greater understanding of the role geography plays in European culture. The accuracies of this map are open for debate, however all of the information presented has a strong basis and is in accordance with the global standards of European regional classification. Keep in mind that this is a present-day map and it does not necassarily show the cultural influences of long ago.

[Kabbealompost]

"Eastern Europe"

This map sucks. This "Eastern Europe" is a political term, not a cultural.

[nockwasright]

I don't how can England be grouped with France while Scotland and Ireland are together as Celtic. Same goes with Serbia that is in the "Greek" area (should be grouped with other Slav nations), and the same I think could be said for other countries in that area. Latvia Lithuania and Estonia are closer to the Slav world than to the Scandinavians.
To me the map shows the usual carelessness in considering Eastern Europe (roughly divided in two arbitrary groups "Greek" as if nowadays Greece had any cultural influence on its neighbors and "Eastern"), while for Western Europe just follows the nation state pattern, with the very big mistake of calling the English "French".
Where does this map come from?

[Kabbealompost]

yeah, yeah, that's a really dumb map.

BTW, Eastern Europe as a cultural term has something to do with orthodox christianity. The countries of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Poland are catholic countries. They rather belong to Central Europe.