Show ContentKairos@lemmy.today48·1 year agoWhy is South Africa part of Europe? Because it’s wealthier and Europe was the easiest option? Edit: and Africa is on the same region as Russia and India? I think I should stop trying to rationalize this.
Show ContentPythagreousTitties@lemm.eeEnglish392·1 year agoProbably results of varied trade deals, buisnesses, colonization, and just a long history of how the world has globalized in general.
Show Contentdeus@lemmy.world21·1 year agoRegion 5 looks like they said “screw it, let’s just throw all the countries left into a single region and call it a day”
Show ContentCarrotIsland@beehaw.orgEnglish8·1 year agoFor a second I thought maybe due to their historical colonial ties to the UK but that logic falls apart when you realize AU and NZ are in a separate region from the UK… so… 🤷♂️
Why is South Africa part of Europe? Because it’s wealthier and Europe was the easiest option?
Edit: and Africa is on the same region as Russia and India? I think I should stop trying to rationalize this.
Probably results of varied trade deals, buisnesses, colonization, and just a long history of how the world has globalized in general.
Region 5 looks like they said “screw it, let’s just throw all the countries left into a single region and call it a day”
For a second I thought maybe due to their historical colonial ties to the UK but that logic falls apart when you realize AU and NZ are in a separate region from the UK… so… 🤷♂️
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