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The OTL Cold War idea of "Eastern" and "Western" Europe was kind of strange. Finland and Greece aren't really western European, and Czechia is more western or central European. Because of this, the economist has talked about the declining idea of "Eastern Europe" (Source:
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Would a Cold War between Northern and Southern Europe last longer or be more protracted if political allegiances overlapped with cultural boundaries? The North South transition has a hazy border, so I'd define Iberia, Italy, Greece+Cyprus and the Balkans as unambiguously "Southern European" while "Northern Europe" would definitely include the British Isles, the Low countries, Scandinavia, Germany, Poland, and the Baltic states.