In a time of massive globalisation and unification, can there be such a thing as a nation or union free of any division, a neutral space where all around is equal and like-minded?

A Guide to Divisions offers a different view of how areas can be defined; not by their nation but by statistics of various sorts – from politically loaded to rather peculiar – to redefine the projection of Europe and our place in it.
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A Guide to Divisions

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Actual Size

Active Separatist Movements

  1. Faroe
  2. Shetland
  3. Orkney
  4. Outer Hebrides
  5. Scotland
  6. Ulster
  7. Isle of Man
  8. Northumberkand
  9. Yorkshire
  10. Mercia
  11. Wales
  12. Wessex
  13. Devon
  14. Cornwall
  15. Isle of Wight
  16. Frisia
  17. Flanders
  18. Wallonia
  19. German Speaking Community
  20. Normandy
  21. Brittany
  22. Alsace
  23. Occitania
  24. Basque Country
  25. Cantabria
  26. Asturias
  27. Galicia
  28. León
  29. Castile
  30. Aragon
  31. Catalonia
  32. Cartagena
  33. Andalusia
  34. Savoy
  35. Nice
  36. Liguria
  37. Insubria
  38. Lombardy
  39. Veneto
  40. South Tyrol
  41. Friuli Venezia Giulia
  1. Padania
  2. Istria
  3. Carinthia
  4. Corsica
  5. Sardinia
  6. Rijeka
  7. Sicily
  8. Serbian Rep.
  9. Vojvodina
  10. Croatian Rep. of Herzeg Bosnia
  11. Sandzâk
  12. Kosovo
  13. Northern Epirus
  14. Székely Land
  15. Gagauzia
  16. Transnistria
  17. Crimea
  18. Karachay-Cherkess
  19. Adygea
  20. Abkhazia
  21. TRNC
  22. Kamykia
  23. Novorossiya
  24. Hungarian Minorities
  25. Moravia
  26. Silesia
  27. Prussia
  28. Samogitia
  29. Latgale
  30. Ingria
  31. Åland
  32. Karelia
  33. Sápmi
  34. Southern Schleswig
  35. Bornholm
  36. Skåneland
  37. Bavaria

Benzopyrene Emissions Concentration

  1. > target value
  2. < target value
  3. data missing

Cereal Growth Limit

  1. suitable
  2. not suitable

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Climate According to Köppen

  1. Bsh
  2. Bsk
  3. Csa
  4. Csb
  5. Cfa
  6. Cfb
  1. Cfc
  2. Dfb
  3. Dfc
  4. Dfd
  5. E
  6. H

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Climate According to Sydow

  1. marine climate
  2. transitional climate
  3. continental climate
  4. Mediterranean climate
  5. Mountain climate
  6. Polar climate

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Coast

  1. land

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Alcohol Related Causes of Death

    Standardised Death Rates per 100,000 inhabitants
  1. > 51
  2. 41 - 51
  3. 32 - 41
  4. 26 - 32
  5. < 26
  6. Data not Available

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Economic Productivity

  1. hunting and gathering
  2. gubstistence agriculture
  3. commercial agriculture
  4. nomadic herding
  5. livestock raising
  6. commercial fishery
  7. forestry
  8. trade or manufacturing
  9. little or no activity

Employment in High Technological Sectors

  1. < 18.0
  2. < 18.0- < 25.0 /li>
  3. < 25.0- < 32.0/li>
  4. >= 32.0
  5. Data not available

Employment in The Industrial Economy

  1. < 18.0
  2. < 18.0- < 25.0 /li>
  3. < 25.0- < 32.0/li>
  4. >= 32.0
  5. Data not available

Equipment Rate for Public Transport Vehicles

    Per 1000 Inhabitants
  1. < 1.0
  2. 1.0-<2.0
  3. 2.0-<4.0
  4. 4.0-<8.0
  5. >=8.0
  6. Data is not available

Erosion by Air Fluctuations

  1. 0.25
  2. 0.25-0.50
  3. 0.5-1
  4. 1-2
  5. >2
  6. No erosion

Frequency of Fair Eyes

  1. 75 - 90%
  2. 50 - 75%
  3. 35 - 50%
  4. 25 - 35%
  5. 10 - 25%
  6. 0 - 10%

Frequency of Red Hair

  1. < 1 per 1000 inhabitants

GDP Per Inhabitant in Purchasing Power Standard

  1. < 75.000
  2. 75.000 - 90.000
  3. 90.000 - 100.000
  4. 100.000 - 110.000
  5. 110.000 - 125.000
  6. > 125.000
  7. no data

Geologic Era of Soil

  1. Quaternary
  2. Tertiary
  3. Mesozoic
  4. Paleozoic
  5. Precambrium

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Geomorphologic Plates

  1. old plates
  2. Caledonian creases
  3. Hercynic creases
  4. Alpidic creases
  5. uncreased land
  6. valley area

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Grapevine Growth

  1. grapevines
  2. unsuitable for grapevines

Iron Curtain

  1. East
  2. West

Isotherms in July

  1. 5ºC
  2. 10ºC
  3. 15ºC
  4. 20ºC
  5. 25ºC
  6. 30ºC

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Isotherms in January

  1. -20ºC
  2. -15ºC
  3. -10ºC
  4. -5ºC
  5. 0ºC
  6. 5ºC
  7. 10ºC

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Land Ice during Permafrost

  1. ice expansion Riss glaciation
  2. ice expansion in Würm glaciation
  3. current glaciers

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Languages and Dialects

  1. Icelandic
  2. Irish
  3. English
  4. Welsh
  5. Faroese
  6. Scottish
  7. Dutch
  8. Frisian
  9. Luxembourgish
  10. French
  11. Britton
  12. Basque
  13. Catalan
  14. Spanish
  15. Gallician
  16. Portuguese
  17. Norwegian
  18. Swedish
  19. Sami
  20. Finnish
  21. Karelian
  22. Estonian
  23. Latvian
  1. Lithuanian
  2. Polish
  3. German
  4. Sorbian
  5. Czech
  6. Romanish
  7. Slovenian
  8. Slovak
  9. Hungarian
  10. Slavic
  11. Albanian
  12. Romanian
  13. Montenegrin
  14. Greek
  15. Macedonian
  16. Bulgarian
  17. Gagauz
  18. Ukranian
  19. Russian
  20. Belarussian
  21. Danish
  22. Turkish

Middle Ages States and Kingdoms

  1. Kingdom of Castile
  2. Portugal
  3. Duchy of Aquitaine
  4. Kingdom of France
  5. Ireland
  6. Schotland
  7. England
  8. Holy Roman Empire
  9. Papal States
  1. Kingdom of Naples
  2. Brandenburg
  3. Kingdom of Poland
  4. Hungary
  5. Teutonic Knights
  6. Lithuana
  7. Bulgaria
  8. Russian States
  9. Basqueland
  10. Denmark
  11. Norway
  12. Sweden
  13. Finland
  14. Servian Princes
  15. Latin States
  16. Kingdom of Sicily
  17. Ottoman Turks
  18. Tartars
  19. Bohemia
  20. Austria

Motorization Rate

    Per 1000 Inhabitants
  1. < 400
  2. 400 - 500
  3. > 600

Municipal Waste Generated

    kg / inhabitant / year
  1. < 350.0
  2. 350.0 - < 450.0
  3. 450 - < 550.0
  4. 550.0 - < 650.0
  5. >= 650.0
  6. Data is not available

Natural Vegetation

  1. mountain vegetation
  2. tundra
  3. conifer forest
  4. mixed forest
  5. summergreen forest
  1. Mediterranean vegetation
  2. steppe
  3. desert steppe

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Nitrate Emissions

  1. < 0.8 mg / l N
  2. >= 0.8 - 2.0 mg / l N
  3. >= 2.0 - 3.6 mg / l N
  4. >= 3.6 - 5.6 mg / l N
  5. >= 5.6 - 11.3 mg / l N

Oil Fields (Subterranean)

  1. oil field

Oil Pipes

  1. oil pipe
  2. gas pipe

Palmtree Growth Limit

  1. palmtrees
  2. no palmtrees

Persons Injured in Road Accidents

    Per 1000 Inhabitants
  1. < 1
  2. 1 - 2
  3. 2 - 4
  4. 2 - 4
  5. > 6
  6. no data available

Pigs on Average on Farms

  1. < 10.0
  2. 10.0 - < 20.0
  3. 20.0 - < 50.0
  4. 50.0 - <100.0
  5. >= 100

Population Density

  1. >50%
  2. 45->50%
  3. 40-45%
  4. 30-35%
  5. 25-30%
  6. 20-25%
  7. 15-20%
  8. 10-15%
  9. <5%

Production of Cows' Milk on Farms

  1. <5.0
  2. 5.0-<20.0
  3. 20.0-<35.0
  4. 35.0-<100
  5. >=100
  6. Data not available

Quietness Sustainability Index

  1. 100%
  2. 80%
  3. 60%
  4. 40%
  5. 20%
  6. 10%
  7. Natura 2000 European network of protected sites

Radiation from Radioactivity

  1. < 2
  2. 2 - 10
  3. 10 - 40
  4. 40 - 185
  5. 185 - 1480
  6. > 1480
  7. Data not available

River Basin Districts

  1. National river basin districts
  2. International river basin districts
  3. Coastal waters
  4. Lakes

Roman Empire States

  1. Britanniae
  2. Galliae
  3. Septem provinciae
  4. Hispaniae
  5. Italia annonaria
  6. Italia suburbicaria
  7. Illyricum
  1. Dacia
  2. Thracia
  3. Macedonia
  4. Achae
  5. Asia
  6. Pontica
  7. Oriens

Shale Gas Fields (Subterranean)

  1. shale gas basin

Socio-Ecological Regions

  1. Northern platform
  2. Pallas / Sodankyla
  3. Northern platform
  4. Bothnian/ Bay
  5. Lammi
  6. Paijanne
  7. Northern / Hame
  8. Helsinki
  9. Nora
  10. Lepsamanjoki
  11. Engure
  12. Leipzig / Halle
  1. Lodz
  2. Tatra
  3. Sumava
  4. Eisenwurzen
  5. Pleine / Fougeres
  6. High / Aips
  7. Kiskun
  8. Balaton
  9. Braila
  10. Ardourgaronne
  11. Alpes / France
  12. Donana
  13. Sierra / Nevada

Soil Use and Managment

  1. primarily agriculture
  2. mediterranean agriculture
  3. primarily stock
  4. forest
  5. tundra

Soil Type

  1. tundra soil
  2. podzol
  3. forestsoil
  4. chernozem
  5. kastanozem
  1. steppe
  2. ferrasol
  3. fluvisol
  4. mire
  5. rendzina
  6. mountain soil

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Suitability of Soil Types for Crop Growth

  1. good
  2. suitable
  3. less or not suitable
  4. forest

Terrestrial Networks for Bandwidth Connections

  1. concentration point

Time Zone

  1. GMT-1
  2. GMT+0
  3. GMT+1
  4. GMT+2