Talk:The Old Country/@comment-68.147.45.66-20100816172754/@comment-1915803-20130314004649

Germany was never a question in this discussion; the rebutting user was talking about Poland.

On the subject, the geographical regions of Europe vary depending on the source. Some, like this source, do not even consider the existence of a "Central Europe" and instead merge it with the other regions. So there is nothing incorrect about saying that Poland is in Eastern Europe, because to many, it is. A good rule of thumb to use is that any of the pre-1991 Communist USSR satellite nations fall into the category of Eastern Europe, while Western Europe (Germany, UK, France, etc) and Southern Europe (Greece, Italy, etc) are their own regions. It has a lot to do with history and culture instead of geographical proximity, to be honest.