Check out my merch at ➡️https://theironicshop.com/ ✉️ Join the Postcard Club ✉️ https://www.patreon.com/livingironicallyineurope 🎩Become a member and support the channel:🎩 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8SNsIS6XZ6WaEeEPCSVaQg/join Description: If you've ever looked at a GDP map of Europe, you've most likely noticed that the continent is divided into 2 sections, where its eastern part is substantially poorer & less developed. In this video we go over why that's the case. We cover the history of the Balkans, Western Europe, the Ottoman Empire, and subsequent Cold War & the effects after the fall of the Berlin wall on the Balkan peninsula. 🔴Follow my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingironicallyineurope/ 🔴Join the Ironic Discord: https://discord.gg/gHhTSRUXxy 🎶Outro Song🎶: https://youtu.be/VDDX2m_vd-g 🎶Explained Intro Song🎶: https://youtu.be/vafpeSvU0DA #balkans #romania #communism