What Continent Are You On?


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  1. 1. What Continent Are You On?

    • North America
      434
    • Central & South America
      17
    • Europe
      334
    • Central and Northern Asia (Eastern Russia and fmr. Soviet states)
      2
    • West Asia (aka the Middle East)
      14
    • South Asia (India, Pakistan, etc...)
      38
    • East Asia (China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, etc...)
      8
    • South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, etc..)
      18
    • Africa
      16
    • Australia & Pacific
      100
  2. 2. Where in North America?

    • Canada
      114
    • West Coast U.S.
      54
    • North-East U.S.
      74
    • Mid-West/Central U.S.
      84
    • South-West U.S.
      19
    • South-East U.S.
      71
    • Non-Continental U.S.
      5
    • Mexico
      9
    • Caribbean
      14
    • n/a
      537
  3. 3. Where in Europe?

    • UK
      187
    • Eurozone
      92
    • Non-Eurozone Scandinavia
      15
    • Non-Eurozone Balkans
      11
    • Eastern Europe
      13
    • Baltic States
      10
    • Western Russia
      7
    • n/a
      646


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The top two vote getters last year were North America and Europe so I have taken the step of breaking them down into smaller geographical areas. If you don't live in either place then vote "n/a" to skip the question.

Here's the 2006 poll:

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=422547

For more information on where in Asia you live:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia

For more information about what constitutes a Eurozone country:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurozone

For more information about the Balkan Region:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans#Related_countries

For more information about the Baltic States:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_States

For US regions:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/regdef.html

Eurozone nations:

* Austria, * Belgium, * Finland, * France, * Germany, * Greece, * Ireland, * Italy, * Luxembourg, * Netherlands, * Portugal, * Slovenia, * Spain

Edited by Fred Derf
added list of Eurozone nations
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Go go, Scandinavians! :)

Btw, this is the first time I've heard the term "eurozone" in my life. :blink:

Funny, but I see it's fairly well used, so it must be that it's just not used in my language.

Edit: Aah, it's the collection of European countries using the Euro currency... Now I get it... :p

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yours Truely.

Official members

In 1998 eleven EU member-states had met the convergence criteria, and the Eurozone came into existence with the official launch of the euro on 1 January 1999; Greece qualified in 2000 and was admitted on 1 January 2001 and Slovenia qualified in 2006 and was admitted on 1 January 2007 bringing total Eurozone membership to its current level of over 316 million people and thirteen member states:

* Austria

* Belgium

* Finland

* France (except Pacific territories using CFP franc)

* Germany

* Greece

* Ireland

* Italy

* Luxembourg

* Netherlands

* Portugal

* Slovenia

* Spain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurozone#Official_members

Edited by Fred Derf
"Where is Europe?" typo fixed from poll
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