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* with a population of over 100,000 of course, lest Liechtenstein or Andorra  run away with it.

Voted for Slovakia.  Other countries fought wars to obtain their independence.  Slovakia didn't even have a quarrel before breaking up with Czech Republic. 

Switzerland is going to run away with this like the road runner.

Switzerland is the only real contender in this one.

At least Switzerland has dramatic landscapes. I vote Luxembourg.

Outside of members of the titular House of Luxembourg I cannot name a single famous person from Luxembourg. At least the Swiss have William Tell, Swiss Guards, and Nazi Gold. The Swiss might be the least friendly people I have ever met and I spent considerable amounts of time in France and Germany so if I think you are a cold asshole you really had to work for it.

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 07:09:28 AM
Outside of members of the titular House of Luxembourg I cannot name a single famous person from Luxembourg. At least the Swiss have William Tell, Swiss Guards, and Nazi Gold.

We are partially at the mercy of someone from there, though.  :P

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And Luxembourg is barely a country anyway. There are suburbs of European capitals with more population than it.

I voted Luxemburg, but I would lump it with the Andorras and Liechtesteins of this world, tbf.

Switzerland at least has got the bouts of xenophobia and cuckoo clocks.

Quote from: celedhring on July 07, 2015, 07:45:14 AM
I voted Luxemburg, but I would lump it with the Andorras and Liechtesteins of this world, tbf.

Switzerland at least has got the bouts of xenophobia and cuckoo clocks.

Channeling Sav:

QuoteIn Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

I was mocking that quote, you know  :P

Cuckoo clocks weren't even invented by the Swiss. They're German IIRC.

Quote from: celedhring on July 07, 2015, 08:15:17 AM
I was mocking that quote, you know  :P

Cuckoo clocks weren't even invented by the Swiss. They're German IIRC.

I always presumed it came from the Black Forest; at least that's the general assumption in Germany.

Switzerland wins this by a landslide. Luxembourg is not a proper country.

The Swiss did kill Charles the Bold, thus changing the history of Europe forever. That was cool.

Quote from: Iormlund on July 07, 2015, 08:19:48 AM
Switzerland wins this by a landslide. Luxembourg is not a proper country.

What does that make Malta?

Cultural appropriation by the dastardly Swiss...........typical  :mad:

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 08:21:00 AM

Quote from: Iormlund on July 07, 2015, 08:19:48 AM
Switzerland wins this by a landslide. Luxembourg is not a proper country.

What does that make Malta?

It is a small place alright, but also very interesting so Malta would not feature in this discussion regardless of size.

Quote from: Syt on July 07, 2015, 08:19:07 AM

Quote from: celedhring on July 07, 2015, 08:15:17 AM
I was mocking that quote, you know  :P

Cuckoo clocks weren't even invented by the Swiss. They're German IIRC.

I always presumed it came from the Black Forest; at least that's the general assumption in Germany.

Yeah, I've heard Black Forest too. I think QI mentioned it once?

Surprising to see Switzerland running away with it. But happy it's not just me. The usual contenders one hears in this debate are also Belgium and Finland.

UK?

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 08:21:00 AM

Quote from: Iormlund on July 07, 2015, 08:19:48 AM
Switzerland wins this by a landslide. Luxembourg is not a proper country.

What does that make Malta?

Not really a numbers game. Gather a hundred Germans and the result is still less entertaining than a couple Med types. Northerners are just dull by nature. I blame it on the lack of sunlight.

Belgium is not boring at all, almost every Belgian I have met online is a colorful nutter. Finnish people have a funny language and like to go naked everywhere. Oh and they have reindeer. And were the only good guy among the Axis powers.

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 07, 2015, 08:23:05 AM

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 08:21:00 AM

Quote from: Iormlund on July 07, 2015, 08:19:48 AM
Switzerland wins this by a landslide. Luxembourg is not a proper country.

What does that make Malta?

It is a small place alright, but also very interesting so Malta would not feature in this discussion regardless of size.

I was talking about its status as a proper country though :P

Quote from: Iormlund on July 07, 2015, 08:33:45 AM

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 08:21:00 AM

Quote from: Iormlund on July 07, 2015, 08:19:48 AM
Switzerland wins this by a landslide. Luxembourg is not a proper country.

What does that make Malta?

Not really a numbers game. Gather a hundred Germans and the result is still less entertaining than a couple Med types. Northerners are just dull by nature. I blame it on the lack of sunlight.

At least we don't go around touching everyone :x

Belgium - that's where Europe goes to fight.

Finland - full of depressed lunatics with a funny language; also, kicked Soviet ass.

Iceland - volcanoes and vikings

Ireland - Drunks, the Pogues (did I mention drunks?), and the IRA

Luxembourg - ?

Slovakia - ?

Slovenia - ?

Switzerland - Mountains and evil bankers

Norway - Mountains and vikings

;)

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 08:21:00 AM

Quote from: Iormlund on July 07, 2015, 08:19:48 AM
Switzerland wins this by a landslide. Luxembourg is not a proper country.

What does that make Malta?

Some great people have come from Malta. :mad:

Slovakia had a fascist state under a Catholic Bishop, that was cool. They collaborated with Hitler to subjugate the Czechs. They also get the weird colored counters in games that simulate the invasion of Poland. They launched a big 'resistance movement' at the last second and 'liberated' themselves right before the Soviets could do it.

They are supposedly famous for their theatre which is a pretty fucking lame thing to famous for, especially when it is all in Slovak. But maybe Marty or Tamas could let me know if my views on this topic are misplaced and in fact the plays of Slovakia are an international treasure the whole world should partake in.

I remember Slovenia because in 1915 the Italians had to cross Slovenia to take Trieste and Franz Joseph asked his generals if the Slovenes would die to protect the Monarchy. According to legend the Slavic Austrian general Boroevic declared that the Slovenes would be bled white before they would let the hated Italians cross the Isonzo. And damned if he was not right. So I guess they are distinguished by their hatred for Italians.

Malta has an amazing and pretty eventful history for being basically a couple of rocks in the Med. Then again almost every single place around the Med has had plenty of time to develop an interesing history.

Quote from: The Larch on July 07, 2015, 09:15:59 AM
Malta has an amazing and pretty eventful history for being basically a couple of rocks in the Med. Then again almost every single place around the Med has had plenty of time to develop an interesing history.

Being owned by a crusading knightly order in the 1700s was pretty weird you have to admit.

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 09:18:07 AM

Quote from: The Larch on July 07, 2015, 09:15:59 AM
Malta has an amazing and pretty eventful history for being basically a couple of rocks in the Med. Then again almost every single place around the Med has had plenty of time to develop an interesing history.

Being owned by a crusading knightly order in the 1700s was pretty weird you have to admit.

That's part of the charm.  :lol: Although they were much more into filibustering than crusading at that point. Then Napoleon had to come around and put an end to the party, just like with Venice.

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 09:14:47 AM
I remember Slovenia because in 1915 the Italians had to cross Slovenia to take Trieste and Franz Joseph asked his generals if the Slovenes would die to protect the Monarchy. According to legend the Slavic Austrian general Boroevic declared that the Slovenes would be bled white before they would let the hated Italians cross the Isonzo. And damned if he was not right. So I guess they are distinguished by their hatred for Italians.

Slovenia has the honor of being the only piece of Yugoslavia the Serbs didn't care to fight for.

Too far away I guess.

Quote from: celedhring on July 07, 2015, 09:22:47 AM

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 09:14:47 AM
I remember Slovenia because in 1915 the Italians had to cross Slovenia to take Trieste and Franz Joseph asked his generals if the Slovenes would die to protect the Monarchy. According to legend the Slavic Austrian general Boroevic declared that the Slovenes would be bled white before they would let the hated Italians cross the Isonzo. And damned if he was not right. So I guess they are distinguished by their hatred for Italians.

Slovenia has the honor of being the only piece of Yugoslavia the Serbs didn't care to fight for.

They didn't fight for Macedonia either. Milosevic had no problem letting both of them go as neither had a sizeable Serbian minority on them. He even consider it good that they left because that way he could control the Federal council of Yugoslavia better.

Voted Iceland. There can't be much to do there.

From personal experience, Belgium was the most boring country I have visited. Switzerland, however, wins it. Just because.
Tyr is also added to The List for daring to propose Finland, Norway and Iceland as boring while failing to add places like Lithuania, Bulgaria and Moldova.

No country in the former Yugoslavian state can be considered boring.

During WW2 Slovakia had a nazi-friendly government headed by a Catholic priest. That's hardly boring. :P

Quote from: Martinus on July 07, 2015, 10:41:16 AM
During WW2 Slovakia had a nazi-friendly government headed by a Catholic priest. That's hardly boring. :P

:angry:

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 09:14:47 AM
Slovakia had a fascist state under a Catholic Bishop, that was cool.

:hug:

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 10:41:40 AM

Quote from: Martinus on July 07, 2015, 10:41:16 AM
During WW2 Slovakia had a nazi-friendly government headed by a Catholic priest. That's hardly boring. :P

:angry:

Why are you angry? :P

So their supposedly famous theatre stuff. Is it shit? Because I just presumed it was shit.

QuoteWhy are you angry?

Because you clearly didn't read my post  :( :P

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 09:14:47 AM
They are supposedly famous for their theatre which is a pretty fucking lame thing to famous for, especially when it is all in Slovak. But maybe Marty or Tamas could let me know if my views on this topic are misplaced and in fact the plays of Slovakia are an international treasure the whole world should partake in.

Never heard of any Slovak play. :P

Quote from: Martinus on July 07, 2015, 10:43:52 AM
Never heard of any Slovak play. :P

I knew it!

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 10:43:19 AM
So their supposedly famous theatre stuff. Is it shit? Because I just presumed it was shit.

QuoteWhy are you angry?

Because you clearly didn't read my post  :( :P

I usually respond and then read the rest of the thread. :P

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 09:14:47 AMI remember Slovenia because in 1915 the Italians had to cross Slovenia to take Trieste and Franz Joseph asked his generals if the Slovenes would die to protect the Monarchy. According to legend the Slavic Austrian general Boroevic declared that the Slovenes would be bled white before they would let the hated Italians cross the Isonzo. And damned if he was not right. So I guess they are distinguished by their hatred for Italians.

That's like being distinguished by one's hatred of spoiled fish.

Quote from: Norgy on July 07, 2015, 10:38:14 AM
From personal experience, Belgium was the most boring country I have visited. Switzerland, however, wins it. Just because.
Tyr is also added to The List for daring to propose Finland, Norway and Iceland as boring while failing to add places like Lithuania, Bulgaria and Moldova.

No country in the former Yugoslavian state can be considered boring.

Belgium has great beer and so cannot, by definition, be boring.  Norway on the other hand, you see one fiord you have seen them all.  :P

Sweden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rwc3VGvlRY

Finland

Quote from: The Larch on July 07, 2015, 07:47:33 AM

Quote from: celedhring on July 07, 2015, 07:45:14 AM
I voted Luxemburg, but I would lump it with the Andorras and Liechtesteins of this world, tbf.

Switzerland at least has got the bouts of xenophobia and cuckoo clocks.

Channeling Sav:

QuoteIn Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

:thumbsup:

I felt obligated to vote for Switzerland in this poll.

With enemies you know where they stand but with neutrals? Who knows! It sickens me.

All I know is my gut says, maybe.

Quote from: crazy canuck on July 07, 2015, 10:49:40 AM

Quote from: Norgy on July 07, 2015, 10:38:14 AM
From personal experience, Belgium was the most boring country I have visited. Switzerland, however, wins it. Just because.
Tyr is also added to The List for daring to propose Finland, Norway and Iceland as boring while failing to add places like Lithuania, Bulgaria and Moldova.

No country in the former Yugoslavian state can be considered boring.

Belgium has great beer and so cannot, by definition, be boring.  Norway on the other hand, you see one fiord you have seen them all.  :P

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

It blew my mind that the Swiss make you register overnight guests with the Gestapo.

Swiss watches are nice. :)

Quote from: Valmy on July 07, 2015, 01:44:07 PM
All I know is my gut says, maybe.

Live Free or Don't.

Quote from: Norgy on July 07, 2015, 02:53:14 PM

Quote from: crazy canuck on July 07, 2015, 10:49:40 AM

Quote from: Norgy on July 07, 2015, 10:38:14 AM
From personal experience, Belgium was the most boring country I have visited. Switzerland, however, wins it. Just because.
Tyr is also added to The List for daring to propose Finland, Norway and Iceland as boring while failing to add places like Lithuania, Bulgaria and Moldova.

No country in the former Yugoslavian state can be considered boring.

Belgium has great beer and so cannot, by definition, be boring.  Norway on the other hand, you see one fiord you have seen them all.  :P

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Sorry, but I couldn't vote for Switzerland.  I had way too much fun in Interlaken back in the day.

Now you're just making up place names.  <_<

Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 07, 2015, 03:54:57 PM
It blew my mind that the Swiss make you register overnight guests with the Gestapo.

And you have to  take classes and pass a test to get a dog

Definitely Luxembourg

All of them.