Some more things to remember that I can’t believe that I forgot:
Knock knock! Who’s there? A rat carrying the bubonic plague!
… and there goes two thirds of the Europe
If it’s a French king, he’s probably called Louis
*No one* likes to be taxed
The Dutch once got so fed up with their prime minister that they ATE HIM
England claimed France for waaaaaay longer than you think
Switzerland in the middle of the garbage fire that is Europe: 😅😬😳
What’s a little invasion between friends?
No one can agree on the right way to 💖𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓙𝓮𝓼𝓾𝓼💖
However, they can all agree that they hate Jews
Napoleon: I mean the first exile is basically just a suggestion right?
Austria: the birth place of Mozart! (just forget about that other guy)
It is honestly a miracle that Luxembourg still exists considering its neighbours
Russia hasn’t traditionally had a lot of respect for borders
Though, let’s face it, neither has any other European country
Pope: hey Henry you are a super great Catholic here’s a the title of Defender of the Faith cause you are so loyal to me and the church!
Henry VIII: new phone who dis?
Ethnic tensions will totally go away if we just tell everyone to get along and be the same!
To really have any power, you are going to probably need a port
Sweden didn’t like France, so Russia invaded Finland #makeitmakesense
OK! This is the LAST TIME we are altering the borders cause we have PERFECTED it this time!
*Spain looking longingly at Portugal*: what if we got together, wouldn’t that be fun 🥰
Austria-Hungary spent most of its time in existence trying not to fall apart
Poor Poland just wanted to be left alone
Even within a country the different regions hate each other
France literally has the most victories of any military in Europe but everyone only remembers the surrender
“Let’s all cooperate!” say Britain, France, Russia, Austria and Prussia, as they shut out pretty much all of the other countries
