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It's not crap. This divide into three regions is actually pretty damn accurate - especially the Catholic vs. Protestant countries. Don't be fooled by the religion-based dividing line - this is about *cultural* differences, not *religious* differences. A better way may be to say Germanic+Nordic countries vs. Romanic countries.

However, fact remains: Protestant/Germanic+Nordic countries have very sound financial policies and very little corruption. Catholic/Romanic countries, on the other hand...

Edited 2011-11-18 13:05 UTC

Oh how I wish that were so in the U.S.! The American Catholic church, of course, has come under fire in the past decade for corruption and conspiracy surrounding the sexual allegations against church leaders.

The Protestants are perhaps a little better on those grounds, but they overwhelmingly (especially here in the southern states) want to stay in the early 20th century as far as morality law is concerned, and corruption among Protestants is rampant at the state and local level all across the country.

On both sides, there's no such thing as fiscal responsibility at the moment.

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As an aside, I find it quite odd that there are more than a few Catholic congress members but so far only one Catholic president, and it was quite controversial when he was elected. Then again, we've had Unitarian and (suspected) atheist presidents too. In the distant past, some chose not to affiliate with a church until they left office, and some were accused of being one thing (atheist, Deist, etc) when they were actually of a more common Christian background.

Gotta love this country of ours. *rolls eyes*

France? Belgium? I wouldn't class as corrupt. What about Eire? Huge financial mess but not a country I would count as suffering from corruption.

Is southern Germany more corrupt than northern Germany? Or has this nothing more to do with religion than the commenter's own religious prejudice.

I bet you haven't really travelled around Europe, have you?