Most prosperous Eastern European country in terms of individual standard of living?

Yeah, only devastated out of snobbishness. Eastern Europe is thought of by the West as being poor, and as Czechs feel they're a bit more wealthy and sophisticated than their Eastern European neighbours, they demand to be called Central Europeans.

But at the end of the day, the Czechs are Slavs, have a Slavic heritage and speak a Slavic language - the Slavs are the primary race and culture of Eastern Europe. To suggest the Czechs are more Western European than the Austrians is absurd.

While this would be very controversial, I would even go as far to say that as a culture and people, Czechs have more common ground with the Russians than they do with Germans, French or British.

You are talking here about my country, and quite frankly it is more than clear that you hardly know what are you talking about. Moreover, a 9-year-old would not kindly ask you to shut your mouth- so it is not a threat. Btw the Kingdom of Bohemia{ the Czech Republic} was a part of Austria for 500 years opposed to 40 years under the Russian influence. We are Western Slavs, so the language is similar to any Slavic language. Did you know that English language and German is from the same language family? Does that mean there is a cultural similarity? No, British and Germans are completely different. Language cannot be taken into account in this matter. History and facts do. We have nothing in common with Russia or Russians. Using your phrases- I think we are done here, end of story.

"Back in the day", pretty much every European country had it's allegences one way or the other, with pretty much every Slavic nation clearly leaning towards Russia.

The Western/ Eastern Europe divide is based on whether the country/area is influenced by ancient Greek/Latin (ancestor languages of English, French, Spanish etc.) or Old Church Slavonic (the ancestor language of Polish, Russian etc.).

Eastern Europe is not a place I've seen much of, but I recall on a visit to the Czech Republic, albeit Prague, the country seemed really quite prosperous and I couldn't see any significant standard of living difference between Czechs and Western Europeans, ie British, French, Dutch, etc.

While I've never been to Poland, I'm told that Poland while it's getting more prosperous definately still has a way to go.

So to people who have had more to do with Eastern Europe, is the Czech Republic significantly wealthier than it's neighbours? And what would you say could be considered the most prosperous Eastern European country.

While this would be very controversial, I would even go as far to say that as a culture and people, Czechs have more common ground with the Russians than they do with Germans, French or British.

While this would be very controversial, I would even go as far to say that as a culture and people, Czechs have more common ground with the Russians than they do with Germans, French or British.

2. If Polish or Czech are so much influenced by the OCS, why do they use Latin script instead of cyrillic one? And why do they have so many loanwords from Latin and Greek when it comes to religious subjects?

Eastern Europe is not a place I've seen much of, but I recall on a visit to the Czech Republic, albeit Prague, the country seemed really quite prosperous and I couldn't see any significant standard of living difference between Czechs and Western Europeans, ie British, French, Dutch, etc.

All the cars seemed as new as what you'd find in Western Europe, there were very few old cars, or Soviet era old bangers - probably no more than what you'd see in the UK tbh. And while it's obviously difficult to tell as an outsider from a short-visit, the population as a whole seemed pretty free-spending and it certainly didn't come across as a place where money was a huge issue.

While I've never been to Poland, I'm told that Poland while it's getting more prosperous definately still has a way to go.

So to people who have had more to do with Eastern Europe, is the Czech Republic significantly wealthier than it's neighbours? And what would you say could be considered the most prosperous Eastern European country.

Also, I know technically speaking, Poland and the Czech Republic are central europe rather than Eastern, but for the purpose of things like this, they're definately Eastern Europe.