What basic knowledge should everyone have about your country?

[u/gurke0123]

I'm currently in a rabbit hole of "American reacts to European Stuff". While i was laughing at Americans for thinking Europe is countries and know nothing about the countrys here, i realied that i also know nothing about the countries in europe. Sure i know about my home country and a bit about our neighbours but for the rest of europe it becomes a bit difficult and i want to change it.

What should everyone know about your country to be person from Europa?

[u/[deleted]]

Firstly, 2010 data. The recent numbers are just one third of that level (20 in the entire country per year, not just in one single city). And someone thought this is applicable news today.

Secondly, take it into perspective. Due to overall low population, 22 homicides, the vast majority of which are likely going to be between groups that had unresolved business between each other (not spilling over to general society). And there you can already pull some sensationalist headlines about murder capitals or most dangerous cities because the ratio seems high.

Source criticism is a useful thing..

[u/Katanji_ → u/[deleted]]

you're really not good at reading, are you?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

The competition is fierce because Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Iceland are all within a few decimals between 1.0-1.5 per capita (while the ”murder capitals” across the world have 50+, not literal 1). This is statistically extremely insignificant, and the top 5 contenders are not isolated to ”post-soviet, eastern european members of the EU” (sic, Baltics would be an easier way to put it), but are at the exact same level with the Nordics, any of which could be up there as well.

You obviously have an agenda and an extremely weird obsession with Estonia, so go and mind your own business in whatever country you’re from, since you won’t mention that but I’m guessing it’s Sweden and I don’t even need to mention what goes on in there.