In Europe, a small country with few people, there is also a country that makes its neighbors have the same experience, that is Poland, which is located on the border of Central and Eastern Europe. What did Poland do to make neighboring countries call it "Europe and Korea"?
As we all know, in the history of East Asia for thousands of years, South Korea is located on the Korean Peninsula and is often influenced by powerful neighboring countries, so it has formed a relatively narrow and strong national thought. Even in modern times with a high degree of openness, we can observe this from South Korea's sports, economy and people's thoughts, which is "unique" among many countries in East Asia.
Since King Mieszko I announced Poland's conversion to Catholicism in 10 century, Poland has been formally integrated into European history. However, as a Western Slavic country living on a vast plain, their desire for the territory of neighboring countries in the historical period often put Poland at war with its neighbors. The sacred Roman vassal States in the west and the Russian countries in the east have long had a deep festival with the Poles, which is also a historical origin. In a blink of an eye, around16th century, the kingdom of Poland was vast, and the king often held the throne of other neighboring countries at the same time, becoming a tyrant in Eastern Europe and having a strong voice in Europe. During that time, Poles had their own "imperial dream".
Under the invasion of Ottoman, the economic and cultural development of the countries of the Western Holy Roman Empire and the constant attack of Eastern Russia, brief and beautiful's "imperial dream" of Poland was completely broken, and Poland was even carved up by Austria, Prussia and Russia in later history, and completely disappeared 100 years.
The cohesion of the Polish nation should not be underestimated, which helped them rebuild their country. However, the inevitable legacy of the "imperial dream" makes Poland often have a bad attitude when interacting with neighboring countries, still fantasizing about its "great power status" and still trying to find an equal position with France and Germany in today's EU! This is a typical "miss life, miss illness!" "
Of course, the cultural quality of Poles is slightly lower than that of Western Europe, and they went to work in other countries on a large scale after the establishment of the European Union, which also left a bad impression on European countries. There is even a popular "poland ball" on the Internet, and cynicism towards Poland has become a cultural phenomenon in Europe and America. Now Poland also has many merits, so we should treat Poland fairly and rationally.