Oldest European country

Which one is considered to be the oldest country in Europe?I know there might be different criteria but I am interested in the most popular and well accepted opinions.Thank you!


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Ok, here goes.......Just my opinion......The Nordic countries.....They seemed to have some kind of a system...They had a King and Queen...They easily ravaged every European country that existed...Including England...Russia was not even a country...Most European countries were just kingdoms......


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If considering the borderlines, it is Portugal (located on western europe) but like you said it can change depending on the criteria used.


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If you check the

CIA fact book it seems as looking at the independence claims of the countries. Hungary is the winner.

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There are several criteria to answer this question: The continuity of borders throughout the ages, the feeling of nationhood, etc. It's therefore very difficult to have a accurate answer. One should never forget that when we throw ourselves into comparizions the risk of arbitrariety is bigger.  I'd like to think it's my own country since from the begging and without any ambiguity independence was the goal. Moreover there allways have been a sence of indentity which it was not found on other similar experiences. Example It is wrong to indentify Scotland as the oldest nation since the clan divisions endured to the 18th century. FrankenReich is not France, whose modern simbolic shape began with Jean D'Arc and was latter completed By Louis XIV and by the Franch Revolution. The same applies to the notoriously divided "German Empire".  

I dare say that one common feeling of portuguese people is that of "premência": The urgency to retain our own identity, which leads the poetic feeling of aspiring yet to something more perfect. In the words of Fernando Pessoa "Falta cumprir-se Portugal" Something like  "Portugal is yet to be accomplished"

    


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