Some of you may have never heard of the name "Moldova". It is a landlocked country located in Eastern Europe with the population of only 3.552 million people. Moldova is only bordered by 2 countries: Ukraine and Romania, the capital city of this tragic country is Chisinau and despite being the capital city it looks miserable, large gray lumps of concrete stacked upon each other.
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| A picture taken in Chisinau |
This country was attacked during World War 2 by the Nazis and it seems to have just barely recovered. It's GDP per capita is only 1,900.20 USD, which is less then Ukraine's. The population of Chisinau is 669,694 and the only good thing you will see is Soviet architecture. Some people might say other countries are very poor but no other country in Europe is poorer than this dying nation. Moldova's currency isn't great either; One Moldovan Ieu is equal to 0.049 Euros.
It is very hard to get a job in Moldova and even if you do, the chances of you receiving a good wage is most likely under 1%. Moldova's official languages are Romanian and Moldovan, both languages are extremely similar as Moldova used to a part of the Kingdom of Romania but once the Nazis lost the war the USSR stole a chunk of Romania and claimed it as it's own. You might ask if both countries have basically the same language why don't they unite? It's simple, it only takes one word to answer. Government. Moldova's and Romania's governments are very corrupt but they are most likely are less corrupt than Russia's.
Here are some more reasons why Moldova and Romania won't unite in the future: everyone remembers the GDR (German Democratic Republic), right? Well that's how Moldova and Romania are right now. Moldova is East Germany and Romania is West Germany, both countries want to unite but even if they do unite there will still be large differences between Moldova and Romania, like there still are in Germany right now. The former West Germany is much richer, while the former East Germany is poorer, that is what will happen to Romania and Moldova when they unite, there would still be more poverty in Moldova than in Romania and many other differences. Finally, Germany was greatly helped by Europe but nobody seems to pay much attention to Moldova and Romania thus the unification of these 2 nations is very unlikely.
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