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Has a higher population
The Baltics have around 6 million people; Balkans have well above 60 million
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Consists mostly of Slavic countries
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Has over a million people who natively speak an Uralic language
There are just about a million Hungarian speakers in Romania. The number of Estonian speakers barely scrapes the threshold as well.
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Has hosted an Olympic event
1984 Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo; The Sailing events for the 1980 Olympics were held in Estonia.
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Has a higher GDP per capita
6.
Has a mountain
Highest peak in the Baltics doesn't qualify as a mountain as it's less than 300 meters above the surrounding land.
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Has held land in the Caribbean
Curonia (now Latvia) had a colony on the island of Tobago from 1654 to 1659.
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Has a country that has legalised same-sex marriage
Both Estonia and Greece legalised it in 2024
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Was controlled by a communist state at one point
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Last place to be Christianized
Last crusades into Lithuania ended in the later half of the 14th century.
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Borders the Adriatic sea
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Had a country join NATO first
Greece joined NATO in 1952.
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Has high-speed rail
There are a few kilometres of high-speed rail in Serbia
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Known for fossilized tree resin
Amber was commonly gathered in the Baltics and sold to Western Europe