Qatar?
Italy and France was not an Eastern European nation that was under communist control
Yes. Before the Soviet Union collapsed it was the largest Eastern European nation not a part of the Soviet Union. However after the Soviet Union collapsed, Ukraine became the largest Eastern European nation (excluding Russia), and the largest European nation wholly in Europe.
Moldova has the smallest GDP per capita of any Eastern European nation.
Poland
France
The nation of Spain is a nation whose name begins with an S and is south of France.
France -APEX
No Eastern European countries were members of the European Union in 1993. The EU did not expand to the east until 2004 when nine Eastern European countries (with one Western European nation) joined the EU.
Belgium
France -APEX
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