But the DACH belongs culturally to the area defined as Nordwesteuropa alongside Slovenia and the Czech Republic, which are quite reasonably to be said to be lagging behind nowadays due to Communism.

The same can't be said when comparing for example Poland and Spain, or Italy and Hungary. It seems that historically both regions had been characterized by the power of " Adels-Aristokratie und Latifundien-Landwirtschaft", depriving both from the social capital necessary in creating societies as those of Nordwesteuropa.

Communism and dictatorships made it all worse in the last past decades.

Without either Communism nor dictatorships, which kulturraum would be better prepared in the long run?