The concept of nationality, belonging to a state, or having a sense of national identity has evolved over centuries, with its roots in various historical, cultural, and political developments. However, it gained significant prominence during the late 18th and 19th centuries, particularly with the rise of nationalism.
 |
One pivotal event was the French Revolution (1789-1799), which emphasized the principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity, and led to the rise of nationalism in Europe. The French Revolution challenged the traditional authority of monarchies and aristocracies, promoting the idea that sovereignty resided with the nation's people rather than with a ruling monarch.
Following the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the spread of revolutionary ideals across Europe further fueled nationalist sentiments. People began to identify more strongly with their language, culture, and shared history, forming the basis for modern nation-states.
Throughout the 19th century, nationalist movements emerged across Europe and other parts of the world, seeking self-determination and independence from imperial rule. These movements aimed to unify people based on common characteristics such as language, culture, religion, or ethnicity, leading to the formation of nation-states.
The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 is also often cited as a foundational moment in the development of the modern nation-state system, as it established the principle of state sovereignty and recognized the territorial integrity of individual states.
Overall, while the concept of nationality and belonging to a state has deep historical roots, it became particularly significant during the late 18th and 19th centuries, driven by revolutions, wars, and the rise of nationalism.
In this context, modern states have been formed from a series of elements that are not necessarily rational in shaping nationality and population. In most cases, genetic and linguistic factors have no bearing on the formation of present-day states. For example, in the case of language, Spanish and French are Romance languages, meaning they have evolved from Latin, but this has no connection to these modern nations. Genetics also do not play a role, as in Spain, there are various ethnic groups such as Basque, Galician, Castilian, Catalan, etc. The same occurs in France. Greece is also a rare case as it has no connection to ancient Greece as the official propaganda of this state asserts, nor does North Macedonia have any connection to the Macedonia of Alexander the Great, except for the Albanian population; the rest of the population are Slavs who migrated to those lands around 1000 years after Alexander the Great's death.
Even the religious element is a propagandistic indicator, dividing nations on genetic aspects. For example, Poles are Catholics, but Belarusians are Orthodox, yet genetically they are the same people. The same has happened with the Albanian population, where in the Balkan wars agreements were made between Greece, former Yugoslavia, and Turkey for Albanians to be expelled from their ancient lands based on religion. The clearest case is that of the Cham Albanians in Greece, where those who were Muslim were forcibly expelled to Turkey, while those of the Orthodox faith were left in Greece, known as Arvanites. Thus, if we continue this way, the cases are endless.
If we analyze only the genetic element, we will notice that Albanians are among the largest nations in Europe based on the number of poipulation, derived from the ancient Illyrian and Dacian tribes.
While Serbs, as one of the peoples claiming genetic purity, are just 3.7 million in total. So, Albanians are approximately four-fifths of Serbs.
Greece has 4.9 million Greek citizens, not 9.8 million as officially claimed by Greece, which declares the population of Greece as twice as much as it actually is. So, Albanians are approximately three-fifths of Greeks.
Albanians outnumber all 11 other nations of the region:
Greeks: 4.9 million
(but Greeks are an artificial people composed of Albanians, Aromanians, and Slavs)
Serbs: 3.7 million
Bosniaks: 4.1 million
Slavo-Macedonians: 0.85 million
Montenegrins: 0.25 million
Croats: 2.3 million
Slovenes: 0.9 million
Bulgarians: 5 million
Moldovans: 2 million
Romanians: 12.2 million
Hungarians: 11 million
It is very clear that the other peoples of the region are numerically much smaller compared to Albanians.
One might even say that the neighboring peoples of the region appear as dwarfed populations compared to Albanians.
Only Romanians (12.2 million) and Hungarians (11 million) come close to the numerical size of Albanians. But Albanians (12.8 million) outnumber Romanians (12.2 million) and Hungarians (11 million) numerically.
So, Albanians are a larger population than Romanians and Hungarians.
Other European peoples who are numerically smaller than Albanians:
Spaniards: 12 million
Catalans in Spain: 5.5 million
Galicians in Spain: 1.5 million
Basques in Spain: 1 million
Portuguese: 5 million
Swedes: 8 million
Norwegians: 4.5 million
Finns: 5 million
Danes: 4.5 million
Icelanders: 0.3 million
Estonians: 1 million
Latvians: 1.4 million
Lithuanians: 3 million
Belarusians: 8 million
Czechs: 10 million
Slovaks: 4.5 million
Austrians: 3.5 million
Swiss: 3 million
Belgians: 3.5 million
Dutch: 3.4 million
Luxembourgers: 0.25 million
Irish: 2.5 million
Scots in Britain: 5 million
Welsh in Britain: 3 million
These are 11 nations in the Illyrian Peninsula region and 24 other peoples in Europe.
Albanians outnumber all these people. Albanians are even numerically more than Spaniards because, in Spain, there are only 12 million Spaniards left. 40 million Spaniards have emigrated to Latin American countries.
In almost all Western European countries, population numbers are manipulated by declaring them twice as much as they actually are. Only France and the Scandinavian countries do not engage in this manipulation of population numbers. The country with the most inhabitants in the EU is France with 68 million inhabitants. French are 57 million and 11 million are immigrants in France. The French are the largest population in Europe.
Spain has only 20 million inhabitants without foreign immigrants, not 40 million as it deceives with this manipulation. All the cities of Spain such as Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Sevilla, etc., confirm this manipulation of the population number of Spain. And among the inhabitants of Spain, there are 12 million Spaniards, 5.5 million Catalans, 1.5 million Galicians, and 1 million Basques.
Therefore, 12.8 million Albanians are more than 12 million Spaniards.
Albanians should know that they are such a large population.