Clearly I'm not a native... umm however I did only really quickly skim that
list in my defense. Germany and France popped out at me. I am aware of two
others on the list (Romania & the Czech Republic). I also know where they are
on the map (well, Europe, anyway).
My mind doesn't recall Moldova. Not even 100% sure how to pronounce that.
Can't say I've heard about it much (at all?) in the news either. The US
doesn't really do a great job in the world geography department and I
probably know of more countries than the average American (doesn't really say
much though).
The US also hasn't really done foreign languages until really really
recently. They only really started implementing the teaching of foreign
languages from a young age 15 years ago or so. I just missed the 'foreign
language is required' bit beyond a handful of classes between 6th grade (11
year olds) and high school (14-18 year olds).
