Placething

A placething is some object that is named after a particular place. For example, cologne, a type of perfume associated with Cologne, France. Frankfurter, hamburger, berliner, scotch, and many more can be found in Europine culture.

Geographical education
European unity and culture was created through the mutual sharing of items from their native places. In this manner, it resembles the gift economies of kula in the South Pacific. Contrary to the way philosophies or rituals are shared across our subcontinent, we find that the proliferation of novelties characterizes the European internal experience of European-ness. This also means that in order to break into the Europine consciousness, one must bring forth an item, often in the commercial space, tightly bound with a small geography.

This internal establishment of brand mirrors the Japanese manner as well, with different regions specializing in some item, especially food.