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Subject matter jurisdiction
It would be "England" and "Germany" that have large populations of Protestants, due mostly to the fact that the Protestant Reformation actually began in what is now Germany, and quickly spread north.
This complexity indicates that "<span>c. Evolution is a slow, gradual, and continuous process," since the only reason such complexity forms is to "adapt" to an ever-changing environment. </span>