This is an example of a closed system
The European Energy Security Strategy (2014) which acts as guidance for these policies emphasizes the need to become less dependent on other countries.
Population distribution and density patterns can be useful to understand because they help to explain how and why people migrate and develop in certain places around the world. These factors influence human migration and development and are therefore important to understand if you seek to understand how the world has developed over time and what are the forces that are driving this development.