Perception of what state?
Well, there are a few reasons, but I will give you an advantage, where you can find the disadvantage from it.
Europe has a small coastline, but with it, there's a sea that leads straight to north America. That means there's easy transport of goods.
The treaty of Versailles was an unfair treaty because they blamed everything on Germany and restricted its capabilities as a country and they had to pay for the war to the other states/counties
The personal judgement based on unfounded evidence is bias
