Was gonna say, maybe I'm just not aware of it, but France had famine in it much later than the Balkans . . . .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famines

It’s the European equivalent of extreme poverty. But by world standards, they’re doing just fine lol.

I was gonna say they miss the wine and fancy cheeses, but now that I think about it the wine selection is actually fairly solid, and you don't get much fancier than Pule.