Most people feel closest to Europeans
Across the nine countries surveyed, people tended to feel closest to "Europeans," despite varying assessments of individual European countries. For six of the countries - Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Poland and Ireland - "Europeans" were felt to be the closest (or equal closest) group.

Anglophone countries have common feeling
The four Anglophone countries - Canada, Ireland, UK and USA - feel particularly close to one another. The closest relationship any country perceives itself having is that of the UK to Ireland, at 2.2, while the USA perceives Canada, Ireland and the UK equally close at 2.5.

Turkey most isolated
Turkey, outside the European Union and not sharing a language with any of the other countries, is the most isolated country. Its citizens feel the greatest distance from other countries, and other countries tend not to consider themselves very close to Turks. Frequent migration between Turkey and Germany is reflected in Turks' assessment of Germans as closer to themselves than any of the other countries, with a score of 3.2.

North Americans warmest toward other countries
Despite the intervening ocean, Canadians and Americans tend to feel closer to most European countries than the latter do to each other. Both Canada and the USA feel closer to Germany and Poland (2.7) than almost any European country does, while they feel just as warmly about Europeans generally as do Europeans themselves.

Major differences in how nations' characteristics are perceived
When assessing the particular characteristics of other nationalities, people clearly consider other countries to have strong and widely differentiated personalities. Several nationalities, including Americans, British, French, Germans and Europeans generally, are considered "keen consumers." However, both the French and British are also seen to be particularly "snobbish," while the Americans are considered "manipulative," "bold" and "aggressive." Of all the characteristics discussed, respondents around the world were least likely to think that Americans are "sensible," "respectful" or "reliable."

Europeans are thought of as "collaborative," "respectful," "open" and "sensible," but not "selfish," "aggressive," or "vulgar." More than any other country, Germans are seen as "sensible," and also particularly "reliable" and "respectful." The characteristic most associated with the Spanish is "open," and they are not seen as "selfish," "manipulative," or "vulgar."

Turkish people are seen as particularly "bold" and "aggressive," but also "respectful" and "collaborative." Poles are seen to be "respectful," "reliable" and "sensible," but also "bold." They, like most nationalities, are not thought to be "vulgar," and neither are they seen as "selfish" or "snobbish."

Canadians are considered "respectful," "reliable" and "open," characteristics they are seen to share with the Irish, although the Irish are more likely to be seen as "bold." The characteristic least associated with the Irish is "snobbish," while they are also seen not to be "selfish," "manipulative" or "vulgar" - again, much like Canadians, although Canadians are also the nation least likely to be thought of as "aggressive."