Template:European topic/doc

The purpose of this template is similar to other continent and region topic templates, however instead of the name of countries being affixed to changeable strings, the country's demonym is affixed. This template is distinct from the other continent and region topic templates because many national concepts, such as cuisine and literature, are more commonly referred to by using the demonym (French cuisine, French literature) than the country name ("Cuisine of France," "Literature of France").

Enabling links for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
In some topics, the constituent countries of the United Kingdom are treated as national entities in their own right. To enable their inclusion in a template, set the parameter UK_only to "no", "n" or "0" (zero). This will put links for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales in brackets after the UK. For example, :
 * Code
 * Result

Vatican City
As the Vatican is such a small country, with 0.44 km2 and 826 inhabitants, many articles about it would be meaningless; for example, "Hinduism in the Vatican City". So the condition for the Vatican to appear in any template created using this one is the preexistence of the article about the Vatican. That is why the Vatican City doesn't appear on many templates (such as Hinduism in Europe).

Altering the link used for a specific entity
To change the link used for a single state, Dependency, territory, or other entity, use the following parameters: • AL Albania
 * Sovereign states

• AD Andorra

• AM Armenia

• AT Austria

• AZ Azerbaijan

• BY Belarus

• BE Belgium

• BA Bosnia and Herzegovina

• BG Bulgaria

• HR Croatia

• CY Cyprus

• CZ Czech Republic

• DK Denmark

• EE Estonia

• FI Finland

• FR France

• GE Georgia

• DE Germany

• GR Greece

• HU Hungary

• IS Iceland

• IE Ireland

• IT Italy

• KZ Kazakhstan

• LV Latvia

• LI Liechtenstein

• LT Lithuania

• LU Luxembourg

• MK Macedonia

• MT Malta

• MD Moldova

• MC Monaco

• ME Montenegro

• NL Netherlands

• NO Norway

• PL Poland

• PT Portugal

• RO Romania

• RU Russia

• SM San Marino

• RS Serbia

• SK Slovakia

• SI Slovenia

• ES Spain

• SE Sweden

• CH Switzerland

• TR Turkey

• UA Ukraine

• GB United Kingdom

• VA Vatican City • AB Abkhazia
 * States with limited recognition

• NKR Nagorno-Karabakh

• PMR Transnistria

• SO South Ossetia

• TRNC Northern Cyprus

• XK Kosovo • AX Åland
 * Dependencies and other territories

• FO Faroe Islands

• GI Gibraltar

• GG Guernsey

• JE Jersey

• IM Isle of Man

• SJ Svalbard
 * Other entities
 * EU European Union
 * EEA European Economic Area
 * SMOM Sovereign Military Order of Malta
 * UK constituent countries
 * ENG England
 * NIR Northern Ireland
 * SCT Scotland
 * WLS Wales

If the parameter is specified, but left blank, the entity will be omitted from the list. For GB, leaving the parameter blank will simply unlink the text if no is also specified; if it's not set the parameters for the UK constituent countries don't have any effect.