Western Europe since the 11th century, divided Christianity in Europe, and consequently the world, into Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. With certain simplifications, Western Europe is thus Catholic or Protestant and uses the Latin alphabet. Eastern Europe is Orthodox and uses the Greek alphabet or Cyrillic script. According to this definition, Western Europe is formed by countries with dominant Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, including countries which are considered part of Central Europe now: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
The Raksha Country and the Sea Market fishermen shipwrecked on an unknown island, among other stories. According to Qing dynasty critic Feng Zhenluan (), "The Raksha Country and the Sea Market" comprises "two disconnected episodes". In the first, "zhiguai"-like episode, the protagonist Ma Ji encounters the monsters of the Raksha Country; the second, written in the "chuanqi" fashion, concerns Ma's voyage to the sea market, his subsequent romance with a dragon princess and their eventual parting of ways. Several commentators have suggested that the titular "sea market" is imaginary. Giles notes that it "is generally understood in the sense of "mirage", or some similar phenomenon". Liana Chen