Does this map make you proud?

It does me. If you are Romanian probably not, as Romania was ruled by empires until 1877-1918.

Actually Liberia should not be marked as red. It was an American colony before being a godforsaken place, resembling but very much worse than apartheid South Africa, where Americo-Liberians, less than 1% of the population, oppressed the indigenous people. Ethiopia except under brief Italian rule and independent Liberia were the two worst ruled countries in Africa until decolonisation. Russian Asia including Central Asia was also a European colony. Persia and Turkey were independent.