“You can’t be serious....”
Oh, yes I am. Have you not ever noticed that the same countries that were Eastern Orthodox are still so today WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF ANY NEW ONES?
What great Eastern Orthodox movements have there been that have swept the world?
NONE.
What great wars ranging over numerous countries have erupted because of disputes over Orthodoxy?
NONE.
What modern state was established with Orthodoxy as its supposed foundation in an area which never had it before?
NONE.
I’m not picking on Eastern Orthodoxy. I’m just correctly noting that until very recently in history, Eastern Orthodoxy was found only in Eastern Europe and the Middle East and those areas were cut off from the great developments of the Western World by despotism and Islam. Those countries were backward, poor, largely illiterate, had no outreach to the rest of the world, no colonies or much exploration except for Alaska, N. California, and Siberia.
The Orthodox impact on the modern world - for better or ill - has been almost nil.
Sounds like you just described a lot of Roman Catholic countries.