Other nations sometimes included in the political and cultural sense of this definition include countries in Eastern Europe (since the fall of the [[Iron Curtain]]), [[Israel]], [[Japan]], [[South Korea]], [[Taiwan]], and [[Hong Kong]] and Latin American countries such as [[Mexico]]. [[Costa Rica]] and [[Brazil]] considered to be extensions of Western Civilization or are Eastern countries that imitate the Western World. | Other nations sometimes included in the political and cultural sense of this definition include countries in Eastern Europe (since the fall of the [[Iron Curtain]]), [[Israel]], [[Japan]], [[South Korea]], [[Taiwan]], and [[Hong Kong]] and Latin American countries such as [[Mexico]]. [[Costa Rica]] and [[Brazil]] considered to be extensions of Western Civilization or are Eastern countries that imitate the Western World. |