It may refer to various kinds of grouping of nation states basing on geographical proximity.[1] In Romania, macroregiuni ("macroregions") are a higher-level subdivision of the country. Sometimes the Greater Region of Saarland-Lorraine-Luxembourg -Rhineland-Palatinate-Wallonia-French Community of Belgium- and German-speaking Community of Belgium, which has not found a specific shortcut yet, is called "the macroregion". Physiographic macroregions of China.[2] Regions of Brazil are often referred to as "macroregions", to avoid the confusion of the common word "region".[3]