He did say "county" not "country", although it seems a typo. However based on Wikipedia data (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_European_Union) Romania and Bulgaria are the poorest countries in Europe by GDP per capita at only 2% difference(47% vs 49% of EU GDP - 12,100 vs 12,600 euro respectively). Compared to Hungary (14,700 euro), I'd say we're (I'm also Romanian) not far, but rather close to being the poorest economy in EU and we're also the 9th poorest in Europe (http://www.techscio.com/the-poorest-country-in-europe/).

That being said, I didn't know Maciej built Pinboard in Romania, that's pretty cool, I'd say. I wonder what was he doing in Botosani :)