Mostly it is the politicians who became known at international level an in the media on the topic of regional desired degree of Autonomy. But what do the inhabitants of the regions want? Firstly it will be clarified what is meant by "region". There was a choice between complete independence, more autonomy, maintaining the current status or less autonomy and more centralisation. In which regions do most survey participants choose which option and why? To answer them, data of the German Bundesländer, the Regions of France and Italy, the autonomous communities and cities of Spain, the British constituency countries and Cornwall, as well as Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Åland, the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey and Gibraltar. This paper attempts to examine and fill a scientific gap on this topic by means of the comparison of economic data with results of adapted quantitative surveys. From 2019 and 2023, these surveys have been conducted in all mentioned regions. They are analysed by descriptive statistics. Correlation between regional language use and regional wealth, meaning of regional language use for the population and regional prosperity as well as the meaning of own unique culture for the regional population are calculated and interpreted. The paper concludes with a Conclusion, the bibliography and an annex.