The Transylvanian Saxons were German-speaking settlers, mostly from Luxembourg and Belgium, who moved to Transylvania in waves from the 1100s to the 1800s. The largest group of their descendants outside Europe today is split between southern Ontario and which large western country whose 'Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons' organizes the community?

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United States. The Transylvanian Saxons settled in Transylvania in waves from the mid-12th century onward and are one of the three oldest German-speaking groups of Central and Eastern Europe. In the United States, the Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons still represents them, with sizable communities in Ohio, Idaho, and Colorado.