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For those who are curious, this is called "eu-central-1" (Ireland is "eu-west-1").

These namings seem to suggest they don't plan a lot of future expansion (not down to the national level)?

These namings seem to suggest they don't plan a lot of future expansion (not down to the national level)?

Not at all. Look at the US, which has:

us-west-1 US West (N. California)

us-west-2 US West (Oregon)

Or Asia/Pacific:

ap-southeast-1 - Asia Pacific (Singapore)

ap-southeast-2 - Asia Pacific (Sydney)

You're correct. My mistake. :)