I’m from Eastern European country and due to nature of my job I’m often in contact with 20 year old girls and I can tell you that settling down is not on their minds.
Can also confirm. My main XP is in Russia, and university girls will generally say that they want to get married and have a family. I always compare it to the US in the 1980s. The average age of marriage for women in Russia is 25. It was actually lower in the UK in the 1980s:
^ What a mess
For university girls in Russia, getting married is just one thing they are interested. When I first started hearing them say some of the things they say, I thought I'd found the promised land, but marriage isn't the highest on their list. Also, Russian women are pretty ravenous for financial security. That's why they go to university. So they can support themselves if they get divorced. A single mother is on chump change from the state there. You will also here lots of stories about women doing stuff like keeping the receipt for their wedding ring, so they can sell it if they get divorced.
In terms of Russian women, they are typically very hard to please and may require brute force when they are young, but once they are late 20s or older, they tend to get a bit desperate. That's where you are most likely to find one to marry.
Again - villages. The manner and spirit of EE village girls is very different from those from Belgrade or Moscow.
And I am sure in another 3 or 4 years time that curious and friendly 15 year old girl will blossom into a highly marriageable young woman.

Well, I was thinking next year, but when I went back I didn't see them and my phone with their number in exploded. I didn't add that it appeared to me the parents seemed to be interested in her talking with me. Also had another experience in Serbia when it appeared some mother and grandmother were sizing me up for marriage. This was in a grocery store in one of the poorest areas.
I have not been to Serbia so maybe Coja can weigh in here but for example I looked online and in Novi Sad (Serbia)
You're right. You can decent village houses for a large family for $25K, and for $100K you can get something pretty nice. One thing is with Serbia though is their construction and interiors are not that good. So I think it would be good to find some people to build a home for you. Pre the Putin price hike you could get very nice homes in Russia and Ukraine for $250K+. I saw a nice, good construction 5/6 bedroom home with large swimming pool in Kherson for about $250K.
I've seen there are cheap Serbian lessons offered in the town of Sombor (probably the nicest town/city) in the country. But I think you'd be better off going to Nis, in the south.
Also a good thing about Serbia is everything is cheap, especially food. Currently in Kazakhstan. Average salary in this city is $200 pm, but the food is the same price as the UK for the most part. In South Serbia you can bring back 4 full bags of high quality produce for $10-15.
- Is willing to or currently living in a rural, red, conservative, 'based' part of the states with me, which is where I already am
Given that you live in the US, you could try the site ChristianMingle. A lot of US members, and there are some very conservative ones on there. Give is 6 months.
I met a woman online who is 29. Im only a few years older. Am I better off holding out for someone younger? She is also Catholic, nerdy/shy, antivax, and keen to start a family.
A couple of years back, a friend offered to introduce me to his waifu's friend. I forgot how old she was, but she was at 30-1 and I think two younger than me. He also mentioned her sister who was 1-2 years younger. I met this girl once and she was very attractive and elegant and slim and demure. But I have come accustomed to much younger girls in foreign countries, so I wasn't that interested. Part of that is because I can afford and want as many children as possible. But maybe I just just settle for the world depicted in the graph above. I do think that someone from your own country is the best option, but the west is so debased with high bars for low-end fruit.
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I was in Russia in the summer. I didn't have much time, due to work requirements. Met one who was about 28, which I entertained, but it was a disaster. When I had some free time I went to Siberia and met one girl, who was -14 years and also one of the far-eastern Asian mixes. I wasn't really sure about this and she wanted to fornicate and not have children until 28. So that was the end of that. This girl was highly Westernised despite almost having never left this city that I doubt any one here has ever heard of.
Went out via Mongolia, where IOIs (is that the old term?) are off the chart. Hardly any Europeans in this remote country with a few flight routes.
Then into Kazakhstan, to some odd city. Leaving in a few days. Met one girl here, of Ukrainian ancestry, 17 years my junior. Doesn't speak any English, but is a student. Went to dinner with her and her friend, who didn't speak English either. Especially considering my Russian is not very good, I thought it was the best dinner I'd been on with a girl, and it seemed it was mutual. Went on a walk down the river and she said we should meet again on Tuesday. After that she's not replied on Telegram, and barely been on there. Other than being bumped off, it's possible she'd got COVID, as I probably had it when I met her, but did say. Got hit twice at the same time as President Brandon. Or maybe she's angry that I spoke more with her friend.
In all, Kazakhstan is much better than Russia as the girls are much softer. But unless you can speak Russian, I don't think it's going to be easy.
Need to have a period of no work to focus on this. Off to some small town in Armenia in a few days, to meet some Russian super-autism for work. So expect to be straight into the pipelines. Very high IOIs in Armenia and the base culture is much more intact. Seems very low on fornication culture, but the signs of modernity are all over the capital.