Well, it's not the worst we've seen, by a long way. It's obviously a cartoon-ish style so the borders can be forgiven for being a bit strange, imo. But there are definitely some questions:
Hahaha what's the microstate between Ukraine and Belarus??
You could also ask why Monaco and Andorra make it in, but San Marino and Vatican City don't.- why is Gibraltar labelled with GB not RU? In fact, why is Gibraltar included, if Ceuta and Melilla aren't? Come to that, what did Liechtenstein do to offend the map-maker?
The Chernobyl exclusion zone?Hahaha what's the microstate between Ukraine and Belarus??
You could also ask why Monaco and Andorra make it in, but San Marino and Vatican City don't.
I did wonder that. But they also included Gibraltar, which is definitely not francophone!That bit might be answerable. Monaco and Andorra do border France whereas San Marino, Vatican City and Liechtenstein don't. And the map is francophone after all...
I think it's meant to be the Dniepr, which is wide enough to be a lake north of Kiev. But then that begs the question: why are some smaller lakes included (like on the Chad/Niger/Nigeria border) whilst other larger ones (like Vänern in Sweden) aren't?Hahaha what's the microstate between Ukraine and Belarus??
I believe it is supposed to be a lake, or another piece of water. There are others of those things on different parts of the map.Hahaha what's the microstate between Ukraine and Belarus??
Yeah I think it's the wide bit of the Dnieper river south of Kyiv. It made me chuckle though because at first glance it appears to be a microstate.I believe it is supposed to be a lake, or another piece of water. There are others of those things on different parts of the map.
However, the question is which lake?
Maybe, it is supposed to represent an extra wide part of the Dnieper?
Is that a Milan meridian?
Or a Carthage meridian?
Copenhagen meridian.
Ok, maybe a Berlin meridian?
Looks a bit like the "Meridian of Florence" , which Arno Peters preferred, since its antipodal meridian passes through the Bering Straits and thus doesn't cut off the far tip of Siberia....
Some countries seem to have developed pretty effective camouflage.
Not just in colour, but in name - who would think to look for Finland in a country called Funland? The Balkans have also rebranded themselves as Vogo which is one solution I suppose. Unified Korea and and Irrland that denies 'e' are also fun.Some countries seem to have developed pretty effective camouflage.
There's also the likes of Terkey, Banama, Ordan, Suday, and a bad case of L-E Blindness.Not just in colour, but in name - who would think to look for Finland in a country called Funland? The Balkans have also rebranded themselves as Vogo which is one solution I suppose. Unified Korea and and Irrland that denies 'e' are also fun.
Canada North, okay. So where’s Canada South?
“America, America; God shed His grace on thee,” as the famous line goes, highlights the shorthand common parlance of the full title America United States of America.
Clearly this is a map that shows us what kind of terrible future awaits us if sea levels continue to rise unabated! /s