Guess the Map VI: Retroactive Cartographer

[Silv Something]

If it had to do with number of languages, I would expect Nigeria to be much bigger.

How do the colors of the countries relate to their sizes? Is it the same thing or are they quasi-independent?

 

[strijder20]

Ok, maybe saying it had directly to do with the tropics was a bit exaggerated. As you can see, Siberia also is not that small, and it's climate kind of has to do with it too.

It's the same thing, Silv Something.

Prevalence of mosquitoes?

This one gets closer than all the others so far posted.

 

[strijder20]

 

[Takhisis]

Something to do with biomes, I'll hazard.

 

[strijder20]

Something to do with biomes, I'll hazard.

Kind of! You are getting near.

Red was representing 80 and more, as a hint.

 

[Takhisis]

Biodiversity? Species and/or their extintion risk?

 

[strijder20]

Species

I'll give it to you, it's the amount of amphibians discovered between 2003 and 2007.

 

[Takhisis]

Yay!

Well, I did this in a hurry. An easy one.

Spoiler :

 

[Joecoolyo]

Any reason for all the highlighted countries (except for the islands) to be contiguous? Or is it just a coincidence?

 

[Takhisis]

Erm, not really, not as a general rule. I didn't notice they formed a continuum until I'd finished painting it.

 

[Optical]

Nuclear power?

 

[Takhisis]

Pffft, no.

 

[strijder20]

High suicide rate?

 

[Takhisis]

Not even close.

 

[Tee Kay]

Randomly coloured countries.

 

[Optical]

Could be cities with a population of over, say, 1 million?

 

[Takhisis]

No and no.

 

[Optical]

Oh. Whoops, and Estonia and Iceland are coloured too.

 

[WWTVICTOR]

Geothermal power?

 

[strijder20]

Amount of happy people?