Altered Maps V: The Molotov-Threadentropp Pact

[choxorn]

I see a red X.

By the way, Spain's GDP is of $1.6 trillion whereas California's GDP is of $1.8 trillion. I would hardly call that a "significant" difference.

200 billion dollars is insignificant?

 

[Karalysia]

Aryan American States is all you need to know. It was made by a white supremacist or something most likely.

 

[Shekwan]

200 billion dollars is insignificant?

Well thats approximately the GDP of Ireland, and we are insignificant, so yeah.

 

[Traitorfish]

Aryan American States is all you need to know. It was made by a white supremacist or something most likely.

Really? That struck me as some rather clumsy strawmanning. Certainly, the rest of the map doesn't strike mas as particularly White Supremacist-y.

 

[Yared]

According to UN geoscheme. Eastern Europe is the second biggest region

 

[oagersnap]

According to UN geoscheme. Eastern Europe is the biggest region

Nope, Northern America is bigger.

 

[warpus]

Yeah, Europe borders the Pacific

 

[say1988]

wiki + some quick math says otherwise.
North America is about 21.5 million square km, while Eastern Europe is about 18.7 million. They may have the biggest country, but their second one is 45th and third 69th.

 

[Yared]

Fixed it.

It's also funny that Chad is in Middle Africa whilst Sudan is in Northern Africa. Does anyone know why? Chad's most northern part is located more north than Sudan's, and vice-versa with the southernmost point.

 

[RedRalph]

The whole thing is a bit oddball, with Slovenia being southern Europe, Iran in southern Asia, etc...

 

[TheLastOne36]

The UN regions is crap.

I also got a new blank map: http://i45.tinypic.com/2ikwcwx.png

 

[Mirc]

The whole thing is a bit oddball, with Slovenia being southern Europe, Iran in southern Asia, etc...

And European Turkey being in Asia... I agree with TLO that it's pretty crappy.
The idea that the Kamchatka is in Eastern Europe makes me LOLAH (laugh out loud and hard).

 

[TheLastOne36]

Oh and how is half of Papua New Guinea in Asia and the other half in Oceania?

 

[say1988]

You can't criticize an organization based on countries for creating regions based on international boundaries.

Sure criticize for which countries they put where, though.

 

[TheLastOne36]

Like central Europe.

 

[gangleri2001]

To put an end to all this:

 

[Theige]

Yeah, you're right. When I was writing the post, I don't know which weird idea made me thought the 2008 GDP figure was about datas collected in 2007.

Are you being sarcastic? I can't tell

2008 GDP numbers were collected in 2008, and finalized (revised) in 2009

 

[TheLastOne36]

Why is Finland northwest while Poland is North East? Why is the center of Europe not in Central?

 

[Joecoolyo]

Germany seems much more like the center to me than Austria is.

 

[Yared]

Here's a map I made and coloured based on this information. Sorry if I read wrong.

Yellow: Northern Europe
Blue: Western Europe
Olive Green: Southwestern Europe
Green: Balkans minus something
Red: East Europe
Orange: Central Europe
Brown: Southern Europe

I know it's ugly but I'm not that good at MS paint It's incomplete too, to boot. I'm too lazy to paint all those islands blue, for example...