Altered Maps XII: Not to Scale
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madviking
north american scum
i sure as hell don't want to live in the same "state" as durham, nc. also some of the state names make no sense.
Also, why call it "Salt Lake" and then put the capital in Boise?
Civ'ed
I ain't gotta explain a thing
Chicago does appear to be its own state.
Oh wow, you're right, I'm blind.
Cook and DuPage County make up the state in that map, which makes a bit more sense.
Still find it strange why an industrial backwater in Northwest Indiana takes the cake for the name of Chicagoland.
Borachio
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I've been thinking about this. The nearest might be the MEP's constituencies.
Here's one for the UK.
http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your_MEPs.html
It's not perfect. (What is?)
But on the principle of equal representation the areas should be, more or less, of equal populations. But there's always going to be some geographical constraints.
And here's the map for Europe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_constituency
Germany is a special case.
Anyway.
If I were going to draw up such a map, I'd base it on that.
Yeah, a lot of those borders are really bizarre, to say nothing of the state capitals. (Arlington?)
JohannaK
Heroically Clueless
Well, then something's wrong there. Catalonia and Andalusia alone have around or more than 7 million people each. However, they are both in larger NUTS. I can't say for the other countries, but I'm pretty sure that some of the French NUTS are also well over the 7 millions.
Winner
Diverse in Unity
strijder20
Wallowing in irony
France has a population of 66 million inhabitants and 8 NUTS regions, so each region has an average of 8.25 million inhabitants. So yes, you're right.
I've been thinking about this. The nearest might be the MEP's constituencies.
Here's one for the UK.
http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your_MEPs.html
It's not perfect. (What is?)
But on the principle of equal representation the areas should be, more or less, of equal populations. But there's always going to be some geographical constraints.
And here's the map for Europe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_constituency
Germany is a special case.
Anyway.
If I were going to draw up such a map, I'd base it on that.
These are constituencies, but not all countries use a district system (where a MEP represents a single constituency), so the map is not useful for those countries.
The guideline for NUTS 1 regions is that they should have a population between 3 million and 7 million.
The Dutch part is a quite okay.
eduhum
Aahh the gold old days...
After researching population by regions and provinces I've come up with what I think would be the best 3-7 million divisions in France, Italy and Spain, balancing regions while trying not to balkanize historically and economically the whole thing.
Maybe I could have kept the second ring in Paris, as the number of regions in France in this map is pretty on the limit (6,6 million people in average).
EDIT: Orange and Red should be merged.
Maybe I could have kept the second ring in Paris, as the number of regions in France in this map is pretty on the limit (6,6 million people in average).
EDIT: Orange and Red should be merged.
spoiler addedThe guideline for NUTS 1 regions is that they should have a population between 3 million and 7 million.
Spoiler :
Apparently they just stuck with the states in Germany.
That means the rules applies to 4 out of 16.
Ok.
danjuno
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Northern Ireland religion at the district level (NI doesn't use counties) for the 2011 census.
Green = Catholic
Orange = Protestant
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