Guess the map 13: Mercator maps are cool, actually

[Samson]

Civil unrest o_O?

No.

 

[EnglishEdward]

Abortion?

 

[Samson]

Abortion?

No, nothing like that at all.
Map on new page:

 

[The_J]

Is the subject area political?
(given that many (former) communist countries are on the top)

 

[Samson]

Is the subject area political?
(given that many (former) communist countries are on the top)

Not in the sense you mean it, in that this is not a political metric. This is closer than most other guesses, and the reason the small countries that are at the top are there is because of their politics.

 

[Kyriakos]

Japan being near zero, is this about citizenship for foreigners?

 

[Samson]

Japan being near zero, is this about citizenship for foreigners?

Nothing like that at all. Japan is about in the middle by rank, no. 71 out of ~150 with a score of 0.065.

 

[Lohrenswald]

Looking at Kenya I feel it completely stumps me

almost too afraid to guess anything

 

[EnglishEdward]

People in gaol?​

 

[Samson]

Looking at Kenya I feel it completely stumps me

almost too afraid to guess anything

It is nothing very scary.

People in gaol?​

Nothing like this.

 

[Samson]

I guess another hint is needed:

This is an economic measure, but not one you will find in any Keynes or Minsky book.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Looking at Kenya I feel it completely stumps me

almost too afraid to guess anything

Any connection to wildlife?

 

[Samson]

Any connection to wildlife?

No, not at all.

 

[The_J]

Is it rather directly connected to the generation of money/value, or more indirectly?

 

[Samson]

It is not primarily directly connected to the generation of value. There is some of that going on.

 

[Lohrenswald]

corruption?

 

[Samson]

corruption?

No, but getting closer.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Jailed politicians?

 

[Samson]

Jailed politicians?

No, and further away.

 

[EnglishEdward]

Nationals' assets squirreled away overseas.