Guess the map 16: No need for that latitude!

[Bonyduck Campersang]

I found that Albania changed their constitution in 1976

 

[bene_legionary]

International relations are more the focus of this map than anything; I think my election talk would be a little misleading, even if it was relevant.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Is the common thing some action these countries took during the timeframe?

 

[bene_legionary]

Yes.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Chiang Kai-shek died in 1975 and Taiwan began to move towards a more democratic government style. Aare all these countries ones that made or began such a transition?

 

[bene_legionary]

No, it is not about democratic transition. Taiwan is on the map for a separate reason to the other countries, although it performed the same action at the same time; in other words, it independently did the same thing.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Did they all join the UN or some otehr group?

 

[bene_legionary]

No. The map isn't about membership of an international group.

 

[bene_legionary]

It does have something to do with banning other countries from international groups, however. (But still not the main part of the map.)

 

[amadeus]

I’m inclined to think it has something to do with countries recognizing or breaking off relations with the PRC, as Albania did that (break off, previously having staunchly supported them 1961-75) in the wake of Deng Xiaoping’s rise to power.

However, none of the other European countries are shaded in and I’m pretty sure most of them switched between 1960-75.

 

[bene_legionary]

I’m inclined to think it has something to do with countries recognizing or breaking off relations with the PRC

This is the reason why Taiwan took the specific action which highlights it on this map, but it's not the reason that the other countries took the action.

For the rest of the highlighted states, "banning other countries" has more to do with the "other countries" and their controversial history, and not about the recognition of Taiwan. That many of the countries highlighted are recently independent is also significant.

I'm beginning to feel it might be a little obscure...

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Another wild guess: These are countries that banned citizens of the colonizing countries (from whom they gained independence) from having some sort of status or being allowed to do something in these countries... like owning property, maybe?

(I kinda threw the contents of my vaguely-remembered Grades 8 and 11 social studies classes into this to see if any of it's relevant)

 

[amadeus]

If it isn’t directly about PRC-ROC, the other big diplomatic problem during this time would have been South Africa or Rhodesia, but I don’t know what they would have been banned from other than the Olympics (which Zaire at the time also abstained, but isn’t colored in here.)

It wouldn’t be about diplomatic relations with them because the ROC kept relations up until they were broken (by South Africa) and Malawi, interestingly, never did and was the only black African country to formally recognize them and have an accredited ambassador in Pretoria.

 

[bene_legionary]

Another wild guess: These are countries that banned citizens of the colonizing countries (from whom they gained independence) from having some sort of status or being allowed to do something in these countries... like owning property, maybe?

(I kinda threw the contents of my vaguely-remembered Grades 8 and 11 social studies classes into this to see if any of it's relevant)

That's an interesting guess, but I'd focus on the international group part. Citizens' rights are important to the (ever-expanding) background of this map, especially the rights of those in those specific countries

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Citizens' rights... the only two I can think of right away are voting and protesting.

 

[bene_legionary]

If it isn’t directly about PRC-ROC, the other big diplomatic problem during this time would have been South Africa or Rhodesia, but I don’t know what they would have been banned from other than the Olympics (which Zaire at the time also abstained, but isn’t colored in here.)

It wouldn’t be about diplomatic relations with them because the ROC kept relations up until they were broken (by South Africa) and Malawi, interestingly, never did and was the only black African country to formally recognize them and have an accredited ambassador in Pretoria.

Getting close...!

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Countries that refused to participate in something?

 

[bene_legionary]

Yes. And I suspect "something" will not be hard to find, since it has been mentioned in this thread.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

If there wasn't a (relative) dearth of Muslim countries, I'd say it was refusing to play sports against a certain country

 

[bene_legionary]

Well, you're almost there...