Guess the Map II: witty sequel titles failed me

[mitsho]

And how would you measure that for the whole world? I guess that map would have much more no data available ones... (but I don't have a better guesS)

 

[MuppyP]

Happiness in general.

 

[dwaxe]

Government corruption?

 

[Masada]

Indonesia should be amongst the lightest.

 

[dwaxe]

I think we need a hint

 

[emzie]

I think we need a hint

It's happiness. I thought Bhutan being so deeply shaded was significant, but I didn't make the connection fast enough.

googling happiness index returns this:

http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn9642/dn9642-1_800.jpg

It's distorted but I think it's the same map

So MuppyP is up.

 

[Theige]

Happiness in general.

Yes, MuppyP got it.

Sorry for going MIA, I had a busy weekend

 

[dwaxe]

Go for it.

edit: Nevermind, the map was totally wrong. Someone else?

 

[MuppyP]

I'll take it.

EDIT:

 

[Huayna Capac357]

World in 600 AD?

EDIT: Nevermind, there's Al-Andalus.

EDIT: Nevermind, the pic got taken down.

 

[GinandTonic]

Something civ 4 related?

 

[NedimNapoleon]

World in 800, I see the Abbasid and Omayyad Caliphate

 

[Masada]

It ain't historical. No Eastern Roman Empire.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Here's what I see:
-Ottoman Empire ala 1800, except with full possesion of Arabia, and no possessions in the Balkans (save Greece)
-The Moorish Kingdom, who has successfully taken control of the Iberian Peninsula, a good portion of Italy, and bit of France
-Uber-Poland is uber
-Independent Ireland
-Denmark for some reason
-Kazars?
-Parthian Empire
-Sri Lanka
-Miniature Ethiopia
-I want to say the Tang Dynasty, I'm not sure though
-Dai Viet?

I have no idea about India, and I forgot that place in Indonesia. Also the Koreas I have no idea about.

What I do know is that this map makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

EDIT: Also forgot:
-rather large Chagatai Khanate.

 

[emzie]

Map has England and Wales combined, though I'm not sure if that consists of a conquered Wales (1284?) or an annexed Wales (1600ish?). At any rate, Scotland isn't part of the Union, which was 1707 I think. So 1284-1707 depending on how Wales is counted.

Denmark had to cede the western bit of Sweden around 1660.

There's no Byzantine empire at all so it's post 1543.

Except, the Moors were all expelled from Spain by this time. And Spain to Italy is unified with what was retained by Moors.

No I don't think this is historical, at least not in the sense of a snapshot of kingdom boundaries.

edit: then again, Brittany is linked with Britain too. What a strange map. I think a hint might be useful.

 

[Jos Ballenbak]

maybe Dynasty related?

 

[dwaxe]

Is it a historical map?

 

[Masada]

No, it's not a historical map. There shouldn't even be a debate on this.

-Ottoman Empire ala 1800, except with full possesion of Arabia, and no possessions in the Balkans (save Greece)

I would suggest that it's far earlier than that. I'm going with the Umayyad Caliphate with a successful Siege of Constantinople (717). That ugly thing in the West is probably some sort of Battle of Tours (732) Arab success wankfest. I would suggest that Poland is not Polish, or Slavic in origin at all. I would point to it being an Avar Empire. I'm confidentially dating this because of the presence of ah-historical Srivijaya that a certain Wikipedia mapmaker of dubious skill likes to depict in that exact shape. Also Southeast Asia is a dead give-away. Champa are still going, so are the Khmers, Pegu, Ayuttuya and I presume that grey thing are the Burmese?

There's no Byzantine empire at all so it's post 1543.

With no Russia, Sweden, Norway, England and freaking Lotharingia, Srivijaya, Goguryeo and Silla still tooling around. Please. If it was an OTL map I would date it to before 936 when Goguryeo united Korea. That would go some way to explaining the omissions and the strange residuals. I can't be a 100% sure, but it can't be that much later, otherwise we would expect to see some sort of Wessex imposed unity in England. Again, not fixed in stone but it can't be that much before or that much after.

 

[Cashie]

World in 600 AD?

EDIT: Nevermind, there's Al-Andalus.

EDIT: Nevermind, the pic got taken down.

I think you're close, judging by the Silla-Baekje-Gouryeo(?) borders. I'm probably wrong, but is it possible for that to be a slightly reduced Western Roman Empire? Britain abandoned; Germania, Northern Gaul and Belgica conquered (Franks?). Unlikely.

 

[Tee Kay]

What I do know is that this map makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Indeed.

Do you want a PoD, Muppy?