Guess the Map IX: The Richese are no match

[Kyriakos]

^What color would South Sahara be if it was colored for a change?

 

[hangman]

Hmm. Not much of a pattern. Is the blank country in the pacific the Solomon Islands?

Yep. Nauru and Kiribati are also blank.

^What color would South Sahara be if it was colored for a change?

Well it's an either/or, so... If the map were colored, they would still be blank, but the black areas would be different. Basically, black means something happens, blank means it doesn't.

 

[Arakhor]

France is coloured black, but not French Guiana. Is that an error?

 

[really]

Something maritime?
No landlocked countries.

 

[Kyriakos]

Something maritime?
No landlocked countries.

I think you should win the map, if the answer happens to be related to that

Although La Reina del Plata is curiously missing...

 

[hangman]

France is coloured black, but not French Guiana. Is that an error?

Nope. Although Portugal and the Solomon Islands should be black, but the general picture is the same.

Something maritime?
No landlocked countries.

Kind of, it does have to do with the oceans.

 

[madviking]

nations with a merchant marine force? or a coast guard?

idk

 

[hangman]

nations with a merchant marine force? or a coast guard?

idk

Nope.

Although La Reina del Plata is curiously missing...

^This is actually kind of important

Here's a hint:

Spoiler :

It has something to do with natural science

 

[Takhisis]

Fishing. Coral reefs.

 

[hangman]

No reefs in Canada hehe

 

[Takhisis]

It's not exactly Coral, but there is a certain city there. Ask them for a pint of Shoggoth's Old Peculiar while you're at it.

 

[Goodfella]

Flooding risk? Something to do with climate change?

 

[hangman]

Flooding risk?

Getting closer...

Something to do with climate change?

Not really.

 

[Goodfella]

Hurricanes? Tropical storms?

 

[TheMulattoMaker]

Higher-than-average tides?

 

[Kyriakos]

Natural harbors?

 

[madviking]

top countries for ichthyological research

 

[hangman]

Hurricanes? Tropical storms?

Yep! All countries shaded have had some kind of tropical cyclone make landfall in the past 30 years. There's some odd cases here though

 

[Kyriakos]

Hm... I suppose the definition would include more phenomena, cause i don't recall hurricanes here at all :O

 

[hangman]

Well 'medicanes,' as they are (apparently) sometimes called, have been found to have features essentially identical to tropical cyclones elsewhere in every way that matters... warm core low with intense, cyclonic winds and deep convection.

Here's the one that hit Greece: