Guess the Map IX: The Richese are no match

[strijder20]

Map's six years old, but things shouldn't have changed that much.

 

[Kyriakos]

^So, China is #1?

(originally thought it was conscription/army size)

 

[Takhisis]

No, that'd have North Korea in a very dark red.

I thought nucular power but I'm afraid the map doesn't quite match.

 

[Arakhor]

I knew I'd forgotten something! Never mind.

 

[W|M]

Iron production

 

[Kyriakos]

^maybe steel instead?

IIRC (not at all sure) China does not have itself large sources of iron, and imports it from protectorates other countries

 

[Kyriakos]

Well, it seems Steel is the correct answer: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Steel_production_by_country_map.PNG

I think WIM should have it though, without his post i would not have guessed it.

Or Arakhor

 

[strijder20]

Yeah, steel.

 

[strijder20]

 

[Kyriakos]

^ Now what possibly could Fyromia, Mongolia, most of the west-african protectorates, and Somalia have in common?

(guess: some sort of UN-present ongoing dispute?)

 

[Domen]

Now what possibly could Fyromia, Mongolia and Somalia have in common?

Claiming to be descendants of Alexander, claiming to be descendants of Genghis and claiming to be descendants of... some black pharaoh maybe?

 

[strijder20]

Nothing to do with U.N. Nothing (directly) with history or ethnicity either.

 

[Goodfella]

Signatories of some treaty?

 

[Arakhor]

It looks like Iceland and Papua New Guinea are purple as well.

 

[Goodfella]

Papua New Guinea looks pretty blue to me.

 

[Borachio]

It's something to do with inflation?

 

[Arakhor]

Indonesia then. My Pacific geography is not good.

 

[TheMulattoMaker]

All right, I don't think Iceland and Central America really fit with this guess, but is it related to Islam in any way?

 

[Kyriakos]

Cyprus seems (?) to be purple too.

 

[Kyriakos]

Eritrea being red could also be a decent clue, i suppose..