Guess the Map IX: The Richese are no match

[ales_]

Uh, so Greece has only a capital in civ5? Isn't there any city-state, or like 20 of them?

The Greek civilization is representing them all.

 

[Mise]

So, 5 different colours and a "never".... Assuming each one represents 1 year only (rather than a group of years), what things could happen in 5 different stages? Perhaps even over the course of 5 years?

 

[Goodfella]

If it's that, I'm guessing the purples were first though the country groupings seem kind of improbable which throws me off.

Does it have to do with some sort of social or political advancement?

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Something with infrastructure ? Length of highways or railroads per capita ?

 

[Lights]

Number of important trade routes which go through those countries?

 

[SeekTruthFromFacts]

The green group looks interesting.

Something to do with Islamic extremism or drone strikes?

 

[SeekTruthFromFacts]

Travel advisory according to a particular country's foreign ministry?

 

[Tigranes]

No to all. Social and political are too broad for me to say yes or no, at this point. More specific guesses please. But I will tell you this as a hint -- green means very little of "that". And that rules out drones.

 

[Goodfella]

There are a lot of things the green countries have very little of. Actually, they don't have much of anything.

 

[Tigranes]

^^ It still can help you to think in the right direction!

Where is ales when one needs him? He kept me guessing for 4 straight days -- it is time to return him the favor

 

[ales_]

I'm not good at guessing maps. I'm good at creating them.
EDIT: It's very strange that Poland and Iran have no data.

 

[Tigranes]

^^ Whoever did the research simply could not obtain data about Poland and Iran. Nothing special about them.

 

[Lights]

% of smokers?

 

[Takhisis]

What do you mean you couldn't do research about Poland? I cast Lv. 25 spell: SUMMON DOMEN.

 

[Tigranes]

% of smokers?

No, but it was an interesting guess, although I assume they smoke less in US than in Mexico. And Poland ... I honestly have no idea why. Study had it grey -- so I have posted it grey. Poles provided no data it seems. Just like Serbs and North Koreans.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Maybe the citizens of Poland and Serbia said to the people who were doing the asking kind words which will most likely net me an infraction if I mention, but it mostly makes wild assumptions about the mother of the one who is asking.

 

[Kyriakos]

Can't be % of overall smokers, cause Greece would be closer to Bulgaria and Serbia, and in the first tier.

E-cigarettes will help us, though

 

[Tigranes]

No, not e-cigarettes. But the hint of the day is -- yes, those colors have something to do with the people of the countries, not the land or some other stuff. Iff all the people of France move to Germany and Germans move to France -- Germany will be colored dark brown and France blue

 

[SeekTruthFromFacts]

Consumption of alcohol type? It roughly lines up with brown=wine, purple=beer, yellow=spirits, green=death sentence.

Can't be Coke consumption because, bizarrely, they have a successful bottling plant in Mogadishu.

 

[Lights]

% of people with a car license?