Guess the Map V: A Map is Worth a Thousand Words

[Akka]

I would say Colonial empires, but then half of the map would be white.
Independance would have plenty of darker tones in Asia.

Something with unification or official language ?
Or football national team ?

 

[Floating Pants]

Abolition of slavery?

 

[W|M]

Brazil abolished slavery after the US, but is darker.

 

[Truthy]

I dont know but here's the map again.

 

[Arakhor]

Carlos II of Spain died in 1701, the UK was formed in 1801 and the French Revolution was 1776. The interesting question is why Denmark and Japan aren't extremely dark as well, if it's based on dynastic government.

 

[uat2d]

Tobacco regulations?

 

[dutchfire]

Hmm, there is no Japan. Hungary is also notably darker than the surrounding countries.

 

[jtb1127]

Here it is with a scale. The constitution one by Nedim is the closest guess so far. With the scale given, I expect it to fly by.

Spoiler :

 

[Duke of Britain]

can you tell us what it is related with?

 

[jtb1127]

It is related with constitution. It isn't really about laws though.

 

[uat2d]

Constitution granting the right to life? Or fair trial?

 

[dwaxe]

Term limits on leaders?

 

[NedimNapoleon]

N. Korea? Is it linked to some tax?

 

[jtb1127]

Constitution and independence are more related to it.

Edited post to make more sense

 

[W|M]

Adoption of a constitution which was not largely copied from another country?

 

[Duke of Britain]

time these countries adopted a constitution made from scratch?

 

[jtb1127]

No, it has nothing to do with the constitution, but the date of the constitution is typically relative to when countries got it. Same goes for independence.

 

[mitsho]

National Days? (Officially Free of Work) or National Anthems?

 

[jtb1127]

National Days? (Officially Free of Work) or National Anthems?

And we have a winner with national anthems! Map displays the dates countries got their national anthems. If I remember correctly, UK#1. a lot of countries have very old anthems but these songs were not adopted until later.

 

[mitsho]

So, it's adoption of the original anthem? Because I always thought, we (Switzerland) did use the British one at first (not officially ). Also we did change the song once, so is it the one of the moment or the original one? It's also interesting to see that the Vatican doesn't have a National Anthem...

As I do not have time to prepare a map (weekend just started for me), it's open floor.