Guess the Map VII: Bhutan vs. Peru

[Borachio]

Number of countries with French, English etc as the official language? But how would that be topological? And Nah. Cos Spanish.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

"Number of countries they border" is the only thing I can think of that would fit and I don't think that fits the data.

 

[JohannaK]

But Metropolitan France is only 1 country.

EDIT: And of course it can't be countries bordered. Good one, but then all countries would be coloured, and nearly none would be yellow.

 

[say1988]

Well, it could include various other French islands, but they just aren't big enough to show up on the map.

My first thought was that it had something to do with islands, but with Mali, Mongolia and a bunch of other landlocked countries coloured that can't be right.

 

[Borachio]

Hmm. But if it was number of countries in the francophonie and French was the official language of each of those coloured red. Still doesn't make any sense.

I bet it's something really obvious.

 

[say1988]

Also, New Zealnd kind of breaks any Frech language thing.

 

[nocho]

NZ, UK and even the US are rather high up thanks to their islands as well.

Obviously it isn't exactly about bordering countries, but still it's the right train of thought.

 

[Arakhor]

Number of island states (or other off-mainland places) that are claimed by the country in question?

 

[Borachio]

How about Chad?

Ecuador?

 

[nocho]

It's rumoured Chad is eyeing the Cook Islands.

No, it's not about territorial claims.

 

[warpus]

The number of countries who have something named after one of their explorers in the coloured in country? Provinces? Rivers? Mountains?

 

[nocho]

It's rumoured Chad is eyeing the Cook Islands.

This is not just a silly comment... If you know what Chad and the Cook Islands share, you'll get what the map is about.

 

[Borachio]

Below sea level?

So those with the most land below sea level? Nah. That would make Chad super red.

 

[dutchfire]

No, because no Netherlands and no Israel. Also, it's not really discretely measured, is it?

Q: Would Denmark be coloured if it didn't have Greenland?

 

[say1988]

Antipodes with X countries?

The islands out in the middle of nowhere in the Pacific align with Europe and Africa explaining the island effect.

 

[nocho]

Antipodes with X countries?

The islands out in the middle of nowhere in the Pacific align with Europe and Africa explaining the island effect.

Bingo!

Hope this clarifies.

Spoiler :

The list of countries can be found in the wiki article on Antipodes.

 

[Borachio]

What???? FFS!!!

Who dreamt this one up?

It's clever. But is it cricket?

 

[Peck of Arabia]

I'm going to be honest, I wouldn't have got that one if you'd have given me all the time in the world

In fact, I'm not sure I could get it now that I know the answer...

 

[JohannaK]

Me neither...

 

[TheMulattoMaker]

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Good one, nocho.