Guess the Map VIII: Didn't Color the Island Countries

[classical_hero]

 

[dido]

Is it international affairs related?

 

[classical_hero]

It is not international affairs related. It is entertainment related.

 

[keli]

Somekind of company present in these countries? Maybe cinema companies ?

 

[classical_hero]

No .

 

[Borachio]

"[insert country]'s got talent" franchise.

 

[classical_hero]

No, but close.

 

[Thedrin]

The X Factor

The cyan countries have joint versions. I don't know what that means for Slovakia and Greece.

Edit: Greece and Cyprus have a joint version.

 

[Arakhor]

The entire Arab world runs a joint X-Factor??

 

[Optical]

Yup.

 

[Arakhor]

Simon Cowell has so much to answer for.

 

[Thedrin]

I won't be posting a map.

 

[strijder20]

I will.

 

[Lohrenswald]

The entire Arab world runs a joint X-Factor??

Poor Yemen.

 

[strijder20]

 

[JohannaK]

Lessee, Guatemala, Bolivia, Paraguay, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Burundi, Central Africa, Chad, Andorra, the Vatican, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Sweden, Belarus, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan,... Kirguizistan and some Pacific island country. Probably Micronesia or the Marshall Islands.

Hmm... what the hell is this map...

 

[strijder20]

The islands indicated are Sao Tomé and the Marshall islands.
If noone has a clue, I'll give a hint (and yes, the countries seem quite random )

 

[Arwon]

A few of those look oddly familiar. Countries the British have never sent soldiers/invaded/fought a war in...?

Although Luxembourg. And surely there would be more in South America and the Pacific.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I'm gonna take a swing and say it has something to do with population density?

 

[Arakhor]

That list includes five of Europe's smallest independent countries, plus Sweden, all of which are monarchies. Coincidence, perhaps?