Guess the map
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Hmm. OK, so:
It's something likely to be a percentage figure.
It is something for which data couldn't be found for a lot of smaller, poorer states, which would suggest a complicated or difficult to measure phenomenon.
It's above 80 for Canada, the USA, the Netherlands, Hungary, the UK and Australia, but notably New Zealand, South Africa and a bunch of European are the only ones in the second top category.
The map doesn't really correlate with economic development - Spain, Portugal, Israel, South Korea, and Japan are notably below 60. China and the Andean states are 0-20, below a 20-40 group formed of African states, Russia, the Balkans, and much of the middle east.
Maybe it's got something to with car dependency? Percentage of households with a landline phone?
I'm stumped.
It's something likely to be a percentage figure.
It is something for which data couldn't be found for a lot of smaller, poorer states, which would suggest a complicated or difficult to measure phenomenon.
It's above 80 for Canada, the USA, the Netherlands, Hungary, the UK and Australia, but notably New Zealand, South Africa and a bunch of European are the only ones in the second top category.
The map doesn't really correlate with economic development - Spain, Portugal, Israel, South Korea, and Japan are notably below 60. China and the Andean states are 0-20, below a 20-40 group formed of African states, Russia, the Balkans, and much of the middle east.
Maybe it's got something to with car dependency? Percentage of households with a landline phone?
I'm stumped.
Meteor Man
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Here's the map again:
He said it had to do with communism.
This gives the impression that English is involved.
Is it how democratic the government is?
I am likewise stumped. Please disclose the answer.
Guess the Map!
Spoiler What could this be..? :
He said it had to do with communism.
This gives the impression that English is involved.
Is it how democratic the government is?
I am likewise stumped. Please disclose the answer.
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
I did miss out Finland.
But I erased Kosovo off the map. I don't recognise it as a nation until the UN recognises it. In today's context, when it comes to what makes a sovereign country, I draw the line at a country with UN membership or observer status.
Which is why Taiwan isn't specified away from PR China.
That said, I need to erase of Palestine off my maps.
But of course, I recognise that they are de facto, self-governing states with their own armies and people and land. They just aren't in my book, de-jure countries.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
So, presumably, any map you create that pre-dates 1945 is just a grey wasteland, then? 
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
...Fair point. Still, it seems a bit arbitrary, doesn't it? I mean, combining the RoC with the PRC is simply counter-intuitive.
He simply recognizes the fact that Taiwan has been an inalienable province of the glorious People's Republic of China since time immemorial.
gangleri2001
Garbage day!!!
% of people that likes Silent Night Deadly Night part 2?
% of people that the CoS claims to have converted?
% of people that the CoS claims to have converted?
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
What constitution a nation is rather arbitrary anyway. I just made my arbitrariness more selective that's all.
I simply recognise that the People Republic of China is the legitimate government of China and that Taiwan is part of China (as compared to part of People's Republic of China)
I'll be glad to recognise it as a de jure sovereign nation once the UN does.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
The delineation of a nation-state may be somewhat arbitrary (that really depends on circumstance!), but that doesn't mean that recognising the effective governing body of a territory is. Or would you have us believe that the Plantagenets really were the Kings of France?
Why lend such authority to one institution, when you deny it to others?
Because there is no organization really comparable to the UN.
And for Taiwan, there are only 23 countries, the most significant being probably the Vatican or Dominican Republic recognizing it as independent.
And for Taiwan, there are only 23 countries, the most significant being probably the Vatican or Dominican Republic recognizing it as independent.
So you recognize the independence of South Ossetia?
It is said that Geoffrey of Anjou (father-in-law to Eleanor of Acquitaine) controlled more land than the King of France.Or would you have us believe that the Plantagenets really were the Kings of France?
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