• EunieIsTheBus@feddit.deEnglish
    23·
    3 months ago

    Damn, the mercator projection is really distorting. Seeing all these African countries which “look” pretty small are actually really large as shown by this map.

  • Manucode@feddit.deEnglish
    23·
    3 months ago

    I assume it’s the Republic of the Congo for Germany, not the Democratic Republic.

    • poVoqOPMAEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      Indeed I was also wondering about that. You are most likely correct given how huge the DRC is.

  • The Octonaut@mander.xyzEnglish
    15·
    3 months ago

    Oh man please don’t call Georgia non-European and then put them on Ireland. They get very noisy about this

    • Mkengine@feddit.deEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I often read this online, but why do they see themselves as a European country? I don’t know any of their history, so for me they are just another Asian country.

      • Devi@kbin.social
        32·
        3 months ago

        It’s just Ukraine, no ‘the’. Was that a Russian annexation joke?

        • Mkengine@feddit.deEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          Maybe English is not their native language, in German wie also say “Die Ukraine” instead of just Ukraine.

          • Devi@kbin.social
            1·
            2 months ago

            Possibly, but it’s also what Russia call the country in order to describe it as a region of Russia rather than a country and Ukraine finds it offensive, the Ukrainian embassies have requested it not be used.

            Combined with this person referring to the parts of Ukraine currently under occupation I suspect they’re using the offensive form on purpose.

  • Stormygeddon@startrek.websiteEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    Here I was thinking about how Madagascar must be smaller than I thought if it’s the same size as Ukraine. It looks so big on a map, like a quarter Australia.

    I also thought Switzerland being the same size as Bhutan to be rather interesting, as they both have famous mountain ranges and tend to be a neutral while sandwiched between bigger powers.

  • NIB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    Is this map made by a turk? Why are half of the greek islands in Aegean Sea grey? Wtf.

    • Verqix@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      My guess is you’re thinking of the DRC, because Congo is pretty much equal in size.

      • PostingInPublic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Yeah you’re right. Our news would use “Kongo” for the catastrophe and “Kongo-Brazzaville” for the country.

  • lath@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    3 months ago

    Is this comparing the British Isles or the Bri’ish Empire?

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Neither, just the UK.

      British Isles refers to the whole archipelago off the north-west coast of mainland Europe, and has thousands of islands, obviously dominated by Ireland and Great Britain.

      The British Empire hasn’t existed since 1997 when the UK gave Hong Kong back to China following a 99-year lease.

      If you mean the UK and its overseas territories and crown dependencies, such as the Falklands and Gibraltar, then nah it doesn’t include them. They’re self-goverened and basically rely on the UK for military protection and not a huge amount more. It’s not like the French model where overseas territories are literally considered part of France.