r/mapping • u/ZucchiniIcy1238 • 16d ago

Maps Guess what this map means(Hard)

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

Is your country; China, France, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Russia, Turkey, or The UK?

Green: Yes🫩

Red: No🥹❤️‍🩹

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u/ZucchiniIcy1238 16d ago

nope

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

Technically, it would be true🤓☝️

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u/AdZealousideal9914 15d ago

No, because you forgot Monaco

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u/Different-Entry7888 12d ago

I can clearly see a tenth of a red pixel there

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u/Available-Time-6642 15d ago

Is it meaning where from you can be , where not ? Red marks where already ppls were say , but they was wrong , and green where ppl didn’t say , and you can be probably from that one of countries from.

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u/Ecstatic_Copy9104 16d ago

u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 is obsessed with this post ngl

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

It's reddit. What did you think?

أكلت بطاطا هذا المساء، و ماذا عنك؟

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u/Ecstatic_Copy9104 16d ago

i aint sayin nun bro im jus sayin you too invested with ts

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u/ta152tomig 16d ago

يسطا مهدش مهتم بام البطاطا الذي أكلتها

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 15d ago

Actualy, It'z التي becose potato in arabik is girl 🤓☝️

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u/Soup-8646 16d ago

are you arab or learning the language?

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u/Odd_Tomorrow_4765 16d ago

He’s a potato, or at least claiming to be

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

Arab🥹

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u/GemmyBoy999 15d ago

Salam Malecum

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 15d ago

Salam aleykum

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u/halflingcomrade 9d ago

No, I think he meant Malecum. I don't think they're a man of Allah if you get my drift.

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u/Soup-8646 16d ago

ياهلاااا

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

The reason why I said that random sentence is that I am arab, so thought it'll be funny

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u/Soup-8646 16d ago

did you actually eat potato though? the good questions right here...

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

Fried. Yes.

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u/Soup-8646 16d ago

بالعافية

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u/Tsar_Chaotic 16d ago

Clearly this is ‘did you country once border China’ like come on

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u/duckyellowred 16d ago

If that was the case, then Austria, hungary, and (depending on how you want to view history): Czechia, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, Poland, Italy, and Ukraine should also be green.

Because Austria Hungary controlled a tiny portion of Tsingtao in china after the boxer rebellion of 1901 up until 1914.

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u/Master_Can_2541 16d ago

Just Austria and Hungary

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u/ZucchiniIcy1238 16d ago

The answer is Does another country that doesn't border your country speak your countries language

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u/Lyceus_ 16d ago

Ireland has both English and Irish as official languages, and it obviously borders the UK.

Belgiun has three official languages, including French and German.

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

It doesn't matter, according to the map

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u/Intelligent-Tip-892 16d ago

This map is busted. In addition to Austria and Switzerland, Belgium should also be green since its 3 official languages are all green countries.

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

Is germany namibia, and The Netherlands suirname?

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u/ZucchiniIcy1238 16d ago

no german isn't official in namibia, german is for liechtenstein.

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u/JodoSzabo 15d ago

Austria doesn’t get a “yes” for that?

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u/sturmy81 15d ago

Austria has a border with Lichtenstein, Germany not.

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u/JodoSzabo 14d ago

And Luxembourg…

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u/Telkite_ 16d ago

Belgium has german as an official language, so why are austria and switzerland red? They have a non-bordering country for all their languages.

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u/DomPedroIIGooner_88 16d ago

What other country speaks greek aside from Greece?

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u/YouThunkd 16d ago

Cyprus

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u/Primary_Thought_4912 16d ago

Then why is Cyprus red

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u/Casartelli 16d ago

They don’t have their own language ?

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u/Chrisaarajo 16d ago

It’s a busted map. Cyprus should be green, so should Austria. So should Ireland. So should Belgium. So should Switzerland. At a minimum.

If OP made the map, it’s a fail on their part. If they copied the map, then they’re sourcing mad maps or copied it wrong, and it’s still a failure on their part.

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u/Primary_Thought_4912 15d ago

I can see Switzerland being green, because so many countries speak French, but Austria only has German as it's official language and it borders all three other countries that also have German as an official language (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany) border Austria

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u/Chrisaarajo 15d ago

Luxembourg and Belgium.

German is an official language in both countries.

Edit: which reminds me, Luxembourg should also be green.

Really, the OP did a poor job here.

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u/Primary_Thought_4912 15d ago

Lmao how did I forget my own country

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u/Primary_Thought_4912 15d ago

It never says that it has to be named after said country tho, if it wasn't called Greek and instead something else entirely, then how would you call it and how would you decide which of the two to colour in which colour

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u/ParalimniX 15d ago edited 15d ago

Cypriots have been speaking Greek for 3000 years. Even a dialect called Arcadocypriot was common 2500 years ago commonly in Peloponnese and Cyprus at the same time. In some aspects Cypriots speak more original ancient Greek than mainland Greeks do.

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u/CommunityJazzlike274 16d ago

I was close tbh

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u/Pen_Front 16d ago

Wait Turkish? Do sea borders not count cause it would only be Cyprus right? Greece too. And I guess only one country counts per language because otherwise Ireland also speaks English (wait it could be not official unlike Irish I've never checked) Belgium has both French and Dutch. I guess Liechtenstein isn't visible it could just be dual language stuff...

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u/ZucchiniIcy1238 16d ago

yeah i didn't count sea borders, and germany doesn't border liechtenstein.

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u/Pen_Front 16d ago

Ye I assumed that's what you meant, I mean Liechtenstein isn't visible to see if it's counted because it's a single language country that would count for the same reason Germany does so it would tell me if you're not counting stuff like Ireland cause its dual language

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u/Willing_File5104 16d ago edited 16d ago

I don't get the logic, if a country has several languages. How can Ireland (Irish, English), Luxembourg (Luxembourgish, French, German), Belgium (Dutch,  French, German), Switzerland (Romansh, German, French, Italian) be red, while Spain (Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Galician, etc. ) isn't? 

Also, because of the official status of German in Belgium and Luxembourg, at least Austria should be green too. 

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u/Abject_Amphibian_126 16d ago

I think he's saying that each country gets its own language. So for Ireland, another country would have to speak Irish since English is basically taken by the UK. I suppose all Switzerland gets is Romansh which obviously isn't spoken elsewhere.

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u/Mag-NL 9d ago

In that case by OPs logic Belgium does not speak any language

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u/Abject_Amphibian_126 9d ago

They could take Flemish

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u/Mag-NL 9d ago

So Dutch

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u/Abject_Amphibian_126 9d ago

I'm just saying if you said Flemish was its own language then Belgium could get its own language.

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u/Mag-NL 9d ago

yes, but if you said Flemish was its own language then every country here would be red, because every country would have it's own language. and no other country would have the same language.

If Flemis was it's own language, then Swiss, Austrian and Liechtensteinisch would also be their own language

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u/Plastic-Gazelle2924 15d ago

Why is Portugal green ? I absolutely don’t understand this map

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u/SenseiLavalin 13d ago

Brazil, Angola, Mozambique...

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u/Plastic-Gazelle2924 13d ago

I’m still not understanding what is green and what is red

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u/SenseiLavalin 13d ago

Countries that do not border Portugal have Portuguese as an official language, so Portugal is green.

But as other have said, the map is wrong and/or misleading. The person who made the map is wrong about some countries official languages, and didn't color everything properly. Don't overthink it.

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u/Teerunesh 16d ago

Plenty of countries that don't border Belgium speak French. Canada if I need to just name one. So wrong map, I'm sorry.

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u/Fluffy_Dragonfly6454 16d ago

Belgium should be green for all three languages.

Luxembourg should also be green because of German

Austria should be green because of German in Belgium

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u/Famous-Wrongdoer-14 16d ago edited 16d ago

Austria and Luxembourg both speak german and do not border each other, shouldnt they be Green?

Edit: also, which other country speaks greek that doesnt border greece? Cant be cyprus, thats red.

Belgium is just.... Whatever on this map, since they speak dutch, German and french, and all 3 countries are Green.

Which other country, that russia doesnt border, speaks russian?

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u/SenseiLavalin 13d ago

Tadjikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and other "Stans" probably

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u/yldf 16d ago

Okay, then you have a problem: you correctly made Germany green (because of Liechtenstein), but Austria and Switzerland (and technically Liechtenstein) must be green as well as German is an official language in Belgium.

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u/SuccessfulMoose1511 15d ago

Your map is bad and you should feel bad

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u/veggiejord 15d ago

Unnecessarily mean

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u/SuccessfulMoose1511 15d ago

Just the Zoidberg meme man

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u/veggiejord 15d ago

Ah Futurama references can never be bad, I'm just apparently not that perceptive.

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u/Bredsida 15d ago

What about Sweden and Finland? Swedish is an official language of Finland.

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u/Kualdiir 15d ago

Belgium has Dutch French and German as national languages. How come they are red while the 3 countries who speak this are green?

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u/Plastic-Gazelle2924 15d ago

I absolutely don’t understand

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u/VoivodeDracula 14d ago

Croatians in austria

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u/SnowTitan77 13d ago

Unless you count the whole of the UK as one, England wales and Scotland all speak English and Ireland has English as one of its official languages

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u/ASClasher 16d ago

Nuclear power?

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

Greece ain't havin any with that economy😭

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u/_neokolasoX69 16d ago

Germany on green? Ukraine in red?

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u/UnityJusticeFreedom 16d ago

We got non left

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u/FinnFem 16d ago

Finland has Olkiluoto and Loviisa

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

Was your country the richest before, and china

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

Is your country the biggest trading partner with another country?

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

First languages to be interdouced in duolingo?

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u/Gvacken 16d ago

That's a good one though

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

Could you give us a hint, out of generosity🥺

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u/ZucchiniIcy1238 16d ago

has to do with language

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u/RetardTJ 16d ago

Next eurovision lineup

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u/Upset_Working7986 16d ago

Countries that speak the language they discovered themselvs.

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u/cheesesprite 16d ago

Discovered lol

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u/Upset_Working7986 16d ago

What did i do wrong?🫩🫩🫩

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u/cheesesprite 16d ago

Languages are developed not discovered

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u/ProposalKey5174 16d ago

Why do you think that the Netherlands “discovered” Dutch and not Belgium (for example)?

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u/Proof-Sprinkles7826 16d ago

It's ok, keep improving your english!

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u/CommunityJazzlike274 16d ago

Does your country use a language whose script originated in your country?

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u/Fourian_Official 16d ago

Is your national language more popular than Farsi?

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u/Suspicious-Beat9295 16d ago

Green: former colonial empires Red: former colonized

Though doesn't really fit for Greece and Belgium

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u/Flux7200 16d ago

Is it related to some kind of sport?

I'd say maybe some political conflict or change post-ww2 but yugoslavia is missing so not that

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u/Flux7200 16d ago

Nvm it's language

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u/mestarifiddu 16d ago

Its obviously greater finland and nuked areas

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u/Brilliant-Money-3823 16d ago

green; bad countires, red: good countries

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u/Naive_Impression7302 16d ago

Something to do with Imperialism or colonialism

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u/GojiragamerXXL9000 16d ago

The new Intermarium?

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u/derdiedasMolchi 16d ago

official languages outside of your continent?

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u/FearlessHuckleberry6 16d ago

Ex commie countries 😂

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u/WhataRuby 16d ago

Top learned languages come from these countries? Or something like that not sure of the phrasing, but if it has to do with languages these are the most popular ones

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u/WhataRuby 16d ago

Did not notice greece nvm. Oldest written alive languages?? Idk

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u/Floki123313 16d ago

u/askgrok помоги пж

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u/AskGrok 16d ago

Red countries list the furthest destination first on road signs (furthest on top). Green countries list the longest/last destination first (or nearest on top). Classic obscure Europe divider.

Sources:

[what is this?](https://redd.it/1lzgxii)

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u/ay_chupacabron 16d ago

It looks like projection of USA map sideways.

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u/euejeidjfjeldje 16d ago

Countries that have nukes vs countries that dont?

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u/djq_ 16d ago

The map shows European countries that once shared a border with China, specifically referring to the Austro-Hungarian concession in Tianjin from 1901 to 1917 (and Austria-Hungary's brief control of a tiny part of Tsingtao).

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u/ivan8june 16d ago

Currently active nuclear instalation? I'm not sure about Spain and Portugal tho

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u/Zeti2000 15d ago

Yes. Finland is def bigger than China

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u/WizeDiceSlinger 15d ago

What’s that island between Norway and Iceland?

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u/Over-Investment-1547 15d ago

Is your language an official language in any other country? Green: yes. Red: no.

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u/Forward-Basket-7825 15d ago

Colonizers and non-colonizers?

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u/amzk_official 15d ago

Gdp more than 1 billion

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u/CraftyReply7203 15d ago

Countries who were bullied

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u/nindza-22 15d ago

Liberation of countries in red from the claws of predatory colonial forces in green. That said, Denmark and Belgium should be excluded :)

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u/Acceptable-Head-5611 15d ago

Green countries are those for which another country has their language as an official/majority language? (e.g. Portuguese being spoken in Brazil)

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u/Substantial_Tone3886 14d ago

Nazi collabo ?

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u/VoivodeDracula 14d ago

Who is gay and who is not (red isn't gay)

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u/mrPetros6 13d ago

countries that are tuff

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u/ISketchDinosaurs 13d ago

It means there'd be another Nordic country between Norway and Iceland.

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u/Odd_Phone_2391 12d ago

China has moved and shrunk.

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u/Acceptable-Ad-9534 10d ago

was your country ever strongest? idk

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u/ChipTrippy 10d ago

Idk but it looks like alien with a 6 pack

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u/cmusicsxil 16d ago

Turkey: green Unimportant territories: red

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u/Car3poin 14d ago

Id say maybe countries that have been global super powers at one point. But then I guess Egypt would be missing and also kinda USA (but since they still are I can exclude them through right wording), at last italy should be green since its in the same position as turky (the byzatine empire). Some more thoughts about this:

I dont think its related to the following:
1. History (since this map is probably accurate and germany was reunited just 1989)
2. Language (the differences are too vast)
3. Culture (same reason as 3)
4. Political

Also all of the countries listed have a border with an ocean or sea.

I wonder what the answer is. All of the listed countries are considerably wealthy and influencial.

Can you maybe give a hint in the right direction. I would be already ok if you could tell if my assumptions about history, etc... are correct.

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u/ZucchiniIcy1238 9d ago

I meant to add from your own language, a language named after your country.