19 Maps That Will Help You Put The United States In Perspective
The U.S. is basically an overcompensating, attention-seeking brat.
1. Alaska x The Contiguous United States
2. Brazil x The United States
3. Argentina x The United States
4. Chile x The United States
5. Iran x The United States
6. Saudia Arabia x The United States
7. Libya x The United States
8. The Sudan* x The United States
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*before South Sudan officially became an independent state on July 9, 2011
9. The Democratic Republic of Congo x The United States
10. Madagascar x The United States
11. Japan x The United States
12. North Korea x The United States
13. Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos x The United States
14. China x The United States
15. Russia x The United States
16. India x The United States
17. The United States x Africa
18. The U.S. vs The World
19. Maps are just all wrong. Here's how the world map should look according to "The West Wing":
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Ah, the politics of map design.
The Gall-Peters Projection world map
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While originally created by James Gall in 1885, the Gall-Peters Projection came into public consciousness in 1967 when Arno Peters championed it as a more accurate representation of the size of countries. It was considered controversial for calling into question the way the "third-world" is represented.