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The entire southeast Asia, which makes up maybe half the majority of the world population disappeared.
It was the first thing I noticed missing too, but it's "only" 0.7 billion people.
It probably should be integrated into Australia somehow, to keep circle count low.
I would say it's east Asia and South Asia that are missing, not "south east". It's like 3 billion isn't it?
Uhh, so you're reading that all as Persia, Russia and Mongolia, then?
Yeah, India and China are each over a billion, and then with SE Asia it could easily be 3.5. We're at eight, so that's not quite half, but it's close.
Y'know, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and friends. Have you never heard it grouped that way?
Russia is there, maybe you could say Mongolia too.
The near east and middle east are kinda there. Like Arabian peninsula seems
My point regarding south east Asia is that it's not just the south-east, it's the all south Asia, east Asia that are missing. (And also naturally the south east)
It's very euro centric to dedicate two circles exclusively to representing the Mediterranean but to leave India and China off, and Africa dwarfed.
I mean one of those circles does absolutely nothing but add a bit of Cape and a bit of Horn to Africa, and it looks about the right size to me - smaller than Asia, bigger than everything else.
can you, as a perception exercise, try to see some of the other missing territories and list them in a reply?
India isn't really missing so much as not distinguished, but also that.
Every island is missing, starting by size with Greenland.
Northern Canada is pointed instead of concave with Hudson's Bay. Antarctica is also missing but that counts more as a stylistic choice because it's so frequently done.