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All countries starting in letter "I" are in a straight line
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this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2025
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If you remove Russia, this is a strip that covers almost half of the remaining land mass. Not impressed.
Russia benefits heavily from this map projection
Really, it's this size:
fair enough should have said projected land mass but I think the fact that strip goes somewhat diagonal suggests that the total area distortion inside the strip and outside it (the lower side) will likely be similar (since this particular projection distorts more around the poles as far as I remember)
Fair!