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[-] 7EP6vuI@feddit.org 75 points 6 days ago

they would have created borders in a way, that one country always consists of two nations/tribes that don't like each other.

the map simply shows straightened borders for existing countries...

[-] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 6 days ago

...and call that country "Belgium"

[-] console@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago
[-] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

You should probably confine that sort of remark to something artistic.

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago

Zeg, zal 't een beetje gaa jong?

🇧🇪 😂

[-] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Like a Yugoslavia?

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 5 points 6 days ago

I'd imagine there'd also be borders set within a given "tribe" where one group's land was split between different colonizing powers and the different colonies ended up with different governments and possibly languages from one another.

[-] teft@lemmy.world 67 points 6 days ago

Not enough fuck you in those lines. You need to have the borders cut off historical populations from each other or put a bunch of clashing ethnic groups in the same state. Like make a border running right through paris or smash all the balkans back together.

[-] fmtx 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Suggestions for maximum chaos and discord:

  • Split the Nordic peninsula into 3 countries, but borders run east-west. People in former Finland have to go through another country to get around the Gulf of Bothnia / Baltic Sea.
  • Expand borders of Germany, you know, just so they can have some Lebensraum. There won't be any issues with that surely.
  • Balkan superstate. Make sure everyone has a voice in its vibrant democracy, but gerrymander the hell out of it.
  • Merge southern France, Spain and Italy so the merged country can have maximum Mediterranean beachfront. Just think of the tourism revenues!
  • Leave Northern Ireland exactly as it is.
[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Balkan superstate

Yugobosia

[-] valkyre09@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Ahem, Ireland would like a word…

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

Like splitting a bunch of hungarians off from hungary or putting a bunch of croats and serbs in the same country... oh wait /s

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago
[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 6 days ago

It sure wouldn't be if it was Sykes or Picot drawing those borders.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

Yeah, this is way too respectful of ethnic groups.

[-] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 6 days ago

cant wait for my new life in squaremany, might even hop over to squain or squance

[-] msage@programming.dev 11 points 6 days ago

Why the fuck is Kalliningrad still in this map?

Like are there any such situations in other colonized continents?

[-] teft@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago
[-] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago

Does Michigan count?

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 11 points 6 days ago

Germany is pretty much SpongeBob shaped

[-] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago

I’m from Oklahomarus.

[-] Therobohour@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I like the way nothing really changed in Ireland. Hehe, we sure got screwed

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

If Ireland had been colonized

"If"

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

What would they be called?

[-] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

Boxy Bulgaria becomes boxier.

this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
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