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Sweetpea · 07-25-2009, 01:06 AM

Hmm, how did I miss this thread? Must be because of my holiday!

Well, congrats all!

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Originally Posted by Over

After some random browsing in this thread, I came across this picture. Does nobody notice anything weird on it? (except that red splotch at the south of the map)

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Originally Posted by missbea

Congrats to the winners -- I guess I'll have to get mine the old-fashioned way -- buy it :\

The same here

pshrynk · 07-25-2009, 09:42 AM

It's missing South Dakota?

Sweetpea · 07-25-2009, 02:39 PM

No, some countries have two capital cities!

DaleDe · 07-25-2009, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

No, some countries have two capital cities!

Or there are some really small countries with capitals where only the capital can be seen. I particularly like the capital of the Mediterranean sea shown out in the water.

Dale

ricdiogo · 07-25-2009, 04:35 PM

Actually the red splotch at the southwest of the map is Portugal (the closest European country to the USA).

The blue spots represent the states of Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, the Vatican, and San Marino.

The map also spots Amsterdam (the official capital) and The Hague (the capital de facto) in the Netherlands.

What seams to be the capital of the Mediterranean sea, is actually Valletta, the capital of Malta.

Jellby · 07-26-2009, 06:52 AM

The blue spot for the Vatican should be inside the white spot for Rome.

The white spot for Valletta should be a blue spot (I'm assuming blue spots are for countries smaller that the spot of the capital).

The two white spots in Montenegro (East of Rome and Vatican) are apparently Podgorica (the capital city) and Cetinje (the former royal capital), but I don't know Cetinje has any important political function today, contrary to The Hague in the Netherlands.

Sweetpea · 07-27-2009, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ricdiogo

Actually the red splotch at the southwest of the map is Portugal (the closest European country to the USA).

The blue spots represent the states of Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, the Vatican, and San Marino.

The map also spots Amsterdam (the official capital) and The Hague (the capital de facto) in the Netherlands.

What seams to be the capital of the Mediterranean sea, is actually Valletta, the capital of Malta.

Thank you, I do know my geography of Europe. Except maybe for those "new" countries in Eastern Europe (it was sooooo much easier when I went to school. It looks like we got twice as much countries in Europe now as we had back in the '80's... But, beside the fact that the capital of the Netherlands is only Amsterdam (and I never learned anything to the contrary, except that the the center of government isn't in our capital but in the Hague), I was more thinking about Montenegro (thanks Jelby for pointing out the name, my knowledge of those new Eastern European countries is horrible!). That country is not listed as a country where the center of government isn't in the capital city.

Jellby · 07-27-2009, 07:44 AM

And the map is missing Kosovo!

vivaldirules · 07-27-2009, 09:18 AM

The only problem with the map is that it has a bunch of squiggly lines on it when, in reality, we know that Mobilita Republica has no such pointless geographical lines of segregation.

07-25-2009, 04:35 PM	#110
ricdiogo Gutenberger Posts: 142 Karma: 700 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen 3	Actually the red splotch at the southwest of the map is Portugal (the closest European country to the USA). The blue spots represent the states of Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, the Vatican, and San Marino. The map also spots Amsterdam (the official capital) and The Hague (the capital de facto) in the Netherlands. What seams to be the capital of the Mediterranean sea, is actually Valletta, the capital of Malta. Last edited by ricdiogo; 07-25-2009 at 04:59 PM.

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Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	No, some countries have two capital cities!

07-26-2009, 06:52 AM	#111
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,536 Karma: 19000001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	The blue spot for the Vatican should be inside the white spot for Rome. The white spot for Valletta should be a blue spot (I'm assuming blue spots are for countries smaller that the spot of the capital). The two white spots in Montenegro (East of Rome and Vatican) are apparently Podgorica (the capital city) and Cetinje (the former royal capital), but I don't know Cetinje has any important political function today, contrary to The Hague in the Netherlands.

07-27-2009, 07:44 AM	#113
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,536 Karma: 19000001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	And the map is missing Kosovo!

07-27-2009, 09:18 AM	#114
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	The only problem with the map is that it has a bunch of squiggly lines on it when, in reality, we know that Mobilita Republica has no such pointless geographical lines of segregation.

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