Wikipedia posted:

The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and Canada (then a British Dominion with its foreign affairs controlled from London). It was resolved by arbitration in 1903. The dispute had been going on between the Russian and British Empires since 1821, and was inherited by the United States as a consequence of the Alaska Purchase in 1867. The final resolution favored the American position, and Canada did not get an all-Canada outlet from the Yukon gold fields to the sea. The disappointment and anger in Canada was directed less at the United States, and more at the British government for betraying Canadian interests in pursuit of a friendly relationship between Britain and the United States.

tractor fanatic posted:

That map is basically what everyone in D&D wants with regard to gerrymandering: a computer generated map equalizing population.

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

In some ways yes, in other ways no, in some places yes, in other places no. There obviously wasn't a great deal of political freedom for any of the republics, but a lot of the administrative stuff was relatively hands off. And while places like Ukraine and Belarus were pretty tightly integrated, the central Asian republics were practically their own countries.

tractor fanatic posted:

That map is basically what everyone in D&D wants with regard to gerrymandering: a computer generated map equalizing population.

Davincie posted:

Interestingly, modern research from all the massive amounts of Ex-USSR administrative centres is still being searched through by historians and recently a lot of proof has come out that in quite a lot of negotiations the minor countries had more power then the USSR and regularly had the upper hand, even forcing the Russian premier to travel around regularly to listen to their demands.

Red_Mage posted:

The world weighted by alcohol consumption.

Ferrosol posted:

You mean this one?

Farecoal posted:

Are you talking about the relations between the Russia SFSR and the other SFSRs, or between the USSR and other members of the Warsaw Pact?

Omi-Polari posted:

Not politically-loaded, but it's a map, and another way to draw the 50 states with equal populations.

Red_Mage posted:

The world weighted by alcohol consumption.

System Metternich posted:

Per capita or absolute consumption?

Squalid posted:

I'd be interested, lately I've been curious how the internal gears of state power actually grind out policies.

Snoggle posted:

Generic term used for soft drinks in the US.


The South will rise again and put those soda and pop drinking assholes in their place.

Snoggle posted:

Generic term used for soft drinks in the US.


The South will rise again and put those soda and pop drinking assholes in their place.

Flobbster posted:

Whenever I see those pop vs. soda maps, I wonder am I the only person in the world who always just uses the brand name of whatever drink I want?

Strudel Man posted:

Do you never mention carbonated sugary drinks outside the context of asking for a specific variety?

System Metternich posted:

Lord Hydronium posted:

Comically ambitious irredentism.

Snoggle posted:

Generic term used for soft drinks in the US.


The South will rise again and put those soda and pop drinking assholes in their place.

Lord Hydronium posted:

And apparently it's Constantinople, not Istanbul:

Snoggle posted:

Generic term used for soft drinks in the US.


The South will rise again and put those soda and pop drinking assholes in their place.

YF-23 posted:

In Greek, yes, why not? I don't think there's any nationalism attached to using the Greek name for a city in Greek; you don't need to call things the way the natives call them (otherwise you'd be calling Japan "Nippon"), and they at least have "Istanbul" under "Constantinople" in parentheses.

If there's something nationalistic about that map it's that the European portion of Turkey's coloured differently.

YF-23 posted:

In Greek, yes, why not? I don't think there's any nationalism attached to using the Greek name for a city in Greek; you don't need to call things the way the natives call them (otherwise you'd be calling Japan "Nippon"), and they at least have "Istanbul" under "Constantinople" in parentheses.

If there's something nationalistic about that map it's that the European portion of Turkey's coloured differently.

Angiepants posted:

It's a joke.

AlexG posted:

Yes, it's Atlantropa, the obsessive vision of Herman Sorgel to cement European dominance against the hated yellow peril, provide full employment for generations, and secure vast quantities of hydroelectric power. The madcap scheme involved dams at Gibraltar (the main one), Istanbul, and Sicily, splitting the Mediterranean into two basins. He calculated that the new land would have a total area equivalent to a new Italy and Germany. A Jewish homeland was to be set up at the eastern end. Phase two was to create new African seas as shown above. Obviously the environmental and social impact would be... considerable. Over a 25-year period, Sorgel was completely unsuccessful in getting any traction at all on his project.

Further coverage at Strange Maps, Cabinet Magazine, Ptak Science Books, and Wikipedia.

Lord Hydronium posted:

There's some fun nationalism elsewhere in the map, too:



Macedonia the country isn't named, instead the name "Macedonia" is sitting conspicuously inside Greece.

Van Kraken posted:

Strudel Man posted:

Do you never mention carbonated sugary drinks outside the context of asking for a specific variety?

Red_Mage posted:

The world weighted by alcohol consumption.

Reveilled posted:

Personally, I find the American interest in the pop/soda/coke discussion rather bemusing because I can't think of a circumstance in which you'd mention carbonated sugary drinks outside the context of asking for a specific variety.

Reveilled posted:

Personally, I find the American interest in the pop/soda/coke discussion rather bemusing because I can't think of a circumstance in which you'd mention carbonated sugary drinks outside the context of asking for a specific variety.