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The US Economy Split In Two: The Orange & Blue Areas Each Contribute 50% of America’s GDP

Last Updated: October 8, 2025 4 Comments

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The US Economy Split In Two: The Orange & Blue Ares Each Contribute 50% of America's GDP

Map created by Sasha Trubetskoy
The map above shows an interesting fact about the United States, despite being the 4th largest country in the world by land area, it’s population and even more so it’s GDP is concentrated in just a few Urban areas.

Both the orange and blue areas each contribute 50% of America’s GDP.

From the author:

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Filed Under: United States

Map Of Trump’s Peace Plan For Israel & Palestine aka Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People

Last Updated: January 9, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Map Of Trump's Peace Plan For Israel & Palestine aka Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People

The map above shows what Trump’s failed peace plan for Israel & Palestine called the Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People would have looked like.

From the map:

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Filed Under: Middle East

The “Natural” Borders Of France

Last Updated: January 9, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Map found on reddit
The map above shows one interpretation of the “natural” borders of France. Here’s a bit more about the concept and where they should be:

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Filed Under: France

Where People Live in Greenland: Towns & Settlements With More Than 100 Inhabitants

Last Updated: January 15, 2026 3 Comments

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where people live greenland scaled

Map created by Victor Norderstål
The map above shows where Greenland’s 56,523 people live.

Here’s what you need to know:

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Filed Under: Other

War Plan Red: A 1930s Plan For a US Invasion of Canada & War With The British Empire

Last Updated: January 9, 2025 3 Comments

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War Plan Red

Map created by OwenBlacker
The map above shows the US War Plan Red:

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Filed Under: World Maps

Map of Canada’s “Defense Scheme No. 1” From The 1920s & 30s

Last Updated: January 9, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Map of Canada’s

Map found on reddit
The map above show’s the plans for Canada’s “Defense Scheme No. 1” based on a hypothetical surprise invasion of the US in the 1920s and 30s.

The plan was to buy time to secure defenses before the US could strike back.

Ultimately the plan assumed that help from the United Kingdom and the rest of the Empire would come.

From the map:

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Filed Under: Canada

Income & Inequality in the Nordic Countries

Last Updated: January 8, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Income & Inequality in the Nordic Countries

Map created by Linda Randall and Gustaf Norlén at Nordregio

The map above provides a detailed geographic overview of income inequality across the Nordic Region, illustrating differences in both income levels and distribution patterns.

Some regional variations, such as border effects, are attributed to incomplete income data from neighboring countries.

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Filed Under: Europe

The Blue & Red Areas Have The Same Number of Murders Each Year

Last Updated: January 8, 2025 Leave a Comment

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The Blue And Red Areas Have The Same Number of Murders Each Year

Map created by reddit user bezzleford
The map above shows a rather shocking fact.

The countries in red: South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) have the same number of murders (22,071) each year than all the areas in blue (22,069).

This includes all of Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia as well as several Western and Midwest US Sates and a few other places to get the totals to match.

However, there’s something even more more shocking.

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Filed Under: World Maps

Railway Lines In the United States On The Eve Of The Civil War

Last Updated: January 8, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Railway Lines In the United States On The Eve Of The Civil War

Map found on reddit
This map shows the United States’ railway network and urban population distribution around 1860, just before the Civil War.

Here are the key observations:

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Filed Under: United States

14 Maps Showing Population Concentrations In Various Countries

Last Updated: January 8, 2025 1 Comment

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The maps below show how skewed population concentrations are in various countries around the world from Egypt to China to Canada and the United States (at the bottom).

But before continuing I’m not exactly sure who created the original maps, so if you know please leave a comment and let me know so I can give proper credit.

Also the population figures are slightly too low for most countries so I suspect the maps are a few years old.

1. Egypt

Population Concertation of Egypt

  • Orange Area: 104 million people
  • Green Area: 1.7 million people

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Filed Under: Other

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