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What If Kamchatka Was an Independent Country?

March 3, 2023 8 Comments

What If Kamchatka Was an Independent Country

Map created by reddit user pavelzuk

The map shows what an independent Republic of Kamchatka, (best known as a territory in Risk) might look like.

A few facts:

  • With 316,116 people it would have a population similar to Iceland or The Bahamas.
  • The borders used here correspond with the Kamchatka Krai
  • Demographically it would be 86% Russian, 4% Ukrainian, 2.3% Koryaks and a mix of other groups making up the rest of population.
  • It would be 464,300 sq km, similar in size to Sweden, Spain or Iraq or about 2% of Russia’s land area.
  • It would have a GDP per capita of $12,931, similar to Uruguay, Lebanon or Bulgaria.
  • Finally, with just 0.68 people per sq. km. it would have by far the lowest population density of any country on earth (Mongolia, the current least dense country, is overcrowded in comparison with 1.92 people per sq km)

Want to read more about Kamchatka? Then have a look at the following books:

  • Kamachatka: A Journal & Guide to Russia’s Land of Ice and Fire
  • Kamchatka: Land of Fire and Ice
  • Ancient Tales of Kamchatka

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Comments

  1. Vandy Beth Glenn says

    July 23, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    It’s not an independent country, though.

    Reply
    • Derek says

      September 3, 2022 at 9:30 am

      No flies on you, Vandy.

      Reply
  2. Chess Masterson says

    February 17, 2019 at 4:37 am

    That’s why it says “what if” idiot

    Reply
    • Muhittin Yurdukoru says

      August 6, 2019 at 7:10 pm

      Exactly:))

      Reply
      • Thomas Ranson says

        October 4, 2019 at 6:59 pm

        You mean WERE a country, not was a country.

        Reply
  3. Robert says

    August 12, 2020 at 8:52 pm

    I’ve always been fascinated by the peninsula ever since Korean oo7
    And I’ve always thought that if you look at the coastline it looks like a side profile of Ronald Reagan looking Eastward

    kind of an odd irony

    Reply
  4. Lonesail says

    April 29, 2022 at 3:19 am

    Considering that it would get direct revenue from its gas/oil and other natural resources instead of handing them over to Moscow, its actual PPP would be much higher.

    Reply
  5. Ux005721BB says

    August 22, 2022 at 4:07 am

    A proper Kamchatka must control the berring Straits to be the key to world domination

    Reply

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