That rabbit whole you just peeked into is deep ...
... the only way to properly depict earth is ... a GLOBE!
... any way to depict it two-dimensionally will lead to concessions made ...
... either in terms of proportions ...
... or form ...
... or size ...
... the most common model of the world map used ...
... to many known as "the world map" ...
... sacrifices realistic size and proportion ...
... for the sake of showing form ...
... since it was made by eurocentristic cartographers ...
... it focusses on the northern hemisphere ...
... effectively "shrinking" any country near or on the equator ...
... to just a fraction of its actual size and proportion ...
... Russia + Canada: Not at all giant continents ...
... the US: Significantly smaller than it seems ...
... Norway: Certainly not as large as all of Europe ...
... Germany: By far not as large as India ...
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... all these poor "southern" countries we, in the western world, consider to be puny little nobodys ...
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