If the United States Collapsed Like the Soviet Union
What if the U.S. broke apart like the Soviet Union? Marko Jukic’s map imagines the outcome, highlighting lessons from history and sparking debate on national cohesion.
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Fictional Maps
River Basins as Countries: A New World Map
I’ve spent years drawing maps and staring at political boundaries, always wondering: what if we threw out those arbitrary lines and started over? What if, instead of following the legacy of colonial empires and ancient wars, our borders traced something more fundamental—the flow of water itself? That question led me to create a series of world maps that reimagine our planet as a collection of river basins, each “country” following the natural watershed of a major river system.
Read MoreWorld Map in George Orwell’s 1984: A Dystopian Geography
George Orwell’s “1984” presents a chilling vision of a world divided into three superstates: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. This dystopian world map reflects Cold War anxieties and serves as a warning about the dangers of totalitarianism. Discover how Orwell’s fictional geography continues to influence our understanding of power and control in the modern world.
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A Fresh Take on the United States Map: Urban Centers Redraw Political Boundaries
What if we redrew the United States map based on our largest urban areas? A fascinating new political map does just that, offering a unique perspective on how our nation’s political landscape might look under very different circumstances. This urban-centric approach creates 48 hypothetical states, each centered around a major metropolitan area, with surprising implications for the Electoral College and political affiliations.
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A Fascinating Map of Europe’s Historical Regions
Modern borders can hide older regional identities. This historical map of Europe shows how the continent was once divided — not by nations, but by centuries-old regions shaped by culture, language, and history.
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Exploring the World Map Divided into 804 Zones of 10 Million People Each
Explore a unique world map dividing the globe into 804 zones of 10 million people each. Understand the creation process, regional naming, and the fascinating insights it offers into global population distribution.
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A Detailed Map of the Online World
Since its inception in 1989, the internet has been in a phase of endless flux as millions of various sites emerged and then fell by the wayside. Many monstrous corporate players have arisen from this first chaos over the decades and swallowed most of their former contestants on a global scale.
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What does Earth look like with 1000 meters of sea-level rise or drop?
Reddit user BasedMaps amazing maps showing, how the face of our planet will change if sea-level drop or rise by 1000 meters.
Read MoreThe World in 50 Million Years: How Our Planet Will Dramatically Change
A mind-bending look at Earth’s future: how tectonic movements will dramatically reshape our world map, creating landscapes beyond imagination.
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Mapping Akira’s Neo-Tokyo Against Real Tokyo Bay
For Akira fans, this map puts Neo-Tokyo’s big artificial islands right next to real Tokyo Bay from 2019. It points out land that’s been built up since 1988, and compares things like area, people, skyscrapers, and the day-to-day mess in the film versus the real place.
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