Political Maps show governmental and administrative borders of countries, provinces, states, and counties, the location of major cities, and other political units.
The Vatican is the smallest country in the world with at just 0.19 sq. mi. (6.82 sq. km.). The 2nd tiniest nation in the world is Monaco at 0.78 sq. mi. (2.80 sq. km.) For comparison, the biggest country in the world is Russia, measures in at 6.6 million sq. mi. (17.1 sq. km.).
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Antarctica is governed by a 1959 treaty that froze all territorial claims and banned military activity. A separate 1991 protocol banning mining can be reviewed after 2048. Seven nations already have claims waiting on paper.
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30 years after the German reunion, there are still boundaries separating East and West Germany, although those are no political borders anymore.
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A flag is a piece of fabric with a specific design, format, and colors. One of the most popular purposes of a flag is to symbolize a country. National flags as patriotic symbols widely vary by interpretations that often include solid military associations because of their initial and ongoing use for that purpose.
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The maps below show the nearest foreign country to any location on earth.
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In the United States, a county is an administrative and political subdivision of U.S. states. There are nowadays 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 U.S. states and D.C. The quantity of U.S. counties per state varies from the three counties of Delaware to the 254 counties of Texas.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a milestone in civil rights and labor law in the U.S. that bans discrimination based on race, color, national origin, faith, and sex. It forbids the unequal use of voter registration necessities and racial discrimination in schools, work, and public services.
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World military expenditure is measured to have been nearly $2 trillion in 2019, the highest level since 1988, and it continues to grow. Global military spending increased in each of the five years from 2015, has declined firmly from 2011 until 2014 following the world financial crisis.
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One of the most significant disadvantages of the Mercator projection is that it distorts the actual sizes of territories. The atlas below shows the actual size of all countries and dependencies by area.
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This map, at first glance, similar to a medieval map of the world ‘mappa mundi’, is the topologist’s map of the world, showing international borders, and nothing else.
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