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        It is interesting to see that Sweden is only three land borders away from North Korea.

        Sweden - Finland

        Finland - Russia

        Russia - DPRK

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            How do you count that?

            I don’t see any land border connection between south America and Asia…

            But I am peobably missing something.

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              Brazil borders France. (Amapá borders French Guiana.)

              France borders Germany.

              Germany borders Poland.

              Poland borders Belarus and Ukraine.

              Belarus and Ukraine each border Russia.

              Russia borders North Korea.

              Edit: Actually, Poland borders Russia directly. (Warmian-Masurian borders Kaliningrad.) So really it’s only five!

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        Don’t forget the section of South America that is also Europe on that picture.

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            It’s because that little chunk of South America is French Guiana, which is a full-fledged part of France (not just a territory, but a departement with political status equal to the ones in mainland Europe).

            It’s also where the European Space Agency launches their spacecraft from, by the way.

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              Cool. I’m not sure what that has to do with the continent, though. Politically, I’m uncertain if that would count as something other than colonization, either.

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                It depends what aspect of colonization is important to your definition, I guess. Is it about imperialist expansion to non-contiguous territories, or is it more specifically about extracting resources from those territories for the exclusive benefit of the motherland?

                At any rate, I would say that French Guiana either counts or doesn’t count as a colony of France to the same extent that Hawaii counts or doesn’t count as a colony of the United States.

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                  Edit: no need to repeat myself. I think European would have been a more reasonable label.

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                There are multiple definitions of “Europe”.
                French Guyana isn’t geographically, geologically, culturally or historically part of Europe.
                But politically and legally, it is.

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      Thank you. Gonna save this picture for when someone calls the migrant crisis an invasion of Europe.

      Projection like always.

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        It’s part of France. Not a colony or territory, but actually a region of the country.
        So legally and politically, it’s part of Europe.

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      This map is absolutely blasphemy against Haile Selassie and an insult to the people of Ethiopia.

      Why do you give the honor of ‘uncolonized’ to The Colony of Liberia?

      Do you forget The Battle of Adwa?

      Do you legitimize The Fascist Pig, Mussolini’s claims?.

      In the name of Jah correct this at once.