Flat maps, designed to offer a consistent representation of Earth, reveal inaccuracies in countries' sizing. Some nations near the Poles appear significantly larger than they truly are ...

The number of countries in the world does not change very often, but when it does, mapmakers (and their digital counterparts) ...

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