Presumedly that is how they came up with this graphic, which shows Africa encompassing nearly all of the US, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy

Presumedly that is how they came up with this graphic, which shows Africa encompassing nearly all of the US, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Eastern Europe, India, China, Japan, and the UK in its borders: http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/true-size-of-africa.jpg http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/true-siz...