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> Canada, Russia, Mongolia To be fair, if you look at it from a land mass point of view, then it is far more land than 3 countries would imply. Additionally,
by screye 6y ago
> Canada, Russia, Mongolia
To be fair, if you look at it from a land mass point of view, then it is far more land than 3 countries would imply.
Additionally, climate has a lot to be with more frequent unpredictable extremes. In the sense, you are right, that these countries will only be 'relative winners in a game full of negative prizes'.
- Balgair 6y agoUnfortunately, Mercator projection strikes again. Though there is a lot of 'unused' land near the poles, there is still a lot of 'used' land near the equator. But map projections distort this, as all 3D-2D projections must. Here's an example: https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/true-size-countries-mercator-map-projection-james-talmage-damon-maneice-15-5790ccdb4c7fd__880.jpg https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/0... Africa is set to grow to ~4B people by 2099, India to ~2B, by 2099. Those 'unused' areas my find a use one way or another.