It’s common for countries to put themselves in the centre. U.K. does it for English maps, America does it, so does Russia and Australia. And it makes sense too

It’s common for countries to put themselves in the centre. U.K. does it for English maps, America does it, so does Russia and Australia. And it makes sense too because it allows you to give context to the other land masses (though it’s usually don’t for vanity reasons).