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[–] the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world 122 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Oodelallic@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago

pronounced: spanc

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[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 103 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm European and can't name it. I'm really bad at geography

Edit: looked it up on Google maps. Well... I said I'm bad at geography

[–] nyoooom@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I'm worried, but I really appreciated your honesty

Hey at least now you know.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 73 points 1 year ago

Atlantis 👀

[–] Crapattf2@feddit.uk 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

El mejor pays en le monde.

Tous son bienvenidos en Frain.

Por vous plaît, trae son bateau. Mercias.

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[–] Especially_the_lies@startrek.website 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ITT: People legitimately trying to name it, people saying "I'm American and I know this is fake," and people who get the joke trying to come up with a good name.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Hey don't call me out like that. My response was funny.

[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They must not have oil there.

[–] frippa@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They don't have freedom Democracy trucks bald eagles oil and guns 😥

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER!!!! 🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

Basquistan.

The Basque population finally won their freedom, and carved out a bit of France for some elbow room.

Easy, that's Andorra the map is post WW3.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Genovia. They’re famous for their Genovian pears.

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[–] Wardacus16@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

That's part of Australia. It's where they plan to host Eurovision if they ever actually win it.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Old Atlantis Republic (this map needs updating)

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[–] Geose@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Texas is at the bottom of the map, genius. That's obviously West Nevada.

[–] Kleysley@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 year ago

The answer is 42.

[–] build_a_bear_group@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

uncircumcised Europe?

[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We all know that's Old Orleans.

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[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

West Taiwan smuglord

[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago

Easy. That's Atlantis.

Next?

[–] Encode1307@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

I was feeling stupid for a minute there

[–] jerome@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

Y'ALL READY FOR BISQUE?!

[–] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Southern doggerland

[–] Chekhovs_Gun@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] Galgo@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess you could say that's a rough Newfoundland before it split from Europe (or whatever it was called back then)

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

It was Oldfoundland back in those days.

[–] Uvine_Umbra@partizle.com 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] famousringo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

squints

⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️? Am I pronouncing that right, or is the last ⬛️ silent?

[–] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 15 points 1 year ago

To the people who don't understand, the difficulty is in fact impossible.

[–] waitingtoderail@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Atlantis, duh

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Spanceugal.

What do I win?

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[–] shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

I’m fairly positive this is Mexico

[–] HerrPapAbstrich@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the Basque country if the Spanish government weren't such buzzkills with their whole fighting terrorism, ETA Bad crap. But soon, soon

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[–] Shard@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

This honestly had me confused for longer than I'd like to admit.

I'm from east asia so european geography isn't my forte. But I like to think I've played even civilizations and total war games to have some familiarity with Europe.

[–] Vinnyboiler@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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California?

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

It's Andorra! GREATER ANDORRA!

[–] Silversw0rd@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

An image as rigged as the British education system...

Noice!

[–] Saneless@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Looking at that old map...erosion is a bitch

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

Brittany if France didn’t flood it

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

The Iberian Peninsula's foreskin

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