Completing Europe
Janko Fran
ENGLISH EDITION
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Yesterday we got Kosovo as a new region added to eSerbia and Albania as a new country in eEurope. And really now eRepublik Map has less and less gray areas as Plato said in their newest blog article: eRepublik is welcoming eAlbania and the new region of eSerbia, Kosovo!!.
Only few days ago we could still see this:
More or less fortunately (after recent international Kosovo poll) the gap was filled and now it looks like this:
Albania, Area: 28,748 km2, Population: 2,994,667, GDP: $4,131 per capita;
Kosovo, Area: 10,908 km2, Population: 1,733,872, GDP: $3,103 per capita.
However, eRepublik map is far from being completely filled. Moreover, even in eEurope there is still quite a lot of work left to do.
8 Missing Countries in eEurope
When it comes to the new countries left to implement in eEurope, there are still 8 countries missing in Europe.
The largest one is Iceland, followed by Luxembourg, Andorra, Malta, Lichtenstein, Monaco, Vatican and San Marino.
Iceland, Area: 103,001 km2, Population: 318,452, GDP: $39,025 per capita.
Luxembourg, Area: 2,586.4 km2, Population: 511,840, GDP: $108,831 per capita.
Andorra, Area: 467.63 km2, Population: 84,082, GDP: $34,240 per capita.
Malta, Area: 316 km2, Population: 417,608, GDP: $19,746 per capita.
Liechtenstein, Area: 160.475 km2, Population: 36,010, GDP: $134,045 per capita.
San Marino, Area: 61.2 km2, Population: 31,887, GDP: $44,208 per capita.
Monaco, Area: 1.98 km2, Population: 35,986, GDP: $151,630 per capita.
Vatican, Area: 0.44 km2, Population: 829, GDP: $23,595 per capita.
Unfortunately, eRepublik map is not precise enough to show the last three countries.
I have managed to find 7 out of those 8 missing countries' flags in eEurope on eRepublik. So, according to eRepublik image database, Admins have foreseen a possibility of these countries being added to eRepublik eventually.
Here is the list of the flags links:
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/Albania.gif
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/Iceland.gif
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/Luxembourg.gif
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/Andorra.gif
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/Malta.gif
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/San-Marino.gif
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/Monaco.gif
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/Vatican-City.gif
If you manage to find a flag of Liechtenstein, please let me know... I couldn't guess its file name.
Caucasian Eurasian Countries
If we add to these countries also the transcontinental countries (such as Russia and Tukey) in the Caucasus region of Eurasia, we can expand the list from 8 to 12 countries.
Kazakhstan (+ Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan) eRepublik map gap.
Kazakhstan, Area: 2,724,900 km2, Population: 16,600,000, GDP: $10,951 per capita.
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia gray area
Azerbaijan, Area: 86,600 km2, Population: 9,165,000, GDP: $7,914 per capita.
Georgia, Area: 69,700 km2, Population: 4,636,400, GDP: $2,658 per capita.
Armenia, Area: 29,743 km2, Population: 3,262,200, GDP: $2,846 per capita.
Here is the list of the Euroasian Caucasus region countries flag links:
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/Kazakhstan.gif
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/Azerbaijan.gif
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/Georgia.gif
http://www.erepublik.com/images/flags/XL/Armenia.gif
Missing Regions of European Countries
When it comes to regions in eEurope or close to Europe and belonging to European countries, eRepublik misses at least these ones:
Greenland, Denmark
Faroe Islands, Denmark
Jan Mayen, Norway
Pantelleria, Italy (Sicily)
Gibraltar, United Kingdom
The map is also not precise enough for Gibraltar to be shown.
Spanish Constituent Lands
Ceuta, Melilla (+ Morocco, Algeria)
Ceuta, Spain
Melilla, Spain
Caucasus region contains 3 partially recognized and unrecognized countries, that is, 3 'Kosovo-like' regions, although they are recognized by a far shorter list of other countries (unlike Kosovo, which is recognized by 85 UN members and 3 non-UN members). So if added to eRepublik, they would surely become regions of Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Abkhazia, Georgia
South Ossetia, Georgia
Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan (unrecognized by any UN members)
The complete list of European sovereign states and dependent territories you can check here:
List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe
European Countries Overseas Territories
There are other, oversees territories of European Countries from European Union, which are still left grey on eRep map:
Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
France has at least 17 oversees territories outside Europe:
Constituent Lands of France
I'll mention at least the two largest ones:
French Guiana, France [Area: 83,534 km2, Population: 217,000, GDP: $20,904]
New Caledonia, France [Area: 18,576 km2, Population: 256,27, GDP: €25,450]
Adding New Territories to eRepublik
I guess that the fact that we have Kosovo added to eRepublik and not all these others listed here shows us something about characters of communities involved (and Admins' will, of course, as a result of community pressure or lack of pressure). I wouldn't like to generalize, but it seems that the main differences between Serbian people and for instance French people or Nordic countries nations like Danes and Norwegians or Icelanders in eRepublik, is that the latter ones are more patient, more polite and less conflicting than the former ones. If Serbian population was louder when they demanded adding Kosovo, than the other nations which might have similar wishes, it doesn't mean that these other countries don't deserve its regions just as well. If Kosovo and Albania are added to eRepublik, there should be no reason not to add them all. If there is a will, there is a way. If there is no will, there is an excuse. Wait and see.
Which country is the next?
Of course, adding Kosovo and Albania also sends a message to the other communities interested in adding their lands to eRepublik. Be loud, be persistent and be (im)patient! Admins will give in eventually and implement it.
How soon that might be, could depend on their estimate on how much money can that bring them. So, let's try to calculate that for some countries.
We could take top 10, middle ten and the last ten countries by their CS population in eRepublik or we could take some samples and let's see what we get.
There are many factors which determine if a country is a good candidate for eRepublik. According to my 2 year eRepublik experience, I would make a list of those factors:
Population of the RL country, GDP per capita, internet penetration, being a conflicting nation and how many conflicting nations in the neighborhood, just to name the most important or obvious ones.
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats4.htm
Faithfully yours,
Janko Fran
USeR
LINKeR
ALBANIA AND KOSOVO ON MAP (EN/HR)
Comments
I hate it when people write "ENGLISH EDITION" with the US flag next to it when it was made in modern day England...
Anyways good article
Those countries are very small and adding them would be pointless to some extent, they would be just another random conquered regions or pto material : )
But if they were to add some, Iceland and Luxembourg would be k..i guess
nice article voted
nice article.
Only Iceland and Luxembourg may be added to eRepublik in my opinion, however the regions belonging to European countries MUST be added.
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Vote za trud
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@nem01able
It is simply because US English is the international one not the native version.
Actually most englishmans cant speek well their own language. They talk very bad and with lot of dialects usually.
good article. Voted.
About the article:
You are missing the Caucasus countries - Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
They are also in Europe and there a lot of players already with such nationality.
What about the Falklands for the UK
Islas Malvinas son Argentina!!
Since when is the Caucasus in Europe?
you miss Gibraltar for UK!
Good one, voted.
I want a country for vegetables too !!
Falkland Islands IS ARGENTINA!!!
Svaka cast na ovom clanku.
Dao si mi ideju za clanak : )
Tebe uvek vredi procitati. Pozz Jankec
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very nice !!!!
voted!
rgds to all, from esLOVEnia , mufekk from Trolleybus ( that is collecting
subs too...!-lol )
Las islas Malvinas no son Inglesas ni Argentinas, son Mexicanas, punto
Falkland Island aren´t British or Argentinians, are Mexicans, that´s it
ADD TURKIC COUNTRIES(AZERBAIJAN-KYRGYZYSTAN-UZBEKISTAN-KAZAKHSTAN-TURKMENISTAN-TRNC)
Very nice!
svaka čast, vote
"I wouldn't like to generalize, but it seems that the only differences between Serbian people and for instance French people or Nordic countries nations like Danes and Norwegians or Icelanders, is that they are more patient, more polite and less conflicting." What a f?! Kosovo and Metohija have been populated by Serbs for centuries, even before there was France or any of the Nordic countries. Besides, you have few elementary mistakes. Example: Faroe Islands and Greenland are autonomous countries, and should be added to map as such.
Hail Iceland!!!!
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You don't say anything about ceuta and melilla????
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v! really good article.
@Carcharoth28
Actually yes, you are right.
Ceuta and Melilla - Spanish cities on North Moroccan coast (represented simply as North African gray area)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melilla
In this article I was covering still not introduced lands and missing territories. Following territories could be located on the eRepublik map, but they are misrepresented as some other country territory than they should.
Akrotiri and Dhekelia - British ports on Cyprus (represented as Cyprus)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia
Guernsey and Jersey - British Islands near French coast (represented as French islands)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey
Janko Fran there is a difference between conquered colonies and actual parts of countries.
vote for iceland : D
are you high ?
You are wrong my friend, they are not called "Falkland Islands", they are called "Islas Malvinas" and they belong to Argentina
LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS
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I would like to thank Janko Fran for a fine article. As to whether it is American or British English I do not care. This is where I must apologize for Americans in general. We are not encouraged to learn other languages at a young age and Google Translate sucks sometimes. If it were not for people like Janko writing in English I would miss much that is the community of eRep.
Now that I've been polite... I would like to petition that a new country be formed in North America! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America
Yeeee Haaaw! The South shall rise again! eRep should give us back our States (regions) that the damn Yankees stole from us way back when. Payback for Atlanta is comin'!
(Before I am trolled mercilessly, the above is meant to be humorous.)
bravo, svaka cast za ideju i trud, to se cijeni
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