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loisassunta: World According to the United States of America The newest map from my Mapping Stereotypes project is again dedicated to the USA but on a much grander scale. Instead of simply Europe, it includes the whole world. I know this is a sort of a compliment, since many of the US population doesn’t have a clue there is dry land outside their borders. Ronald Reagan for example, on one of his first international trips, was surprised to find out that Latin America is not a island. I have not much evidence to back it up, but I suspect Sarah Palin thinks Japan is a name of a car factory. And so on and so forth. Enough small talk. Here’s a full list of the labels: North America Greenland – Ice Cap Alaska – Hockey Moms Canada – Vegetarians United States (mainland) – Civilized World Mexico – Maids and Gardeners Guatemala – Fringe Lab Belize – ? El Salvador – N.A. Honduras – Mess Nicaragua – Reagan’s Rancho Costa Rica – Jungle Panama (joined with Ecuador) – Banana Republic Cuba – Quarantine Jamaica – Reggae Haiti – Poverty Dominican Republic – Holiday Puerto Rico – Latinos Bahamas – Northern Sea Cliffs Antilles – Southern Sea Cliffs South America Colombia – Estados Unidos de Coicaine Venezuela – Evil Empire of Venzenweelah Guyana and Suriname – Forest French Guiana – Rockets Brazil – Liberal Commies (allied with Iran) Ecuador (joined with Panama) – Banana Republic Peru – Our Bitches Bolivia – Cuba del Sur Paraguay – Catholic Socialists Uruguay – Tupamaros Argentina – One Dollar Store Chile – Chili Con Carne Falklands – British Riviera Africa Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Senegal and The Gambia – Fucking Desert, Dude! Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo 1, Congo 2, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola – AIDS Madagascar – Penguins Somalia – Jack Sparrow Ethiopia and Eritrea – Hunger & Stuff Kenya – Obamaland Malawi – Madonnaland South Africa – Land of Bling Europe Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland – Socialist Union Iceland – Wikileaks United Kingdom – Mummy Ireland – St Patrick Portugal – Brazil Spain – Mexico France – Smelly People Germany – Dirty Porn The Netherlands – Sodom Belgium – Chocolate Switzerland – Cash Italy – Godfathers Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia – Resident Evil Greece – Democracy Turkey – Thanksgiving Meal Bulgaria and Romania – Dracula Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia – Buffer Zone Austria – Apfelkuchen Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia – No Clue Russia – Commies Asia Syria – Rogue State Lebanon – Mess Israel and Palestine – Pals Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait – Uncle Allah Yemen – Thugs Oman, U.A.E., Qatar – Flying Carpets Iraq – Fuck Yeah Iran – Satan Turkmenistan – Kwpzsfrstan Uzbekistan – Szwrkstan Tajikistan – …stan Kyrgyzstan – Wtfstan Mongolia – Savages Kazakhstan – Borat Afghanistan – Vietnam 2.0 Pakistan – Cambodia 2.0 India – Curry Bangladesh – Hunger Sri Lanka – Tigers Nepal – Alpinists Bhutan – Meh Mianmar (Burma) – Rascals Thailand – Brothel Laos – Nixon’s Bitches Cambodia – Skulls Vietnam – Cemetery Malaysia – Two Skyscrapers & Stuff Indonesia – Mesoindia The Philippines – Rice Dolls Japan – Toyota South Korea – Samsung North Korea – Dr. Evil Australia & Oceania Australia – Aussiebums Papua New Guinea – Guinea Pigs New Zealand – Kiwis This is very obviously not written by an American. No one knows where French Guiana is. There are so many other errors I don’t know where to start.

loisassunta:

World According to the United States of America

The newest map from my Mapping Stereotypes project is again dedicated to the USA but on a much grander scale. Instead of simply Europe, it includes the whole world. I know this is a sort of a compliment, since many of the US population doesn’t have a clue there is dry land outside their borders. Ronald Reagan for example, on one of his first international trips, was surprised to find out that Latin America is not a island. I have not much evidence to back it up, but I suspect Sarah Palin thinks Japan is a name of a car factory. And so on and so forth.

Enough small talk. Here’s a full list of the labels:

North America

Greenland – Ice Cap
Alaska – Hockey Moms
Canada – Vegetarians
United States (mainland) – Civilized World
Mexico – Maids and Gardeners
Guatemala – Fringe Lab
Belize – ?
El Salvador – N.A.
Honduras – Mess
Nicaragua – Reagan’s Rancho
Costa Rica – Jungle
Panama (joined with Ecuador) – Banana Republic
Cuba – Quarantine
Jamaica – Reggae
Haiti – Poverty
Dominican Republic – Holiday
Puerto Rico – Latinos
Bahamas – Northern Sea Cliffs
Antilles – Southern Sea Cliffs

South America

Colombia – Estados Unidos de Coicaine
Venezuela – Evil Empire of Venzenweelah
Guyana and Suriname – Forest
French Guiana – Rockets
Brazil – Liberal Commies (allied with Iran)
Ecuador (joined with Panama) – Banana Republic
Peru – Our Bitches
Bolivia – Cuba del Sur
Paraguay – Catholic Socialists
Uruguay – Tupamaros
Argentina – One Dollar Store
Chile – Chili Con Carne
Falklands – British Riviera

Africa

Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Senegal and The Gambia – Fucking Desert, Dude!
Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo 1, Congo 2, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola – AIDS
Madagascar – Penguins
Somalia – Jack Sparrow
Ethiopia and Eritrea – Hunger & Stuff
Kenya – Obamaland
Malawi – Madonnaland
South Africa – Land of Bling

Europe

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland – Socialist Union
Iceland – Wikileaks
United Kingdom – Mummy
Ireland – St Patrick
Portugal – Brazil
Spain – Mexico
France – Smelly People
Germany – Dirty Porn
The Netherlands – Sodom
Belgium – Chocolate
Switzerland – Cash
Italy – Godfathers
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia – Resident Evil
Greece – Democracy
Turkey – Thanksgiving Meal
Bulgaria and Romania – Dracula
Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia – Buffer Zone
Austria – Apfelkuchen
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia – No Clue
Russia – Commies

Asia

Syria – Rogue State
Lebanon – Mess
Israel and Palestine – Pals
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait – Uncle Allah
Yemen – Thugs
Oman, U.A.E., Qatar – Flying Carpets
Iraq – Fuck Yeah
Iran – Satan
Turkmenistan – Kwpzsfrstan
Uzbekistan – Szwrkstan
Tajikistan – …stan
Kyrgyzstan – Wtfstan
Mongolia – Savages
Kazakhstan – Borat
Afghanistan – Vietnam 2.0
Pakistan – Cambodia 2.0
India – Curry
Bangladesh – Hunger
Sri Lanka – Tigers
Nepal – Alpinists
Bhutan – Meh
Mianmar (Burma) – Rascals
Thailand – Brothel
Laos – Nixon’s Bitches
Cambodia – Skulls
Vietnam – Cemetery
Malaysia – Two Skyscrapers & Stuff
Indonesia – Mesoindia
The Philippines – Rice Dolls
Japan – Toyota
South Korea – Samsung
North Korea – Dr. Evil

Australia & Oceania

Australia – Aussiebums
Papua New Guinea – Guinea Pigs

New Zealand – Kiwis

This is very obviously not written by an American. No one knows where French Guiana is. There are so many other errors I don’t know where to start.

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