Small countries

Russia is bigger than 150 smallest countries and territories combined (but still want more)

Is there a lore reason there are no major cities in Europe? Or are they just stupid?

Europe²

Sorry if I missed any

Basically just a map of the most populous counties in the US, with the geographically largest of them (looking at you, San Bernardino County) most visible.

99% of ruskies don't know these countries‼‼⁉⁉💯💯

Is there a lore reason as to why there's no major cities in this area?

I just finished my best Charcoal Artwork to date that took me 200+ HOURS! I call it ‘Nightly Terrors’! There are 23 Movie Easter Eggs hidden, find them!

If deserts are *generally* created by Hadley cells (i.e., by dry, high pressure air in subtropical regions), how (as is supposed) was the Sahara ever lush and green?

And as recently as ~10,000 years ago? What other factors were at play?

Anyone know why there’s a cluster of little lights in western North Dakota? It doesn’t look like a highly populated area

Why is the Black Sea region not more populated?

While Ä°stanbul and some other Turkish cities like Ankara are quite dense, the rest of the places shown on this picture have quite a small population considering their geography, if you think about it. The Black Sea region has a temperate climate, not too cold or hot year round, mostly icefree, fertile soil. Relatively strategic location close to Mediterranean Sea and Suez Canal. Compare this to Western Europe, which has a similar climate but much more people and is the birthplace of the modern industrialized world. I've always wondered why most Russians live in Northwestern Russia instead of Southern Russia for example. Or why Bulgaria and Georgia aren't bigger in terms of population. Any thoughts?