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      It’s bigger than many countries and more populous than many countries. And it’s in WHO.

      Unnecessarily pedantic to exclude it.

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          Puerto Rico isn’t a country, yet it is green on this map.

          Greenland isn’t a country, yet it is shaded a color.

          The purpose of a map is to convey geographic information. What you seem to be looking for is a dictionary.

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            Greenland is a country. It’s a country that’s part of Denmark.

            Countries can in fact be part of other countries. It’s allowed.

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            Those are really bad examples for comparison. lmao

            Also wow, rude.

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              PR is a great example. Why is it shaded green on this map?

              While we’re on the subject of literal readings of this map; Argentina is in WHO, and is shaded a color not on the legend. Do you have a problem with this part?

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                    Yes, please do accept your own conflicting examples.

                    This was never a serious debate. I was meming about your wording (hence my “lol”) and you got offended. There’s much more nuance here, as everyone knows.

                    PR is still an unincorporated territory in comparison to California, and was invited to join on their own. But you can continue this debate with someone else, if you want, that was never my intent.

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      It’s naive to think everything is binary. Parts of the US are in it and parts are not.

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          With how things are run these days they may be called the Divided States of America. Unless Trump gains total control, then it turns into the FSA.