▲ 370 ▼ If Paris were Los Angeles, the war in Ukraine would be near Memphis (i.redd.it) submitted 9 months ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Deceptichum 14 points 9 months ago (5 children) Huh, I always thought the UK was much smaller. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 child) The important bits are pretty densely packed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago That's what I keep telling her. permalink fedilink source parent [–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 12 points 9 months ago (2 children) It’s not the size, it’s how you use it. Just for reference, the largest company that has existed so far was the Dutch East India Company. Didn’t come from a very large country either, but that company had its own navy and it even negotiated treaties with countries just like a sovereign nation would. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 child) It's hard to beat the power:area ratio of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 1 point 9 months ago Now we're cooking! That's more like the kind of edge cases we need to prove a point. Exactly 0 km^2 of area to protect, but you still have 13 500 knights. 😄 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 child) The important bits are pretty densely packed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago That's what I keep telling her. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago That's what I keep telling her. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 12 points 9 months ago (2 children) It’s not the size, it’s how you use it. Just for reference, the largest company that has existed so far was the Dutch East India Company. Didn’t come from a very large country either, but that company had its own navy and it even negotiated treaties with countries just like a sovereign nation would. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 child) It's hard to beat the power:area ratio of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 1 point 9 months ago Now we're cooking! That's more like the kind of edge cases we need to prove a point. Exactly 0 km^2 of area to protect, but you still have 13 500 knights. 😄 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 child) It's hard to beat the power:area ratio of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 1 point 9 months ago Now we're cooking! That's more like the kind of edge cases we need to prove a point. Exactly 0 km^2 of area to protect, but you still have 13 500 knights. 😄 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 1 point 9 months ago Now we're cooking! That's more like the kind of edge cases we need to prove a point. Exactly 0 km^2 of area to protect, but you still have 13 500 knights. 😄 permalink fedilink source parent