Cartography
Maps are historically one of the most important and politically charged objects mankind has created. From raiding pirates not boarding for treasure, but for maps, to sovereign nations using maps to promotes ideologies and extend their territories on paper.
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Geonames Maps
Using geonames’ free data set and a few quick lines of scripting, it was possible to convert a table of boring data in to a sovereign country. Even on a blank page, the borders are distinctly visible without the need to draw them explicitly.