This shows a visualization of a mental map. Because mental maps are specifically that, mental, it shows what one person thinks of the world around them. Although this map is not the most politically correct, it accurately shows what one person might think of the world around oneself. Because the person lives in America, it is the most well defined country, the most true shape and the center of the map. Other countries and entire continents become amorphous blobs the farther removed from American culture they are. Certain stereotypical associations are emphasized based on what this person knows about the other places listed on the map.
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