The sixth variable visualized and included in the calculation of the geostrategic power index is the geography in terms of size of land area. The reason for including the geographic land area in the power index calculation is due to size of the land as a source of natural resources, living space for the people and strategic depth in case of conflict. E.g. think Russia in conflicts during its history where the strategic depth have saved the country on numerous ocaasions.
The Geography map visualizes the size of the land area in Square kilometers and as a share (%) of world total land area for each country. Click on corresponding bubbles for details. Russia is by far the largest country in the World with USA, Canada and China tied for 2nd Place.
(It should be noted that the Arctic and Antarctica is not included in the calculations)
The map also shows that the world centroid or center of gravity for geographic land area is located in Eastern Ukraine.
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