Relationship Mapping

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I wanted to see what the spatial component of the relationship between National GDP and Military Spending was, so I made a map depicting the relationship for the nations:

https://imgur.com/a/IutzX

[spoiler]To read the legend on the map, start in the bottom left corner, and if you move up the y-axis, the nation’s GDP gets higher.
Moving to the right along the x-axis means the military spending as a percentage of GDP gets higher. So, nations that have a high GDP and low military spending will be light green, while nations with low GDP but high military spending will be light blue, and nations with both being high will be a combination will be a mix of dark green and blue.

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Some thoughts:

Contrary to what I originally thought, the richest continent is Yasteria, especially southeast Yasteria.
The most diverse continent in terms of GDP and military spending is Aurora, with nations filling every category.
The most militarized continent is Gondwana, especially eastern Gondwana. I’m surprised there has not been as much military RPs going on there.
Many of our world conflict RPs have been in nations considered high in military spending but relatively low in GDP.
There exists some form of clustering with regard to similar stats, as nations near each other tend to be in the same category, or close to a neighboring nation’s category.
Going into detail about this phenomenon, there appears to be a positive spatial relationship with the amount of military spending as a percentage of GDP for each country. This means that countries near each other tend to spend similar percentages on their military, which, in international relations and security studies, is indicative of a realism philosophy of accumulating military power to match neighbor production.

If your nation is not colored in, it means that the cartographic study has not been filled in, and therefore, I do not have your nation information. I would be happy to add it to the map (more data=more analysis), so please let me know if you would like me to put that information up!

I’ll probably look at what other nation stats I can map, and I will post them here. Let me know if you have any suggestions!

Furni[edit_reason]More countries added 9/29[/edit_reason]

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Kasmiyland GDP:1.8 Trillion SHD, Military GDP: 98.2 billion SHD

Crania GDP: SHD$1.4 Trillion SHD, Military GDP: 88.2 billion SHD

Subrovania GDP: 1.7 Trillion SHD, Military GDP: 78.2 billion SHD

Yor Isles GDP: 48 Billion SHD, Military GDP: 4.7 Billion SHD

Nacata GDP: $1.6 Trillion SHD, Military GDP: 89.2 billion SHD

Atiland GDP: 695.887 billion SHD, Military GDP: 37 Billion SHD

Latianburg GDP: $890 billion SHD, Military GDP: 54 Billion SHD

Lessau GDP: 708 billion SHD, Military GDP: 37 Billion SHD

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Updated with more countries, If you want your nation plotted, keep em coming!

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New Leganes
GDP: 810 trillion NLC
Military GDP: -13.78 NLC

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As shown by the number of people who liked your post, Furni, I believe it is safe to say that you brought a creative idea to the table and subsequently transformed it into a more visually appealing platform. I’d like to see more of this kind of stuff if you feel up to it anytime in the future, as you, I dare say, are one of the finest minds in this Pacific!

In short, u dun gud.

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Hi. Please move The Oan Isles to new location east of Lazlowia and add Kohatu Islands east of Justelvard. The Oan Isles GDP is 340 billion kiribs and the military budget is 11.5 billion kiribs which is roughly 3% of GDP. Excellent job on the map.