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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 days ago

The 10 closest countries to Canada

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The 10 closest countries to Canada

Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 days ago
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  • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOP
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    You can see this is an older map since Greenland is now at 0km thanks to the conclusion of the Whiskey War splitting up Hans Island down to the middle.

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      I was just about to comment on that.

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        I love how you’re commenting from a danish instance 🇩🇰

        We were both watching this conflict closely!

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          I’m planning to invade part of Nunavut from the North so you’re about to have a border with Scotland.

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          Giving you Canadians half the island is about as big of a farce as back when a certain politician gave all of our oil to Norway 😅

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      Which makes France the 3rd closest. Something I never would have believed.

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      The what now?

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        Canada and Denmark had a very long territorial dispute (1973-2022) over Hans Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island

        It was obviously a friendly dispute, but they did lower the other countries flag and raise their own, which could be considered a war declaration. They both left liquor every time they went to Hans Island to raise their flags. (Canada left whiskey, Denmark left snaps)

        It has its own wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_War

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          That sounds like a fun kind of war. What a useless looking island though!

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            The uselessness was probably why neither country actually cared and just had fun, turning the uselessness into a useful fun thing to tie their servicemen in the far north together!

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            It is about natural resources 😉

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              Naturally fermented resources.

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