The map was one of the hardest things we did - politically and otherwise. N.Korea, I'm afraid, was simply too small. Yes, I know we have the Falklands the size of Madagascar.... But in the end, we had to look at where a country was (roughly) and decide on whether it played a large role in the 'War on Terror' and then see how big it was. The Middle East was a nightmare. Obviously Israel, Palestine, Lebanon ... there's plenty missing (sadly).
I assumed the cartoonish simplification and art style was meant to represent what Bush sees when he looks at a map. Not that he ever has or ever will look at a map.
I thought it was a clever way to represent his consciousness in board-game-art form. Tell me you guys were this masterful. Don't break my heart.
Interesting. I don't think I've ever seen Antarctica as a place with spaces on a board like this (not that there is anything wrong with it; plenty of game boards have Greenland and spaces in Arctic Canada, so Antarctica isn't that weird.) I am stragley attracted to this board for some reason...
I love the fact that the "middle of nowhere" has a place on the map! This is one of the many small details that show how much effort has gone into WoT.
