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How did this map offend Slovenians?

A world where prejudices about nations are gathered.

When we see a map of the world, apart from oceans, mountains, forests, deserts, ice, our eye does not perceive anything else. We do not see the essential - what qualities we have as residents of a certain continent, country, city, village. What are we like? What do we like? What don't we like? Who are we anyway? Are there even such maps that define precisely what kind of Earthlings we are? Or, rather, what are they supposed to be?

The world it is not only wrapped in green, blue and brown, but can be different. Stereotypical. Funny for some, distinct for others offensive.
Reddit user Ghastly42 created world map, on which he collected prejudices about different countries, trivia from history and various vicissitudes.

This is how Kazakhstan takes shape in his map Borat, the comedy character from the film of the same name. The Balkans it still is Yugoslavia. Australia, however, became crab because of a 1990s television ad about crabs.

Also Slovenia it is she didn't do well.

A world where prejudices about nations are gathered.
A world where prejudices about nations are gathered.

It is well known that Slovenia is often confused with Slovak. Many Slovenians, however, do not like this either. But even this time, this exchange was no exception, because we became again Slovaks.

Slovenia is Slovakia.
Slovenia is Slovakia.

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