[nobrains]

> practically the size of Australia on the map

Not really

> tiny sliver for the Japanese islands

As in any map

> places Korea at the absolute center

TBH, that sounds more practical.

[Arcorann]

Maybe not the size of Australia, but compare it to this map I generated (Winkel-Tripel projection) [1] where Korea is correctly sized, and you can see it's easily 2-3 times as big as it should be (in terms of scale).

[1] http://worldmapgenerator.com/maps/20200926110400_map_5f6f040...

[Dahoon]

Like Russia on any US made map.