I flagged the OP because it's old, but your story is relevant and interesting, as it seems the incorrect map was AI-generated.

> The State Department said it took “full responsibility” for the confusion

Love the childish damage control. What was the alternative, "A hacker edited our slides to embarrass us"?

Funnily enough, if they had used AI, this most likely wouldn't have happened.

Ha ha! Wow, the level of ignorance is staggering

considering all the other Ai snafus from this admin, I'd put my money on that being more likely

I’ll take that bet. It was in 2019.

In 2019 that'd be impressive.

Why would you assume a given country would take you?

(setting aside that in lore Wakanda wouldn't take anyone, fewer immigrants than North Korea)