The origin of the monstrous shape of the nations today

Each country possesses different areas and shapes of territories. However, some have bizarre borders that nobody understands.

So far, there are 195 countries and territories in the world, and each country has its own area, size and shape, no one resembles anyone. Like Vietnam, we have an S shape, or Italy is shaped like a boot.

But besides, there are countries with ridiculous shapes that are . confusing, such as India.

Being in peace, healing an unrelated piece .

Or Cameroon with a monstrous tail .

Map of strange shape of Cameroon.

If you focus on studying the map thoroughly, you will see many more similar countries. Still know that no country is the same, but why is it so weird? Let's find out.

The error is . history

Rather, the cause stems from the colonization of Europe in the 20th century . Any country, from ancient times, always wants to expand its realm. The war took place, the victor took over the land of the loser, causing the area of ​​nations during this period to change dramatically.

Take Italy for example. Take a look at the map of Italy, you will see a very ungainly piece coming straight into Slovenia. The extra piece is Trieste.

Country map of Italy.

The cause of Trieste's formation is not smooth either. Number was when World War I broke out in 1914, Italy was one of the victorious countries, thereby occupying the majority of Slovania (at that time Yugoslavia). But by World War II, Italy was a loser, almost all of the land previously acquired was lost.

Even Trieste is not an Italian territory but became an autonomous state in 1947, under the protection of the United Nations. But in 1954, Trieste split into two, most of it was delivered to Italy, and a few belonged to Yugoslavia. The border area between these two countries has also become odd since then.

By 1954, Trieste split into two, most of it was delivered to Italy, and a few belonged to Yugoslavia.

Another example is India we mentioned above. You can see, the two halves of India are connected by a tiny land, called "siligury corridor", with the narrowest point here only about 27km wide.

The cause of this "chicken neck" originated in 1947.

The cause of this "chicken neck" originated in 1947, when India regained its independence from the British Empire. Then the country remains a seamless block. But then, England decided to divide the country into religions based on religion: Hinduism and Islam.

The main Muslim area is West and East Parkistan, in which East Parkistan occupies a small part of the East, leaving a separate area of ​​India.

Britain decided to divide the country into religions based on religion: Hinduism and Islam.

There are also cases where the border becomes strange for reasons . oh my god, like the Republic of Congo.

Congo has 2 grotesque lands on the map.

The Republic of Congo was formerly a Belgian colony. And for the convenience of maritime trade, Belgium has sought to expand this country to the west, forming a land that looks pretty . ungainly as we see in the picture.

But the ridiculous thing here is the reason for forming the remaining border area. Congo has a land area of ​​more than 200km into Zambia.

National border between Zambia and Congo.

At that time, Zambia was a British colony. However, the borders of these two countries are unclear, and Belgium wants to own a swamp that lies deep in Zambia. The leaders of both sides could not agree, and they decided to ask the Italian king to be the referee in 1884.

This king is also quite . funny. In an era without the Internet, his demeanor was simply to use a pen to redraw the map to be most pleasing and logical. Finally, this strange border line exists to this day.