Oman is bigger than two European nations
In September 2026, the United Nations General Assembly approved a draft resolution aimed at correcting the representation of land areas on world maps and adopting a new map projection system called "Equal Earth" instead of the Mercator projection, which distorts land areas—especially near the equator. The adoption of this new system resulted in more accurate and realistic portrayals of land sizes, with Oman appearing larger relative to European countries, while nations like the United Kingdom and Italy appeared smaller. The initiative sparked widespread debate; African countries welcomed it as a way to better represent their continent, while the United States criticized it as ideological and argued it distracted from other pressing issues.
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