Countries of the World in Plague Inc.

Since many people asked, I think the main reason for designing such a map is for game balance. In Plague Inc., different countries have different climates, economic conditions, population densities, and infrastructures that could affect disease transmission. E.g., rich countries (mostly in the West) are harder to infect than poor ones; island countries often only have ports and can only be infected via water transmission, etc. Thus, some landlocked countries are not merged to ensure a moderate number of countries are reachable only by land transmission, and many island nations and rich countries are merged so that the game isn't too hard. In this way, a balance of climates and population densities is achieved. This somehow makes the gaming experience better, but it also becomes less applicable to real-life scenarios, which is one of the creator's aims.