The World According to the United States of America

Will there be a "World according to Asians"? Thanks!

Curious to know what is Singapore perceived as. Or they probably don't know we exist. :( 

haha, welcome to Resident Evil :D

great work Alpha btw.

Excellent work!!!

I just read it in newspaper a came here to check all maps! It is really funny, but I'm a little bit disturbed with some comments that some names are not funny since somebody find to be insulted by some maps! Unbelievable! What to say... pity for them since they don't have a sense for world wide humor!

American's map of Europe is one of the favorite, where former Yugoslav republics are called - Resident Evil! I'm coming from one of them!

Alpha, keep on doing this excellent work!!

why is my country called wtfstan.. :(

This same basic map could be made at the expense of any country. All this "satire" does is embrace the unjustified hatred towards Americans that many citizens of other countries have.

Alpha, I am a Half Japanese, splash Seminole Indian, (and possibly more ethnic diversities) woman, married to a Scottish/Irish love of my life and we have three beautiful kids. My first and middle names are French, and thanks to my husband, my last name is Scottish. It is my observation that racist comments are made from ignorance, plain and simple. Ignorance is from lack of understanding or the failure to be taught, whatever the case may be. The failure of teaching/lack of an adequate explanation is derived from the need to be sensitive to all ethnic backgrounds, for the fear of being offensive. And thus the cycle continues. Your interpretation of how the average American views the world is spot-on. We "don't have time" to teach the world about each other, we are only allowed to report what is now and happening, which leads to skewed views of places most of us may never see in first person to learn the truth. I applaud you for creating this.

To those Americans that are offended: If you take offense, stop and think about why you take offense. Are you that narrow-minded that you don't realize your inept lack of knowledge beyond what the media is reporting to you? OR, if you do know a great deal about the geographical segment that offends you on this map, have you not realized that this is not about you specifically, it is a stereotypical portrait of the "average" American? AND, if you are about to argue about how proud you are to be an American, then why aren't you doing what you can to change the stereotypical viewpoint? Probably because you don't have time.

Bulgaria and Romania together? Seriously??? 

Kudos...this iis ridiculously awesome...

mesoindia is India, while the unitary state of Indonesia, the region is of the Sabang (Sumatra island) to Merauke (Papua west island) consists of thousands of small and large islands, alphadesigner made ​​a joke that is not funny

mesoindia adalah india, sedangkan negara kesatuan republik indonesia, wilayahnya adalah dari kota Sabang (sumatera island) sampai dengan Merauke (papua barat island) terdiri dari ribuan pulau besar dan kecil, alphadesigner membuat lelucon yang sangat tidak lucu

Seriously Dude... first of all United States citizens are not "Americans"... citizens of every country in America are Americans... so your map according to "Americans" should be according to every citizen of AMERICA as a (CONTINENT)... So please when you are talking about United States don't put it like America, it really makes me sick ! 

Ok then... Americans (all of us) we don't see United States as a civilized country, by the contrary they doesn't even have a personality...

I'd like to make a few suggestions:Brazil- Amazon JungleSpain- Matadors (Even geographically inept americans know where mexico is)Sri Lanka- "Did you mean India"Turkmenistan + Uzbekistan + Tajikistan = Uhh What istan?Burma- More jungle...Austria- The Terminator is from here

I'm an American, and although there obviously are commonly-held stereotypes about places around the world, very few of these make any sense to me. I've never heard anything like most of this. WTF? 

LOL!

Hello! I love your "Mapping Stereotypes"-project! I posted an article about prejudices and stereotypes about Asia and Asian people on my Blog and recommended your homepage.

I live in Two skyscrappers and stuff... lmao!! Brilliant!

Hello Alphadesigner, great job, I liket it! I found it very funny, but when will you make a world map according to LatinAmerican countries, I guess you will surprise of the ideas. Once again nice job, all of them.

Hi, can you explain rice dolls for the philippines? Because I honestly don't get it.

wtfstan.. hehehe... btw, my country u labelled as mesoindia. why is that so? nice work man..

This is funny but...

Great job, Alphadesigner! I also liked your I searched at once "Azerbaijan" (cause that's where I come from) I ahared it on my Facebook profile :))

Thank you Jack. The reason there is only one world map is because I am just starting with the world views and of course one of the first attempts is the US, like you mentioned the stereotypes are universally known and relatively easy to map. I have no reliable way to seriously measure a nation's self-absorbtion index :)) and I agree with you richer and prosperous nations sometimes have the tendency to think everything is spinning around them but the US view has always struck me as something very unique because it's such a complex amalgam of idealism, naivety, good will, greed, compassion and pride. Another aspect is outside's world envy. Small nations always try to "emasculate" the Great Power of the day and thus many stereotypes get created completely artificially. I recently made a map about Switzerland and I noticed that tendency, even in myself. In Europe we often portray the Swiss as self absorbed. Of course they are very far from being a Great Power but they are very rich and fiercely independent which basically has the same effect. :) As for the American people - some of them seem quite disinterested in the world outside their borders, you can spot that even in the presidential candidates. This of course raises another question - does the simple knowledge about what lies beyond the border makes you less self absorbed and more interested in other people's destiny. The answers cannot be provided by my maps of course, they can only serve as catalysts for discussion. As for my answer to Trueboy - I was being sarcastic, again. ;)

Also, I wouldn't go as far as saying that Trueboy is an idiot but he has clearly not seen "sarcasm" ever before.

Taken with a sense of humor (it's always a must for these things), some of these tags are wildly accurate, with some of them having a sort of rich, complex political commentary about it, like the "Estados Unidos de Cocaine." I like how that touches on the fact that Colombia is such a close ally of the US, yet it's most often known stateside for the cocaine problem. I don't suspect, however, that you think Americans are any more self-absorbed than other developed nations (but yes, you're giving us too much credit assuming we have stereotypes for that many countries), and this map reflects the fact that American stereotypes of the world are much better known and more widely discussed than stereotypes from other nations. It's kind of funny how every time you see one a map describing how Americans see the world, it's a map of the whole world, but when you see a map of how people from other countries (Germany, UK, etc.), they only show their part of the world. That kind of says something about their centrism, doesn't it? :) Great effort, man. This is by far the best of its kind.

Trueboy, you totally ignorant idiot. I am not American and you should pay more attention to what this project is really about. :)) Thanks for the laughs though, you made my day.

"alphadesigner" — u totally racist asshole. U showed to all what know about whole world? Wtf? "Civilized world"? World — it's a World... I see what u love your country much than mother. And not polite to every country — idiot! On next time writes: "F*cking democratic morons consider themselves a nation and That destroys the stand and dictates his worthless opinion of other countries who killed the people who are the legitimate owners of (the Indians)".

Oooops! Bad link! This is definetly good ;) (http://relaxdesign.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/parte-7-riflessione-sugli-stereotipi-tra-paesi/). Cheers!

It's easy to tell you've put a great deal of effort while creating this map. :) I read an interview with you for a Bulgarian newspaper but I don't remember if you mentioned this or not - aside from friends, their stories and your own experiences, do you get inspiration from anywhere else - movies, literature, etc.? Thank you for sharing your work. :) All the best, Petko

Absolutely brilliant!!! UK = Mummy .... couldn't help laughing at that one ;)

Great idea, had a good laugh, but it seems so true. I payed closed attention as to what you wrote about Poland (that's were I come from) and I must say that all in all you presented a pretty true picture of how people from different parts of the world perceive us. Is it ok if I post your picture at some later point on my blog (of course i will link it to your page)? I just think that you made a pretty good point with those pictures.