I used an algorithm to find the countries that look the most like each other. All countries were rescaled to have the same area, and the algorithm could rotate them to find the best fit. Sweden's best match is Nepal 🧵 The UK is tricky, but a slightly smaller Finland is a decent match:

I fed the lyrics to "Imagine" into an AI and had it come up with new verses, imagining the absence of more mundane things: Plumbers are also very valuable

Countries connected to their biggest trading partner (exports + imports) in 2020. China dominates now, but the picture was very different only a decade ago - earlier years in 🧵 #dataviz In 2010 the United States had the most partners, even though it was relatively well matched by China.

What do people in the EU feel most attached to - their region, their country, or Europe? Results from a survey of EU countries. #dataviz #RStats A lot of people have wondered about the Basque Country and Catalonia in my map on attachment to regions. Do they not have strong regional identity? The answer is yes, but it is contested. There is large spread in the ratings.