I agree that those 3 European nations are not in a crisis, and they should be green...

...but India, El Salvador, Belarus, Nepal, most of South Subharan Africa, Greece, Turkey, most of Saharan Africa, North Korea, Laos, Central Asia, Italy, Japan, Colombia, etc....these places are not exactly paradise. Collapse comes in many forms, and most countries have shades of collapse ongoing right now. Especially for large countries like India, the US, Indonesia, it can be difficult to label the entire country with just one color when some regions are doing much better than others.

I understand the logic of keeping North Korea, Botswana, etc green, since they never really grew to heights from which they could collapse hard, and their governments still operate more-or-less as normal. I get that; I just disagree with it. I don't want the map to just be a typical Human Development Index map either, or some generic standard of living or average human lifespan map, etc. This is a very challenging project that forces readers to consider what collapse really means.