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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: Oneiros Distribution on July 27, 2013, 05:18 am
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As I mentioned in one of my older posts in the thread Re: Home country - who uses this ?: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=186488.msg1366575#msg1366575 this will be a thread explaining what Regions should be Active in my opinion and why. This thread will base itself on the data in the thread Home Country Setting on Silk Road: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=171551 - Silk Road currently has 245 regions while the ISO 3166-1 standard has 249 regions. I will be basing my new suggested list on the ISO 3166-1 standard with 249 regions with the added change of "Viet Nam" being spelled as "Vietnam".
The new Suggested Active Regions will if nothing else be used by me in my Concept/Intelligence/Project Threads as I'll be able to exclude lot's of irrelevant Regions. I will exclude all regions with less than 1,000,000 in total population unless it has a valid exception to be on the list. Regions who fulfill the population requirement might be excluded on the basis of instability, it will be mentioned when that is the case. Refined versions of the Removed/Active Regions will be further down.
Afghanistan: Remove, population 30,419,928 is sufficient but region is too unstable.
Åland Islands: Remove, population 28,355 is too low.
Albania: Keep, population 2,821,977 is high enough.
Algeria: Keep, population 37,900,000 is high enough.
American Samoa: Remove, population 55,519 is too low.
Andorra: Remove, population 85,082 is too low.
Angola: Keep, population 18,498,000 is high enough.
Anguilla: Remove, population 13,600 is too low.
Antarctica: Remove, no permanent population and not very likely to be used ever. :P
Antigua and Barbuda: Remove, population 81,799 is too low.
Argentina: Keep, population 41,660,417 is high enough.
Armenia: Keep, population 3,262,200 is high enough.
Aruba: Remove, population 102,484 is too low.
Australia: Keep, population 23,097,337 is high enough.
Austria: Keep, population 8,414,638 is high enough.
Azerbaijan: Keep, population 9,356,500 is high enough.
Bahamas: Remove, population 353,658 is too low.
Bahrain: Keep, population 1,234,571 is high enough.
Bangladesh: Keep, population 150,039,000 is high enough.
Barbados: Remove, population 274,200 is too low.
Belarus: Keep, population 9,457,500 is high enough.
Belgium: Keep, population 11,035,948 is high enough.
Belize: Remove, population 327,719 is too low.
Benin: Keep, population 9,598,787 is high enough.
Bermuda: Remove, population 64,268 is too low.
Bhutan: Remove, population 742,737 is too low.
Bolivia, Plurinational State of: Keep, population 10,389,913 is high enough.
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba: Remove, population 21,133 is too low.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Keep, population 3,839,737 is high enough.
Botswana: Keep, population 2,029,307 is high enough.
Bouvet Island: Remove, uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island with no population.
Brazil: Keep, population 193,946,886 is high enough.
British Indian Ocean Territory: Remove, population 3,000 is too low.
Brunei Darussalam: Remove, population 408,786 is too low.
Bulgaria: Keep, population 7,364,570 is high enough.
Burkina Faso: Keep, population 15,730,977 is high enough.
Burundi: Keep, population 8,749,000 is high enough.
Cambodia: Keep, population 14,952,665 is high enough.
Cameroon: Keep, population 19,406,100 is high enough.
Canada: Keep, population 33,476,688 is high enough.
Cape Verde: Remove, population 499,000 is too low.
Cayman Islands: Remove, population 56,732 is too low
Central African Republic: Keep, population 4,422,000 is high enough.
Chad: Keep, population 10,329,208 is high enough.
Chile: Keep, population 17,402,630 is high enough.
China: Keep, population 1,353,821,000 is high enough.
Christmas Island: Remove, population 2,072 is too low.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Remove, population 596 is too low.
Colombia: Keep, population 47,072,915 is high enough.
Comoros: Remove, population 798,000 is too low.
Congo: Keep, population 4,366,266 is high enough.
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the: Keep, population 75,507,308 is high enough.
Cook Islands: Remove, population 19,569 is too low.
Costa Rica: Remove, population 4,586,353 is high enough.
Côte d'Ivoire: Keep, population 20,617,068 is high enough.
Croatia: Keep, population 4,284,889 is high enough.
Cuba: Keep, population 11,163,934 is high enough.
Curaçao: Remove, population 142,180 is too low.
Cyprus: Keep, population 1,117,000 is high enough.
Czech Republic: Keep, population 10,513,209 is high enough.
Denmark: Keep, population 5,602,536 is high enough.
Djibouti: Remove, population 792,198 is too low.
Dominica: Remove, population 72,660 is too low.
Dominican Republic: Keep, population 9,445,281 is high enough.
Ecuador: Keep, population 15,223,680 is high enough. Silk Road currently has no option to pick Ecuador. :P
Egypt: Keep, population 84,550,000 is high enough.
El Salvador: Keep, population 6,134,000 is high enough.
Equatorial Guinea: Remove, population 736,296 is too low.
Eritrea: Keep, population 6,086,495 is high enough.
Estonia: Keep, population 1,286,540 is high enough.
Ethiopia: Keep, population 91,195,675 is high enough.
Falkland Islands (Malvinas): Remove, population 2,932 is too low.
Faroe Islands: Remove, population 49,709 is too low.
Fiji: Keep, population 858,038 is a borderline case but it's vicinity to Australia makes it interesting.
Finland: Keep, population 5,421,827 is high enough.
France: Keep, population 65,350,000 is high enough.
French Guiana: Remove, population 239,450 too low.
French Polynesia: Remove, population 267,000 is too low.
French Southern Territories: Remove, no permanent population.
Gabon: Keep, population 1,475,000 is high enough.
Gambia: Keep, population 1,782,893 is high enough.
Georgia: Keep, population 4,555,911 is high enough.
Germany: Keep, population 80,399,300 is high enough.
Ghana: Keep, population 24,233,431 is high enough.
Gibraltar: Remove, population 29,752 is too low.
Greece: Keep, population 10,815,197 is high enough.
Greenland: Remove, population 56,370 is too low.
Grenada: Remove, population 110,000 is too low.
Guadeloupe: Remove, population 405,500 is too low.
Guam: Remove, population 159,358 is too low.
Guatemala: Keep, population 15,438,384 is high enough.
Guernsey: Remove, population 65,345 is too low.
Guinea: Keep, population 10,057,975 is high enough. Silk Road currently has no option to pick Guinea. :P
Guinea-Bissau: Keep, population 1,647,000 is high enough.
Guyana: Remove, population 752,940 is too low.
Haiti: Keep, population 9,719,932 is too low.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands: Remove, no population and "The islands are among the most remote places on Earth".
Holy See (Vatican City State): Remove, population 836 is too low.
Honduras: Keep, population 8,249,574 is high enough.
Hong Kong: Keep, population 7,061,200 is high enough.
Hungary: Keep, population 9,942,000 is high enough.
Iceland: Keep, population 321,857 is too low but is a member of the Schengen Area.
India: Keep, population 1,210,193,422 is high enough.
Indonesia: Keep, population 237,424,363 is high enough.
Iran, Islamic Republic of: Keep, population 77,176,930 is high enough.
Iraq: Remove, population 31,129,225 is sufficient but region is too unstable.
Ireland: Keep, population 4,588,252 is high enough.
Isle of Man: Remove, population 84,655 is too low.
Israel: Keep, population 8,002,300 is high enough.
Italy: Keep, population 59,685,227 is high enough.
Jamaica: Keep, population 2,889,187 is high enough.
Japan: Keep, population 126,659,683 is high enough.
Jersey: Remove, population 97,857 is too low.
Jordan: Keep, population 6,508,887 is high enough.
Kazakhstan: Keep, population 16,967,000 is high enough.
Kenya: Keep, population 44,354,000 is high enough.
Kiribati: Remove, population 103,500 is too low.
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: Remove, population 24,554,000 is sufficient but region is too unstable.
Korea, Republic of: Keep, population 50,004,441 is high enough.
Kuwait: Keep, population 2,818,042 is high enough.
Kyrgyzstan: Keep, population 5,550,239 is high enough.
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Keep, population 6,500,000 is high enough.
Latvia: Keep, population 2,013,400 is high enough.
Lebanon: Keep, population 4,224,000 is high enough.
Lesotho: Keep, population 2,067,000 is high enough.
Liberia: Keep, population 4,128,572 is high enough.
Libya: Remove, population 5,670,688 is sufficient but region is too unstable.
Liechtenstein: Keep, population 36,281 is too low but is a member of the Schengen Area.
Lithuania: Keep, population 2,955,986 is high enough.
Luxembourg: Keep, population 537,853 is too low but is a member of the Schengen Area.
Macao: Remove, population 568,700 is too low.
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of: Keep, population 2,058,539 is high enough.
Madagascar: Keep, population 22,005,222 is high enough.
Malawi: Keep, population 16,407,000 is high enough.
Malaysia: Keep, population 29,495,147 is high enough.
Maldives: Remove, population 328,536 is too low.
Mali: Keep, population 14,517,176 is high enough.
Malta: Keep, population 452,515 is too low but is a member of the Schengen Area.
Marshall Islands: Remove, population 68,000 is too low.
Martinique: Remove, population 403,795 is too low.
Mauritania: Keep, population 3,359,185 is high enough.
Mauritius: Keep, population 1,291,456 is high enough.
Mayotte: Remove, population 194,000 is too low.
Mexico: Keep, population 117,409,830 is high enough.
Micronesia, Federated States of: Remove, population 106,104 is too low. Silk Road currently has no option to pick Micronesia. :P
Moldova, Republic of: Keep, population 3,559,500 is high enough.
Monaco: Remove, population 36,371 is too low.
Mongolia: Keep, population 2,892,876 is high enough.
Montenegro: Remove, population 625,266 is too low.
Montserrat: Remove, population 5,164 is too low.
Morocco: Keep, population 32,878,400 is high enough.
Mozambique: Keep, population 23,929,708 is high enough.
Myanmar: Keep, population 60,280,000 is high enough.
Namibia: Keep, population 2,100,000 is high enough.
Nauru: Remove, population 9,378 is too low.
Nepal: Keep, population 26,494,504 is high enough.
Netherlands: Keep, population 16,788,973 is high enough.
New Caledonia: Remove, population 252,000 is too low.
New Zealand: Keep, population 4,468,200 is high enough.
Nicaragua: Keep, population 6,071,045 is high enough.
Niger: Keep, population 17,129,076 is high enough.
Nigeria: Keep, population 170,123,740 is high enough.
Niue: Remove, population 1,398 is too low.
Norfolk Island: Remove, population 2,302 is too low.
Northern Mariana Islands: Remove, population 77,000 is too low.
Norway: Keep, population 5,063,709 is high enough.
Oman: Keep, population 3,869,873 is high enough.
Pakistan: Keep, population 180,440,005 is high enough.
Palau: Remove, population 20,956 is too low.
Palestine, State of: Remove, population 4,260,636 is sufficient but region is too unstable.
Panama: Keep, population 3,661,868 is high enough.
Papua New Guinea: Keep, population 7,059,653 is high enough.
Paraguay: Keep, population 6,561,748 is high enough.
Peru: Keep, population 30,475,144 is high enough.
Philippines: Keep, population 97,703,638 is high enough.
Pitcairn: Remove, population 48 is too low.
Poland: Keep, population 38,186,860 is high enough.
Portugal: Keep, population 10,487,289 is high enough.
Puerto Rico: Keep, population 3,667,084 is high enough.
Qatar: Keep, population 1,903,447 is high enough.
Réunion: Remove, population 839,500 is too low.
Romania: Keep, population 20,121,641 is high enough.
Russian Federation: Keep, population 143,400,000 is high enough.
Rwanda: Keep, population 11,689,696 is high enough.
Saint Barthélemy: Remove, population 8,902 is too low.
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: Remove, population 7,728 is too low.
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Remove, population 51,300 is too low.
Saint Lucia: Remove, population 173,765 is too low.
Saint Martin (French part): Remove, population 36,824 is too low.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: Remove, population 5,774 is too low.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Remove, population 120,000 is too low.
Samoa: Remove, population 194,320 is too low.
San Marino: Remove, population 32,576 is too low.
Sao Tome and Principe: Remove, population 183,176 is too low.
Saudi Arabia: Keep, population 29,195,895 is high enough.
Senegal: Keep, population 12,855,153 is high enough.
Serbia: Keep, population 7,186,862 is high enough.
Seychelles: Remove, population 84,000 is too low.
Sierra Leone: Keep, population 5,612,685 is high enough.
Singapore: Keep, population 5,312,400 is high enough.
Sint Maarten (Dutch part): Remove, population 37,429 is too low. The Pirate Bay uses this region for their sub domain sx. :P
Slovakia: Keep, population 5,410,836 is high enough.
Slovenia: Keep, population 2,055,496 is high enough.
Solomon Islands: Remove, population 523,000 is too low.
Somalia: Remove, population 10,085,638 is sufficient but region is too unstable.
South Africa: Keep, population 52,981,991 is high enough.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Remove, population 30 is too low.
South Sudan: Keep, population 8,260,490 is high enough.
Spain: Keep, population 47,265,321 is high enough.
Sri Lanka: Keep, population 20,277,597 is high enough.
Sudan: Keep, population 30,894,000 is high enough.
Suriname: Remove, population 560,157 is too low.
Svalbard and Jan Mayen: Remove, population 2,642 + 18 is too low.
Swaziland: Keep, population 1,185,000 is high enough.
Sweden: Keep, population 9,555,893 is high enough.
Switzerland: Keep, population 8,014,000 is high enough.
Syrian Arab Republic: Remove, population 22,530,746 is sufficient but region is too unstable.
Taiwan, Province of China: Keep, population 23,340,136 is high enough.
Tajikistan: Keep, population 8,000,000 is high enough.
Tanzania, United Republic of: Keep, population 44,928,923 is high enough.
Thailand: Keep, population 66,720,153 is high enough.
Timor-Leste: Keep, population 1,066,582 is high enough.
Togo: Keep, population 7,154,237 is high enough.
Tokelau: Remove, population 1,411 is too low.
Tonga: Remove, population 103,036 is too low.
Trinidad and Tobago: Keep, population 1,346,350 is high enough.
Tunisia: Keep, population 10,777,500 is high enough.
Turkey: Keep, population 75,627,384 is high enough.
Turkmenistan: Keep, population 5,125,693 is high enough.
Turks and Caicos Islands: Remove, population 46,400 is too low.
Tuvalu: Remove, population 11,200 is too low.
Uganda: Keep, population 35,873,253 is high enough.
Ukraine: Keep, population 44,854,065 is high enough.
United Arab Emirates: Keep, population 8,264,070 is high enough.
United Kingdom: Keep, population 63,181,775 is high enough.
United States: Keep, population 316,331,000 is high enough.
United States Minor Outlying Islands: Remove, population 300 is too low.
Uruguay: Keep, population 3,318,535 is high enough.
Uzbekistan: Keep, population 29,559,100 is high enough.
Vanuatu: Remove, population 224,564 is too low.
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of: Keep, population 28,946,101 is high enough.
Vietnam: Keep, population 90,388,000 is high enough.
Virgin Islands, British: Remove, population 27,800 is too low.
Virgin Islands, U.S.: Remove, population 106,405 is too low.
Wallis and Futuna: Remove, population 15,289 is too low.
Western Sahara: Remove, population 513,000 is too low.
Yemen: Keep, population 23,833,000 is high enough.
Zambia: Keep, population 14,309,466 is high enough.
Zimbabwe: Keep, population 12,619,600 is high enough.
Removed Regions ( 93 ):
Afghanistan
Åland Islands
American Samoa
Andorra
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Bouvet Island
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Comoros
Cook Islands
Curaçao
Djibouti
Dominica
Equatorial Guinea
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Faroe Islands
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern Territories
Gibraltar
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guernsey
Guyana
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Iraq
Isle of Man
Jersey
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Libya
Macao
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mayotte
Micronesia, Federated States of
Monaco
Montenegro
Montserrat
Nauru
New Caledonia
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Palestine, State of
Pitcairn
Réunion
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin (French part)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Seychelles
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Suriname
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Syrian Arab Republic
Tokelau
Tonga
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Vanuatu
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands, U.S.
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Accepted Regions ( 156 ):
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan, Province of China
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe