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Poll: Is Belgium a real placeNo (234) 62% Yes (144) 38% 378 total votes Your vote: Is Belgium a real place (Vote): No
(Vote): Yes
Many people claim to be from Belgium, and you may have heard news stories about things happening in this supposed country, but there is little evidence Belgium really exists.
Now, you may point to Belgian Chocolate, or Belgian Waffles. But these are products with the word in their name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_Geographical_Status
These foodstuffs aren't protected, because Belgium isn't a real place where this protection can apply.
You may say "but there's a Wikipedia page!", well, there's a Wikipedia page for the Shire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire_%28Middle-earth%29). Do you believe the Shire is real? No, you don't.
How many people do YOU know who have visited 'Belgium'? Exactly. What language do they speak in 'Belgium'? German, French or Dutch.
There is no real evidence that Belgium really exists. Don't try and fool yourself that it does.
I hope now you will no longer mistakenly believe that there is such a country as Belgium, and the lies which have been spread for many years can finally be quashed.
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I'm betting you a plane ticket that it exists!
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So... Shire is not real? O.o
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Hell no, when i cross the border Dutch is still spoken till i run into a couple of french dudes.
+ Show Spoiler +
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Holy shit I've been living a lie my whole life.
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you had me convinced Belgium was fake until the Shire part.
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You've convinced me. It's so obvious. How has nobody brought this up before?
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you make a compelling argument. I hereby renounce my belief in Belgium.
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That's what they want you to think.
Think about it, a couple hundred years ago people thought the world was flat...
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On November 04 2010 00:58 Pakje wrote:
i live there
Stop, just stop.
It doesn't exist.
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Good troll but only Western European people can understand the joke :p
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Theres a Belgian pub in my home city that servers the most excellent beer. Thats real enough for me. 
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On November 04 2010 00:58 Pakje wrote:
i live there
So what now?
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On November 04 2010 00:58 Pakje wrote:
i live there
Are you real?
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Wait a minute, the Shire isn't real? My whole life has been a lie.
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On November 04 2010 00:58 Pakje wrote:
i live there
you know that that's impossible since Belgium does not exist?
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I know people that have been there, and I trust them more than I trust you (random person on the internet). How are more than half of the people choosing "It doesn't exist" in the poll?
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Zurich15361 Posts
I have first hand inside information on Belgium!
Although true I might have been in Holland everyone sounded like they spoke German backwards really fast. But then another part of the people spoke all French, and then another part was all African. It indeed seems suspicious.
Also they light their entire highway system all night. That just sounds not right.
Something is definitely there where Belgium is supposed to be located. I can't really say what it is though.
Oh and they drug you once you are there so you can't be sure to trust your memories.
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im from belgium
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NO I LIED, OMG THERES NO SUCH PLACE THEY KIDNAP AND TORTURE US AND MADE US TELL THE WORLD THERE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE BUT TH
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Hey guyz Im a nerd what happened in belgium that I missed im from western europe i swear guyz
PM if you don#t want to ruin the joke that is obviously so very hilarious.
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All of you are fake. This whole world has been created just for the purpose of misleading me. I think you are all computers deceiving me and everything revolves around me. Why are you doing this to me!?!
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?!?!
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NO PLEASE! PEOPLE KEEP BELIEVING! IT IS THE ONLY THING KEEPING US ALIVE!
Even if we are only part of global imagination doesn't mean we don't have rights! Just think about Santa! And the much lamented Easter bunny! You wouldn't do that to them, then why do it to us! We're kinda like Santa! We have chocolate and waffles and magically spread them across the world! You wouldn't want those to change into cheap American knockoffs right? RIGHT!?
Besides! If you don't believe in Belgium anymore it would TOTALLY screw with the Band of Brothers storyline! Think of all the Exciting WW2 movies and games that would be ruined! We can't help it that the writers had to make up places to fill in the gaps! ITS NOT OUR FAULT!!!a
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On November 04 2010 01:06 TymerA wrote:
All of you are fake. This whole world has been created just for the purpose of misleading me. I think you are all computers deceiving me and everything revolves around me. Why are you doing this to me!?!
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?!?!
your pincard code and card, I'll pm you the address.
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Exactly. It's like Wales. Have you ever actually met anyone from Wales in the UK?
I know you haven't met one outside of UK.
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As President of Yugoslavia, I condemn your denouncing of our great ally, Belgim. Without Belgim's waffles and chocolate, our economy would most certainly collapse to inflation.
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I stopped in belguim on the way to amsterdan :D Got some cheap tobacco for the father and made £20 =) Paid for a few "cakes"
Definitely is a real place, but was a bit of a weird country passing through. I don't think I saw one person on the streets...
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yoyo man, the French invented French fries. It's in the name.
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Well, Eddy Merckx was supposedly belgium. Im sure another country would have claimed him if there wasen't such a place.
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I always heard about the myths surrounding this "belgium". I want to believe it, but after this post I lost all my faith...
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On November 04 2010 01:08 Piy wrote:
Exactly. It's like Wales. Have you ever actually met anyone from Wales in the UK?
I know you haven't met one outside of UK.
That... is actually true 8O
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But but but but where was the movie In Bruges filmed???
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United States4796 Posts
This one's gonna go down in history.
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you sir, just blew my mind.
now I'm not even sure if I'm real...
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On November 04 2010 01:02 Apocalyptic wrote:
I know people that have been there, and I trust them more than I trust you (random person on the internet). How are more than half of the people choosing "It doesn't exist" in the poll?
This is just sad.
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On November 04 2010 00:58 Pakje wrote:
i live there
I can't believe someone could be this ignorant.
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Wait. What is the point of this thread?
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I live there.
The Shire I mean, Belgium isn't a real place so I couldn't possibly live there...
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Few people know that the "be" in "benelux" actually refers to Belarus and not to some alleged country know as "Belgium".
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Posting from the Principality of Brussels, I can certify it doesn't exist.
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When I was interailing through Europe I passed through it. Brussel looked really cool from the train at least. Ofcourse, that huge castle might have been made of cardboard!
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I've heard Belgium referred to as "the screen door of Europe." Isn't the very nature of a screen door something that is there, but not really there? Think about it.
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Rest assured Belgium won't exist for very long ... 
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Do you mean to tell me that those delicious waffles materialize out of thin air?
EDIT: Oh, I just noticed that you addressed that in the OP. In that case, nevermind. Definitely not a real place. Carry on.
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I don't get it. Why isn't Belgium a country? I searched google and they are a country? Can anyone care to explain?
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Some pretty decent win in this thread :D
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On November 04 2010 01:06 TymerA wrote:
All of you are fake. This whole world has been created just for the purpose of misleading me. I think you are all computers deceiving me and everything revolves around me. Why are you doing this to me!?!
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?!?!
This is your last chance. After this there is no turning back... You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe what ever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes!
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On November 04 2010 01:39 Nizaris wrote:Rest assured Belgium won't exist for very long ...
WIN!! LOL. Not to make fun of your political troubles.
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On November 04 2010 01:00 holy_war wrote:Are you real?
lol what a fony
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Fuck, I have a friend who claims to be from Belgium...
Must be a spy. Got to kill him before he kills me.
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You get the award for the best use of the word Belgium in a major motion picture, I mean forum post.
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Belgium is fake? How could I never see it before? Oh, probably because it's not there. Thank you, sir. You've opened my eyes.
However, I am on the phone with my travel agent trying to book a vacation in the Shire
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It's true.
We exist in your mind.
But in reality...
Belgium doesn't exist.
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Who are we supposed to make fun of now?
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Big Mule is an anagram of Belgium
So clearly they are OP Terrans that lifted off into space the minute the game/earth started
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I don't understand this euro humor
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I've been living a dream.
PLEASE GOD WAKE ME UP FROM THIS HORROR
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I believe Belgium exists in the same way I don't believe in God
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Belgium doesn't exist?
Blame Canada!
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Question authority. Don't believe anything you are told.
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Belgium, pretty much a non-country.
Seriously though I've been there, nice chocolate, cathedrals and old WW1 battle grounds.
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On November 04 2010 01:54 MangoTango wrote:
Question authority. Don't believe anything you are told.
*Glare at MangoTango*
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On November 04 2010 01:52 OreoBoi wrote:
Big Mule is an anagram of Belgium
So clearly they are OP Terrans that lifted off into space the minute the game/earth started
lolz, and mule exist only temporarily, and not using a mule doesn't actually cost you mineral, only slows down the income, it might as well be imaginary.
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nice thread, sadly ive already visited liège before
but probably they closed the country before 1 or 2 years
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On November 04 2010 01:25 Grumbaki wrote:
Posting from the Principality of Brussels, I can certify it doesn't exist.
Oh, you mean the capital of Leuven? Last time I checked, they were still a major city in the Holy Roman Empire. I did hear that Leuven was inherited by the duke of Brabant recently, though. Maybe I should brush up on my geography.
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On November 04 2010 00:58 Pakje wrote:
i live there
obvious troll. Reported.
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On November 04 2010 01:57 TymerA wrote:Show nested quote +On November 04 2010 01:54 MangoTango wrote:
Question authority. Don't believe anything you are told. *Glare at MangoTango*
Yet another brainless zombie. Wake up, sheeple.
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Hey wait, I thought Belgium was a region of the Netherlands or something ?
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Belgium definitly exists, but Bielefeld is just a imagination.
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Is this really not a joke? Many people here don't know where Belgium is?
Seriously WTF.
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On November 04 2010 02:18 Sufficiency wrote:
Is this really not a joke? Many people here don't know where Belgium is?
Seriously WTF.
I voted no cus i thought it would be funny?
I now realize many people live there, so voting it out of existence makes me a sick f*ck. sorry.
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I can only logically deduce the existence of a Belgium-like country from my travels there but I am frequently told that belief has nothing to do with logic so no, I suppose I don't believe.
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On November 04 2010 02:18 Sufficiency wrote:
Is this really not a joke? Many people here don't know where Belgium is?
Seriously WTF.
Of course no one knows the location of a place that does not exist
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That there are 4 pages of comments in this thread makes it a successful troll post. Well done OP. Kudos. Enjoy your probable incoming ban >.>
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On November 04 2010 02:27 GQz wrote:
That there are 4 pages of comments in this thread makes it a successful troll post. Well done OP. Kudos. Enjoy your probable incoming ban >.>
Incoming ban? Do you think the mods are part of the conspiracy?
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Everybody needs to drop everything and go download and watch the movie In Bruges
One of the best comedies of the past decade, hands down.
Watch it asap.
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I've been to Belgium, and it was beautiful.
It's real I tell you! IT'S REAL!
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I think I crossed this mystical land while on a train, once.
But I wasn't really looking out the window so I can't confirm nor deny its existence.
...so where's the maybe button?
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It doesn't matter really. As long as something over there keeps making great beer. And chocolate. Yeah, definitely beer and chocolate.
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Belgium is that place that exists to get from Germany to France and vice versa.
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On November 04 2010 02:36 garbanzo wrote:
It doesn't matter really. As long as something over there keeps making great beer. And chocolate. Yeah, definitely beer and chocolate.
Those are made in china, you know it's true
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o.O I have a feeling there's more going on here than meets the eye....Amused, if still ignorant.
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On November 04 2010 02:27 GQz wrote:
That there are 4 pages of comments in this thread makes it a successful troll post. Well done OP. Kudos. Enjoy your probable incoming ban >.>
If anything, OP should have a medal for creating the best romanian trap in a long time.
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I thought something was up when their scientists claimed to have cloned the unicorn
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I was in Belgium. it was like France, Holland but it wasn't France and Holland.
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On November 04 2010 01:00 Boblion wrote:
Good troll but only Western European people can understand the joke :p
Ok "Andorra"
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it not only belgium!
you ever notice when you ask a player: "where are you from?" how many a awnser "swe" or "nor"?
than look up how many people should live there....
even when they all play internet game 20 h a day there is no way you see so many of them...
sweden norway denmark belgium ... its all a lie.
everyone who says he comes from there is a alien who sits in a ship near neptun.
they all play internet games hole day to see our strategies and to prepar for the invasion!
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On November 04 2010 01:54 MangoTango wrote:
Question authority. Don't believe anything you are told.
OK, I believe u ....wait o.O?
WHAT?
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how can people truly believe it exists? such evidence is undeniable!
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It exist as long as its inhabitants choose to stay together which is not obvious right now, time will tell...
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On November 04 2010 02:44 skeldark wrote:
it not only belgium!
you ever notice when you ask a player: "where are you from?" how many a awnser "swe" or "nor"?
than look up how many people should live there....
even when they all play internet game 20 h a day there is no way you see so many of them...
sweden norway denmark belgium ... its all a lie.
everyone who says he comes from there is a alien who sits in a ship near neptun.
they all play internet games hole day to see our strategies and to prepar for the invasion!
in one South Park episode, Danish ppl came to Canada saying "we are Canada of Europe"
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Mindblowing? Yes. Unique? No.
Switzerland - they speak Italian, French, German.
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I thought it was just a city...
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On November 04 2010 02:46 ggofthejungle wrote:
Mindblowing? Yes. Unique? No.
Switzerland - they speak Italian, French, German.
Belgians are supposed to be able to speak dutch, french, german and english.
I really suck in german though........................
And most of the other people who live in this hellhole suck at the other languages too.
Yes I said hellhole.
Could be worse...
Anyway, someone explain the context for this thread please.
Is "Are you Belgian?" the new "Are you Romanian?" now?
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Dont let this man fool you I have lived in the shire my entire life.
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On November 04 2010 02:46 ggofthejungle wrote:
Mindblowing? Yes. Unique? No.
Switzerland - they speak Italian, French, German.
Switzerland must not exist then? Either that or it's a part of Belgium.
Yeah that's gotta be it.
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Why is this a thread...?
Belgium is on maps, thus it exists on accepted maps and that region of the European continent is considered "Belgium," show me a map without Belgium and I'll agree that for that map, the region on europe is not considered Belgium.
If Belgium isn't a place, why is it an assignment on the TL country-picking tab, I do not expect TL to make such a huge oversight.
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On November 04 2010 02:37 kar1181 wrote:
Belgium is that place that exists to get from Germany to France and vice versa.
I hope this is some kind of not-so-clever reference to WW2. Otherwise this is pretty sad. There are no country between France and Germany.
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On November 04 2010 02:57 Nizaris wrote:Show nested quote +On November 04 2010 02:37 kar1181 wrote:
Belgium is that place that exists to get from Germany to France and vice versa. I hope this is some kind of not-so-clever reference to WW2. Otherwise this is pretty sad. There are no country between France and Germany.
People obviously like taking the long way around. You know it's true
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Germany487 Posts
If there would be no Belgium the great Movie "brugge sehen und sterben" wouldnt exist !
but i smiled when i read ur topic, funny idea
voted NO btw
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On November 04 2010 02:56 Ichabod wrote:
Why is this a thread...?
Belgium is on maps, thus it exists on accepted maps and that region of the European continent is considered "Belgium," show me a map without Belgium and I'll agree that for that map, the region on europe is not considered Belgium.
If Belgium isn't a place, why is it an assignment on the TL country-picking tab, I do not expect TL to make such a huge oversight.
Prester John's kingdom was on maps too.
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United States13896 Posts
Looks like we've had our fun here.
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