TIL the Middle East was in a vacuum.

Like what you might find in a hot, dry region?

Interesting question. I wonder how common dryers are in the Middle East? It’s famously hot and dry there so a dryer seems a bit redundant.

Hmm, not sure USA should be classed as a liberal democracy. I mean, they have a significant number of non-liberal states, an electoral college that doesn’t represent the democratic vote… What puts them in the dark blue and Brazil and S.A. in the light blue?