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I wonder which country got the biggest relative bump in territory. Vatican City is probably a contender, and Timor-Leste nabbed a huge part of Australia.

I think Iceland and New Zealand are also contenders. Iceland absorbs all of Greenland, large portion of Nunavut, and a sizable chunk of Alaska. New Zealand grabs a large part of Antarctica.

I think though if Nuuk were to be included the dynamics of Iceland would change significantly, and similar if you include New Zealand’s already claimed territory on the Antarctic, then their gains are less impressive.

Some of the small European countries like Monaco, Lichtenstein, San Marino, Andorra and the Vatican do quite well for themselves.

Percentage wise Andora is killing it!

Looking further Brunei and East Timur are also huge winners.

I think it is because it is slightly to the west of Washington D. C., and there is no country to the north of Canada.

If, say, Chicago is the capital of the US, I think a lot of Canada will end up being closer to Chicago than Ottawa.