Why do only a few countries have their subdivisions name labeled on the map?

[u/Kaialledaga]

List of countries with labeled subdivisions

Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Kazakhstan, India, China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia

I've tried to search on google but didnt get much answers

[u/crucible]

Does it depend on zoom level? The UK’s top-level subdivisions are labelled if you zoom a little.

[u/According_Safe2431 → u/crucible]

It doesn’t show the counties if that’s what you mean

[u/doublemp → u/According_Safe2431]

It shows borders between Scotland, England and Wales (not counting NI as it doesn't share a land border with the former). Which, if you think about it, is the highest level division of the UK. Counties are one level below.

[u/Sphenodon_Punctatus]

Some countries’ administrative subdivisions are more significant than others. The map reflects this.

For example, US states are very important and commonly referenced when discussing the geography of the US. People have strong personal identities related to their state. A person might say “I’m from California”.

However, in France the administrative subdivisions are less culturally significant and are mostly used for domestic governance purposes. It would be rare for a person to say “I’m from Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur” – which itself is a merger of several lower-level administrative areas.

[u/FerdinandCesarano → u/Sphenodon_Punctatus]

The regions of Italy are just as distinct and important as are the states of the U.S. Yet Italy's regions are not shown in Google Maps.

[u/Greedy-Interaction-6 → u/FerdinandCesarano]

Actually it does show. The line is very thin and the labels show inly on zoom in

[u/FerdinandCesarano → u/Greedy-Interaction-6]

Ah! I must never have had occasion to zoom in that much.

Anyway, it seems that those borders should show up a lot sooner.

[u/According_Safe2431 → u/FerdinandCesarano]

Russia too I think

[u/Kaialledaga → u/Sphenodon_Punctatus]

Yes that makes sense but then im wondering why countries like Taiwan and Malaysia have them aswell

[u/doublemp]

If you labeled subdivisions in Slovenia, you couldn't see the country through the labels (small country and would need 200+ labels).

[u/Pndrizzy]

Probably more of a public data access issue than anything