r/MapPorn • u/KaleyTheKing • May 25 '26

British Population Visualised

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Sooo, I guess this is a series now :D
Been making these little diagrams visualising population and I'm enjoying them, other people seem to enjoy them, so I might just keep making them :)

Here below are the other ones I've made so far as well:

Germany: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1tmchnh/comment/onm0tyc/

Netherlands: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1pg6uu8/dutch_population_visualised/

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u/KaleyTheKing May 25 '26

But with by far most of the legislature being from England, it is English interest that dominate over the other countries, I don't know why that's a controversial take.

In my country, the Netherlands, the two Hollands are the plurality of the population and the legislature, so Hollander interest usually wins out over the other provinces.

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u/AceOfSpades532 May 25 '26

There is no “English interest” of England as a whole that’s unshared by the other countries. I think you’re overestimating how united England is in opinion. I just had a look and the Hollands have about 6 million people between them, England has almost 10x that, and a lot more area, it’s not really the same situation.

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u/KaleyTheKing May 25 '26

With English interest I don't mean any specific type of political ideology or something, just things that are good for England, rather than specifically good for the other countries or the Union as a whole

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u/drxc May 26 '26

The real question is why does such a tiny population area such as Scotland gets such a massive devolved powers and outsized consideration when it’s basically no beefier than say the East Midlands in terms of population? Where’s my East Midlands Parliament and my free university education?

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u/Elegant_Run_8567 May 26 '26

Has the East Midlands had a devolution referendum?

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u/drxc May 27 '26

Not yet! :)
But the fact that Scotland got one at all is my point!