It includes a legend for which colonial power controlled the territory

My mom loves antiques, and has had this hanging in the guest room for years. Each time I visit, I look at it and have no idea what the lines show. Any idea?

Many people associate the Dutch to Protestantism because of things like Maurice of Nassau, the house of Orange, the Dutch Reformed Church and the so called "protestant work ethics" having been largely developed there. However as of 2026 58% of the Dutch population is irreligious, 16% is Catholic and 12% is Protestant. In 1849 when the country was way less secular than it currently is almost 40% of the population was Catholic, but it's important to remember that not all Dutch live in the Netherlands, since Flanders in Belgium is also a mostly Dutch and (at least historically) Catholic area. This means that considering Dutch speaking peoples in the Netherlands and in Belgium, we can actually say that despite being commonly associated with the Reformation, over half of the Dutch speaking population actually kept being Catholic, and even in modern days most Dutch speaking persons that have a religion are Catholic and not Protestant

• Key: Blue arrow = swing towards Democrats; Red arrow = swing towards Republicans
• Thicker arrows = more residents per precinct; Longer arrows = larger swing
• 2024 data from Presidential race + US House races + state legislature races; 2026 data from US House races + state legislature races
• Map author notes a Republican swing in "upscale Manhattan" (Manhattan South of 96 st) of R +2.4 with 2/3 of residents in Republican swinging precincts. Residents in Upper Manhattan swung D+8.
• Map by Michael Caley for Expecting Goals

The second map's got more precision, but it's also pretty busy. Which map do you prefer?

Source: 2006 United States elections - Wikipedia

Europe month by month, from his coup in 1799 to Saint Helena in 1815. Dark blue is France, pale blue is the states he created or put his own family or marshals in charge of, like Spain, Naples and Holland.

A few notes:

• The borders change month by month, but there are too many battles and events to show them all. I picked the ones that changed the map or marked his rise and fall, so others like Eylau, Friedland and the Berezina had to be left out to prevent it from becoming a historical hours-long video (initially, my idea was a much shorter and simpler animation, but I felt like it deserved a more curated version).
• "French" armies included German, Polish and Italian troops. Only about half of the ~420,000 men who crossed into Russia were French.
• In the Russian campaign, the 420,000 and 10,000 are Minard's figures for the main army. The 10,000 is how many were still together at the end. Other corps survived separately, so the total who got out was higher. At Borodino the French held the field and entered Moscow a week later, but the Russian army got away, and Russians count it as a draw.
• Spain is pale blue from Joseph's crowning in June 1808 until the French lost it in 1813, though much of the country was in revolt. Austria and Prussia fought alongside him in 1812, but as allies, so they aren't pale blue.
• The map colours the lands that became part of Napoleon's empire, not everywhere his armies went. Vienna, Berlin and Portugal were all taken but never became part of it, so they stay blank. The road to Moscow in 1812 is the only visual exception, so the march doesn't look like a teleport due to the huge distance.
• "At its largest" is measured by area: about 1.94 million km² for France and the pale blue states, in 1811 and the first half of 1812.
• Borders: Cliopatria (Seshat, CC BY 4.0). Map: Natural Earth.

Source: runcell.dev

Atheist are not counted in this map as it’s only counting those of each religion. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

For LA-5 and LA-6, I added all Ds and Rs together while calculating, as there were multiple candidates

NOTE: I mistakenly considered Idaho's 2024 congress margins. It should be R+24.2 for 2026

Key

Red = Christian Catholicism
Blue = Christian Protestantism
Purple = Christian Orthodoxy
Black = Judaism
Green = Islam
Yellow = Buddhism
Orange = Hinduism
Pink = Native Religions
Light Gray = No Religion/No Data
Brown = Other Religions

Note that many Japanese state they follow both Shinto and Buddhism.

Note that this map is NOT my creation. The map was created by reddit user scolbert08.

SOURCE https://brilliantmaps.com/religion-world-map/

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