The US is literally #1
Edit: plus Canada, I didn’t know we were country calling code buddies 🫶
Awww :(
I was just pointing it out because we’re never #1 in anything that isn’t horrible these days
Don’t worry. I was only joking.
America is #1 at lots of things, like… erm… yeah. Lots of things.
The only other pair sharing the same number are Russia and Kazakhstan with 7
All of the USSR was +7 IIRC. Most changed it after independence, notice how the Baltics, Belarus and whatnot have previously unassigned three-character numbers instead of two like most of Europe (except microstates). They only got their numbers in the 90s, and no shorter ones were available. +37 just became available since east Germany didn’t exist anymore.
Same with the former Yugoslavian countries, all of YU used +38, when they split up they had to split up +38 too.
It’s interesting to me that Africa is 2. I’d assume that when these were implemented Africa would be a cultural afterthought and Europe would’ve gotten number 2.
Curious what the thought process was there.
It’s interesting to me that the US, Canada, Russia, and Kazakhstan get single digit codes, and the rest of the world get double or triple digits.
US is part of the NANP which means they have their own system for beyond +1, which is shared with Canada and half the Caribbean, and so they were given the whole of +1 rather than +10, +11, +12 etc. all resolving to the same thing, or +10 being for about 10 different countries while +11 was for one
Then the Soviet Union wanted a single digit too, which is why Russia and Kazakhstan share +7
Its settled, Greenland is neither North American or European, its African.
What are those, calling codes for ants?
If you have a better version, feel free to provide it, I would update the link
You might want to know about this handy site: https://imgops.com/
The various reverse lookup services all seem to be strongest in different areas, but generally I start with tineye and Yandex and only try the others if I don’t find what I need.
One could argue, and one could argue that I’m arguing exactly that right now, that a map is not strictly speaking a list.
I could also agree that a map is just a multidimensional list. But this is map_enthusiasts NOT list_enthusiasts, so… Um… What was the point?
