Instead of just a map for North America or the whole world, why not do a
number of smaller scale maps? One for North America, one for Europe, one
for Australia, etc. each with its own page to reduce loading time. Then
you could easily add maps as needed as new countries join the FFML.

Just a suggestion

The Prime Saggitarian,
Alpha 'Geographically Impaired' Centauri

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