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>>12077305
The size of countries decreases drastically the further up the equator you go, the mercator projection is lying to you when it tells you how large Russia is. Lets say 30% of the land at the equator no longer becomes arable, just to compensate, the comparable amount of land in the north would constitute a vastly larger area percentage of their countries alone. I HIGHLY doubt northern countries have enough unused land and that it will magically increase enough in fertility to become comparable to equatorial land, especially since soil quality decreases the more north you go.