Mental Map

http://www.economist.com/node/13326106?story_id=13326106

This is a mental map that greatly distorts the geographic shape and distance between basically every country in the world. Specifically it depicts China's perceived relationship, both geographic and cultural, to the United States. It depicts China as viewing itself as a large and wealthy power while the rest of the world is negligible. The one nation that it views as any sort of equal is the U.S. in this mental map and even that country is depicted in this mental map as being broken and in decline. An interesting view on how economics and politics shape our world view.