Halve

Cut the country right in half.

  1. 1Drag from edge to edge.

  2. 2Adjust the two handles.

  3. 3Cut. See the split.

Round 1 by area, round 2 by people, round 3 by a wildcard theme revealed after the cut. Score: 100 − 4 × the gap to 50%, or to the best split possible when the theme is too clustered. A perfect cut within 0.5 pt.

Let me cut

Outlines: Natural Earth (public domain). Population: GHSL 2025, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), grouped into weighted points. Land cover: ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 (CC BY 4.0), grouped into weighted points. Species sightings: GBIF.org, download doi:10.15468/dl.n6mmna (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, since 2000), grouped into 10 km areas.

Borders follow Natural Earth; disputed areas are left out.