40 maps that explain the world...

40 maps that explain the world...  Well, I think it would actually take a lot more than 40 maps to do that, but there's no doubt this is an interesting collection.  The one at right, for instance, shows where various legal systems are used around the world.  There were some big surprises on here for me, like Louisiana being different than the rest of the U.S. (should have suspected that one!), and Belize being different than the rest of Central America.  What I know about Belize would easily fit on a postage stamp, but it's surprising to me that it's different than the rest of Central America – but digging into its history just a bit, I see that it was once a British Colony (the only one in Central America), so its legal system is inherited from that.  Amazing what you can learn from a map!