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Finland occupies a liminal position between East and West, reflecting its post-war neutrality and the delicate accommodation with the Soviet Union later described as “Finlandisation”. Korea, shown as a contested territory following its division at the 38th parallel in 1945, would within two years become the site of the Korean War (1950–53), confirming the map’s prescient identification of future flashpoints. The stark division of the world into large-scale ideological blocs echoes the geopolitical structure imagined in George Orwell’s 1984, published the same year. 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