[quote=@Jotunn Draugr]
<Snipped quote by Willy Vereb>

This brings up a good point. How large is this world map? Is it to scale with Earth? (if so, holy crap)

I might suggest that perhaps this map isn't the entire world, but just one continent/region, so as to make these countries seem a bit less fuck-off-big.
[/quote]Imperialism, colonies, new world and such concepts are in full swing here. It wouldn't make much sense to be not the map of the entire world.
At best we can assume that the planet is smaller here.