I went through all the old maps to see what was going on. Jordan doesn't seem to be on the original, but it appears in Aarons remake of the map in the '76 reboot. Since it hasn't played an important role, i'll just let the rest of y'all decide.
The point is to drop as much as we can outside of the long-held player countries so they are accessible. Most of what we are keeping are things that are so big they've had a larger impact, or things that play into everyone elses canon somehow.
Australia just isn't important enough to keep stuff for.