Atlas of the "real world"

This represents an interesting twist on the standard problem of map projection (which has to balance such competing ideals of area, shape, direction, bearing, distance and scale when projecting the surface of the earth -- which is roughly spherical -- onto a flat surface). The "atlas of the real world" takes the idea that the different projections emphasise different aspects of reality and uses software to depict the nations of the world by their demographic importance on a range of subjects. It makes for interesting viewing.