he did say nearly impossible. he said it could never be isolated completely, which is true (in that game, your opponents could have selected siberia or challenged for east china or s-e asia).

Well Lolowut, it just depends on how the combos around it are, how many picks there are, if it a a small team game, a 1v1, an FFA
In small team games with low amount of picks it is very good, and depending on where the wastelands are (or if there are any) it cannot sometimes be easily broken

Timinator, put in perspective within the same game that if the opponent had control over Siberia or East China that the entire idea of that game would be different. IE: It wasn't inherently uncontested, the opponents made it uncontested by their picks.

But assuming a change of amount of picks, 3 or 4 for example, and suddenly it becomes more affordable to cover that area of the map. Would they have covered Siberia with more picks? Perhaps. Would it have been detrimental to the overall team's play? No, because SEA and EC were made safe because of it. However, where in my post did I say it's not a valuable pick based on positioning? I am merely remarking that the bonus is a 6 because of the near impossibility of the bonus being finished unless the opponents decide not to cover, especially with the amount of picks being raised in the concurring templates on the forums.

This map will work better with my World Diplomacy games I think.

Gives some players a second chance.