Countryball (Mapping dialect)

Countryball is a dialect of mapping that uses that speak and do the actions, instead of a name of a country. The characters can be seen using different items or accessories.

The dialect was created by Emartis ✖ Arotanika ✖ It's excellent in late 2014. Since its creation, the dialect has gained a lot of popularity and it started to dominate the mapping scene, especially in 2016.

The most watched video using the dialect is Alternate Future of the World in countryballs - THE MOVIE by Romanian Mapping, with over two million views on YouTube.

Creation
Countryballed mapping dialect was formed and created by Emartis ✖ Arotanika ✖ It's excellent who uploaded a video called History of Ukraine in countryballs part 1. Later he launched Future of Europe series with the countryballs. He claims to have got inspiration from Daniel Mapper, but denies because he didn't use maps on videos.

Full-motion animation
When the dialect started to rapidly spread, new form of it was born called as Cinematic Countryball. It is a form of countryball dialect in which full-motion animation is used for the length of the video or in certain parts. VoidViper, Freezepond Mapping and The Rat of Mapping are users of a consistent cinematic dialect while other mappers such as Aussie Mapper, and Daniel Mapper have used full-motion animation for certain scenes in their videos.

Features

 * Map is used the same way as it is in other mapping dialects.
 * Each country has a countryball of itself placed over the country's borders.
 * Countryballs will speak in speech bubbles, but rarely use the traditional white fill.
 * Countryballs can use guns or other weapons during war, and sometimes can have "soldiers" to represent frontline movements. In some cases, traditional frontlines are used during war.

Users

 * Emartis ✖ Arotanika ✖ It's excellent
 * Daniel Mapper
 * The Dark Knight It's Excellent
 * The Countryballs Theory
 * History of Fantasy
 * David Mapper
 * Hussar HD Mapping
 * VoidViper
 * NTR Mapping
 * GMapping
 * IvanFromKiev
 * Freezepond Mapping
 * Aussie Mapper
 * FedexYT
 * Razvy
 * Japanese Mapper
 * ColinMapping
 * Canadian Mapper
 * General Sunglass
 * Xcristi
 * StarBlaze Empire
 * Netryno
 * CheezeWafflz Mapping
 * Zarexian Mapper
 * Neu Katzland Mapper
 * Portuguese Mapper
 * Spanish Mapping
 * MonsterTrek Animations
 * Romanian Mapping