Territorial Morphology The shapes of countries and the impact caused by the shape

Compact Compact: Should be easiest to administer/rule note: all small countries are considered compact impacts: areas close together, aids centralized authority/culture examples: Rhode Island, Georgia, Seminole County

Elongated Elongated: Long countries impacts: often causes binodal development, many time two cultures emerge/compete examples: Korea, Florida, California, Lake County

Prorupt Prorupt: having a proruption or pan handle Impacts: Hard to provide services/protection to panhandle, culture in panhandle is often similar to adjacent country examples: Myanmar, Thailand, Oklahoma, Monroe County

Fragmented Fragmented: broken into pieces (fragments) Impacts: Should be hardest to rule/provide services, can have many languages/cultures with a country like this examples: Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Hawaii

Vatican City Perforated: country that has another country (an enclave) within its borders Impacts: enclave must get along with the one that surrounds it or it can be cut off economically/militarily examples: South Africa surrounds Lesotho, Italy surrounds San Marino and Vatican City