It would appear that the Isle of Wight (380 sq km) is no longer large enough to hold the entire world's population nose to nose and, blah. Exploding and expanding populations have meant that a larger island is now needed for a world party (albeit a very uncomfortable one, with a very long queue for the toilets), but the UK still holds its ground.
The Island chosen is the Isle of Man (572 sq km).While in many ways this change of island has little real impact on the geographical scale of how to measure things, it must be noted that the Isle of Man being further north than the Isle of Wight, has a less inviting climate. It would also be remiss of the author not to point out to the population of the world that the native population of Man are a little on the eccentric side. (I think I've said it politely enough. They're not freaks, oh no. Not at all. Really.)It's a shame that Jersey or Guernsey aren't a bit bigger ...
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