Grab a country and drag it north or south. On an equal-area map its size stays the same. Switch to Mercator and watch it grow.
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Outlines: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain). Areas: Natural Earth 1:50m, integrated on the sphere with R = 6371.0088 km. Equal Earth: Šavrič, Patterson & Jenny 2018. Base stations: KUON GEO /api/bases. This is a world map at 1:110m; it does not zoom beyond its source.