The global population realignment would involve massive migrations, lead to a heap of painful demotions and triumphant promotions, and produce a few very weird new neighbourhoods.

如果要按照人口重新排列，那么就需要大量的移民，这一点直接导致了有些国家领土面积骤降而一些国家的领土面积却骤升，并且许多国家还有了新邻国。