text: on a world map, is your country spotted in the middle?   it depends on what part of the world your in, to what kind of map you see on a regular basis, and what is in the "middle".   here in the "west" we have a western view of the world.  it portays the west to be in the middle.  in china for example, you will often run into a very different kind of map, with china in the center.  "the middle kingdom"