Gibraltar is due to a very long war.
The Sinai was already under UAE control in the 13th century due to the crusades.
The Darién Gap & the Indus River where bypassed by shipping.
Kilomuse I will later.
ONI-Defense same as above.
APDAF,
You're an idiot. You have no grasp of geography. The Iberian Pocket should have been closed and reduced years ago. The North American State should have closed off the South American Forces at the Darien Gap, and reduced them. The Indus River valley is the best natural border south of the Kyber pass for the subcontinent.
Tell me, if your surface area is five times the size of earth, how much further apart are any two points from their geographical equivalent in the real world.
You didn't answer anything I asked, but I doubt I should even bother.
I personally doubt that the world could ever have under 10 factions
You should take this and all of the above as hints that you have your priorities misplaced. You should be more focused on drawing rather than rationalizing what in the end are irrelevant details.
I don't even have much of a backstory on my AU other than it's in South Africa and they like fast ships. And all of that had to be inferred.