>>19957729I think it makes sense.
1. The general has focused on nations and people, and no people could survive long-term right on the poles.
2. As you say, poles get deformed as fuck on Mercator projections, which is what the general is using, makes more sense to cut off at a given latitude.
It would be useful to decide whether each pole has a polar ocean or an Antarctic-like continent.
Also, here is the worldwide Goomba alternate universe.