Why are there some countries without border in Google Maps?

Most countries around the world, will give you a clear border in Google Maps, but a few won't. Why is this?
Why are there some countries without border in Google Maps?

If you've been looking up countries in Google Maps, you probably seen the red border around the country. You might also have noticed not all countries have this

20210907_1001_6136e76cf32eb.webp If you lookup Thailand, you'll instantly get a red outline that indicates where the countries border goes

If you do Taiwan, you'll be taken to the country, but there will be no border outline

Reason for this, is that Google have decided not to show border outline on countries with territorial dispute

Countries without border outline

As of writing, we found following 26 countries without border outline in Google Maps

Bhutan China Cyprus North Korea Egypt Georgia India Israel Japan Kenya Malawi Morocco Pakistan Palestine Philippines South Korea Russia Serbia South Sudan Sudan Syria Ukraine Tanzania Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam

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