Minecraft Denmark Invaded By America

Image from Minecraft forum

Recently, the Danish Geodata Agency (DGA) reproduced the entire country of Denmark inside the blocky matrix of Minecraft. Wait, it gets better. They did this on a 1:1 scale. According to data analysts, it took about 4,000 billion individual blocks and about 1 terabyte of data. However, it wasn't built by hand. It was built using the advanced 3D elevation model that the DGA has in their possession. Since this world was created to be a teaching tool, the DGA disabled the TNT blocks on the server to prevent imminent destruction of the cities from players with malicious intent.

Unfortunately, the good guys don't always win. Players soon found out that the DGA had failed to disable the mine cart block with TNT placed inside of it. With that new found knowledge, players invaded and destroyed the Danish Minecraft cities with their mine carts and explosives. To celebrate their victory, the greifers put up American flags and tanks on the ruins.

In an interview with The Register, the Chief Press Officer of DGA said "We consider that as nature of playing Minecraft - elements are broken down and new ones are being created. Therefore, we will not reboot the demonstration of Denmark in Minecraft. But occasionally we will rebuild minor areas if building are removed and nothing new is being created."

If you want, you can download the Denmark map in segments from the DGA website.