East and West are the only two directions we should really concern ourselves with though. If you travel East, you will continue to go East. Travel West, you will continue to travel West. Travel North, and it will eventually turn into South, and vice versa. So technically, when they say Northern countries, they could just as well be talking about Southern countries. I like where Chrono Crisis placed it though, it seems fairly accurate (although I'm curious if it's that big in relation)