Well, this is fun!
A Bulgarian designer has created a book of satirical maps laying out in visual form the stereotypes that different nations hold about each other – you can see them at the Mapping Stereotypes site itself, or a selection in a Spiegel photo gallery (Spiegel understandably focuses on specifically European clichés).
(For example, in "Europe According to the French": traditional enemy the UK="Slayers of Virgins," and Russia="Napoleon's Dream"... Italy="Noisy Friendly People" and Greece="Noisy Hairy People"... while both Switzerland and Belgium count as "Semi-France" and Turkey as "Definitely Not Europeans." All of Northern Africa is simply "France Woz Here.")
The Mapping Stereotypes page also features various permutations of "The World According to the USA," which can seem alarmingly accurate (Eastern Africa="Hunger & Stuff," except of course for the part just labeled "Pirates.")
Take it with a grain of salt, of course, but they're really kinda fun.
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