My question would be:
Why not?
Why canīt this had relevance to the game?

Isnīt it strange that the creators made a picture that fits the world map just for nothing?
This is better than the Julia/Ulti and Rinoa/Elle comparisions.
We are comparing things with geometry.This werenīt ordinary free draw comparisons but geometrical matching.This comparisions had a kind of rigor to them.
This is not anything like the lamp comparison.

BG-57,I think we donīt need to consider all trapezoids to had the same area.Nor the pentagons.Even knowing that the display was not in first plane.This will not make the triangle unequilateral.I think that the lenghts donīt matter much but the topology does.
I will try to draw over the map.

Close,Skyblade.
The robot part is totally wrong.

I had a guess on it.
And it is tottally relevant to all of the storyline.
(You just need to see that it has to do with the world).

The strangest thing is not about the game producers themselfs and how they decide to made the world map.The strangest thing is :
How could a world geography conform to an artificial drawing so perfectly?
This made us think if the world of FF8 could be artificial IN SOME SENSE.
The colors are also symbolical.One just need to think about the physics of colors to realize what is happening here.