Island countries are a type of country As they are islands, they can usually only be infected via their seaports. Arguably more so than the cure itself, island countries provide a great challenge, since chances are small that ships will come to the ports of these countries.
List of Island Countries
The following is a list of island countries and information and general tips for infecting them. As a note, although all island countries have seaports, most do not have airports.
- Japan: Wealthy country. Has an extremely busy airport and is generally the easiest island country to infect. Plague spreads quickly even without Drug Resistance due to its extremely high density (2).
- Philippines: Has a seaport that is visited quite usually by ships, and can be infected through several Asian countries. Can be a problem if said countries are uninfected. Particularly hard to infect in the Neurax Worm DLC.
- Caribbean: One of the harder countries to infect, although an infected Mexico or USA is the best way for an infected ship to arrive at its port.
- Australia: Has an airport and a very busy seaport. Fairly easy to infect but won't spread as quickly, as it has a low population density and is a rich country.
- Madagascar: Has only one seaport that isn't very busy. A somewhat difficult country to infect that can be made easier if Saudi Arabia or South Africa are infected.
- New Guinea: Like the Philippines, it can be difficult if plague hasn't developed in Asia or Oceania. Overall, it's a typical island country, based on its infection difficulty.
- New Zealand: Has an airport that isn't very busy. Few ships go to New Zealand's ports. The country can be troublesome if a country with busy airports isn't infected.
- Iceland: Is best infected through its airports. Has seaports that aren't busy and only ships from Rich countries (and Greenland) go to it. Ships go to Greenland from its ports.