Creating interactive Geo charts from a dataset

In this recipe, we will see how to create cool-looking interactive Geo charts, and how to use them for the display of data. These are becoming very common for the display of statistics on larger geographical area, usually from election results or global warming effects. In order to have a map covering multiple different countries, we will visualize the member and member applicant stats of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 54 independent sovereign states (one of whose membership is currently suspended). Most are former British colonies, or dependencies of these colonies. No one government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as in a political union. Rather, the relationship is one of an international organization through which countries with diverse social, political, and economic backgrounds are regarded as equal in status, and cooperate within a framework of common values...