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The vast somewhere behind the somewhere, where the map stops trying.
means The remote, less-developed region lying beyond a coast, city, or settled area — the backcountry that feeds the front.
from Straight from German: hinter (behind) plus Land, coined by geographers for the territory inland from a port that supplies and depends on it.
trade termOriginally the land a port economically commands.
figurative useNow also means unexplored mental or cultural territory.
colonial baggageUsed to justify claims over unmapped interiors.