diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a754ff15502..d8da2d02b6e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         "regl-line2d": "^3.1.3",
         "regl-scatter2d": "^3.3.1",
         "regl-splom": "^1.0.14",
+        "sane-topojson": "github:etpinard/sane-topojson#c76e75396879a1a8d96e37237383b3ca5305afc6",
         "strongly-connected-components": "^1.0.1",
         "style-loader": "^4.0.0",
         "superscript-text": "^1.0.0",
@@ -113,7 +114,6 @@
         "raw-loader": "^4.0.2",
         "read-last-lines": "^1.8.0",
         "run-series": "^1.1.9",
-        "sane-topojson": "^4.0.0",
         "sass": "^1.78.0",
         "stream-browserify": "^3.0.0",
         "through2": "^4.0.2",
@@ -8916,9 +8916,8 @@
     },
     "node_modules/sane-topojson": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sane-topojson/-/sane-topojson-4.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-bJILrpBboQfabG3BNnHI2hZl52pbt80BE09u4WhnrmzuF2JbMKZdl62G5glXskJ46p+gxE2IzOwGj/awR4g8AA==",
-      "dev": true
+      "resolved": "git+ssh://git@github.com/etpinard/sane-topojson.git#c76e75396879a1a8d96e37237383b3ca5305afc6",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hr+22pMxedo7f2Gogz7yNHlYlVQBEuIxSvJnM/WSbOm6iuF/2BcYHhtlqWoLmMHMael31NLiVymFzy31c+JwbQ=="
     },
     "node_modules/sass": {
       "version": "1.78.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c76559d56bd..6507cb32dc3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
     "regl-line2d": "^3.1.3",
     "regl-scatter2d": "^3.3.1",
     "regl-splom": "^1.0.14",
+    "sane-topojson": "github:etpinard/sane-topojson#c76e75396879a1a8d96e37237383b3ca5305afc6",
     "strongly-connected-components": "^1.0.1",
     "style-loader": "^4.0.0",
     "superscript-text": "^1.0.0",
@@ -172,7 +173,6 @@
     "raw-loader": "^4.0.2",
     "read-last-lines": "^1.8.0",
     "run-series": "^1.1.9",
-    "sane-topojson": "^4.0.0",
     "sass": "^1.78.0",
     "stream-browserify": "^3.0.0",
     "through2": "^4.0.2",
diff --git a/src/components/drawing/index.js b/src/components/drawing/index.js
index 5fa39480d6e..4b48a5a1053 100644
--- a/src/components/drawing/index.js
+++ b/src/components/drawing/index.js
@@ -1775,6 +1775,7 @@ function getMarkerAngle(d, trace) {
         }
 
         if(trace._geo) {
+            if(!d.latlon) return null;
             var lon = d.lonlat[0];
             var lat = d.lonlat[1];
 
diff --git a/src/lib/geo_location_utils.js b/src/lib/geo_location_utils.js
index e15659f8f45..53c49603729 100644
--- a/src/lib/geo_location_utils.js
+++ b/src/lib/geo_location_utils.js
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ function locationToFeature(locationmode, location, features) {
     var filteredFeatures;
     var f, i;
 
+    var allParts = [];
+
     if(locationId) {
         if(locationmode === 'USA-states') {
             // Filter out features out in USA
@@ -63,6 +65,12 @@ function locationToFeature(locationmode, location, features) {
         for(i = 0; i < filteredFeatures.length; i++) {
             f = filteredFeatures[i];
             if(f.id === locationId) return f;
+            if(
+                f.properties &&
+                f.properties.iso3cd === locationId
+            ) {
+                allParts.push(f);
+            }
         }
 
         loggers.log([
@@ -71,13 +79,38 @@ function locationToFeature(locationmode, location, features) {
         ].join(' '));
     }
 
+    if(allParts.length) {
+        return allParts; //[allParts.length - 1];
+    }
+
     return false;
 }
 
 function feature2polygons(feature) {
+    if(!Array.isArray(feature)) {
+        return _feature2polygons(feature);
+    }
+
+    var polygons;
+    for(var i = 0; i < feature.length; i++) {
+        var pts = _feature2polygons(feature[i]);
+
+        if(pts.length) {
+            if(!polygons) {
+                polygons = pts;
+            } else {
+                polygons.push(polygon.tester(pts));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return polygons;
+}
+
+function _feature2polygons(feature) {
     var geometry = feature.geometry;
     var coords = geometry.coordinates;
-    var loc = feature.id;
+    var loc = feature.properties.iso3cd || feature.id;
 
     var polygons = [];
     var appendPolygon, j, k, m;
@@ -173,6 +206,9 @@ function feature2polygons(feature) {
                 appendPolygon(coords[j]);
             }
             break;
+        case 'LineString':
+            appendPolygon(coords);
+            break;
     }
 
     return polygons;
@@ -363,9 +399,35 @@ function fetchTraceGeoData(calcData) {
     return promises;
 }
 
+
+function computeBbox(d) {
+    if(!Array.isArray(d)) {
+        return _computeBbox(d);
+    }
+
+    var minLon = Infinity;
+    var maxLon = -Infinity;
+    var minLat = Infinity;
+    var maxLat = -Infinity;
+
+    for(var i = 0; i < d.length; i++) {
+        var p = _computeBbox(d[i]);
+
+        minLon = Math.min(minLon, p[0]);
+        minLat = Math.min(minLat, p[1]);
+        maxLon = Math.max(maxLon, p[2]);
+        maxLat = Math.max(maxLat, p[3]);
+    }
+
+    return [
+        minLon, minLat,
+        maxLon, maxLat
+    ];
+}
+
 // TODO `turf/bbox` gives wrong result when the input feature/geometry
 // crosses the anti-meridian. We should try to implement our own bbox logic.
-function computeBbox(d) {
+function _computeBbox(d) {
     return turfBbox(d);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/topojson_utils.js b/src/lib/topojson_utils.js
index b533b1a71bf..a0e90a45bac 100644
--- a/src/lib/topojson_utils.js
+++ b/src/lib/topojson_utils.js
@@ -13,7 +13,16 @@ topojsonUtils.getTopojsonName = function(geoLayout) {
 };
 
 topojsonUtils.getTopojsonPath = function(topojsonURL, topojsonName) {
-    return topojsonURL + topojsonName + '.json';
+    var path = topojsonURL;
+
+    if(topojsonName.startsWith('un_')) {
+        path += 'un';
+        return 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/etpinard/sane-topojson/refs/heads/un-borders/dist/un.json';
+    } else {
+        path += topojsonName;
+    }
+
+    return path + '.json';
 };
 
 topojsonUtils.getTopojsonFeatures = function(trace, topojson) {
diff --git a/src/plots/geo/constants.js b/src/plots/geo/constants.js
index ad130053460..16a04e4339e 100644
--- a/src/plots/geo/constants.js
+++ b/src/plots/geo/constants.js
@@ -141,14 +141,17 @@ exports.lataxisSpan = {
     '*': 180
 };
 
+var world = {
+    lonaxisRange: [-180, 180],
+    lataxisRange: [-90, 90],
+    projType: 'equirectangular',
+    projRotate: [0, 0, 0]
+};
+
 // defaults for each scope
 exports.scopeDefaults = {
-    world: {
-        lonaxisRange: [-180, 180],
-        lataxisRange: [-90, 90],
-        projType: 'equirectangular',
-        projRotate: [0, 0, 0]
-    },
+    un: world,
+    world: world,
     usa: {
         lonaxisRange: [-180, -50],
         lataxisRange: [15, 80],
diff --git a/src/plots/geo/geo.js b/src/plots/geo/geo.js
index 797ab8373b6..32b4321bc94 100644
--- a/src/plots/geo/geo.js
+++ b/src/plots/geo/geo.js
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ proto.makeFramework = function() {
 
     // sane lonlat to px
     _this.project = function(v) {
+        if(!v) return [null, null];
         var px = _this.projection(v);
         return px ?
             [px[0] - _this.xaxis._offset, px[1] - _this.yaxis._offset] :
@@ -625,6 +626,8 @@ proto._render = function() {
     var k;
 
     function translatePoints(d) {
+        if(!d.lonlat) return null;
+
         var lonlatPx = projection(d.lonlat);
         return lonlatPx ?
             strTranslate(lonlatPx[0], lonlatPx[1]) :
@@ -685,6 +688,8 @@ function getProjection(geoLayout) {
     }
 
     projection.isLonLatOverEdges = function(lonlat) {
+        if(!lonlat) return false;
+
         if(projection(lonlat) === null) {
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/src/plots/geo/layout_attributes.js b/src/plots/geo/layout_attributes.js
index b94cca3bec5..286766dd65f 100644
--- a/src/plots/geo/layout_attributes.js
+++ b/src/plots/geo/layout_attributes.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ var attrs = module.exports = overrideAll({
     scope: {
         valType: 'enumerated',
         values: sortObjectKeys(constants.scopeDefaults),
-        dflt: 'world',
+        dflt: 'un',
         description: 'Set the scope of the map.'
     },
     projection: {
diff --git a/src/plots/geo/layout_defaults.js b/src/plots/geo/layout_defaults.js
index a5d64e2e9f8..3216a6c67dd 100644
--- a/src/plots/geo/layout_defaults.js
+++ b/src/plots/geo/layout_defaults.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function handleGeoDefaults(geoLayoutIn, geoLayoutOut, coerce, opts) {
     // no other scopes are allowed for 'albers usa' projection
     if(isAlbersUsa) scope = geoLayoutOut.scope = 'usa';
 
-    var isScoped = geoLayoutOut._isScoped = (scope !== 'world');
+    var isScoped = geoLayoutOut._isScoped = (scope !== 'world' && scope !== 'un');
     var isSatellite = geoLayoutOut._isSatellite = projType === 'satellite';
     var isConic = geoLayoutOut._isConic = projType.indexOf('conic') !== -1 || projType === 'albers';
     var isClipped = geoLayoutOut._isClipped = !!constants.lonaxisSpan[projType];
diff --git a/src/traces/choropleth/plot.js b/src/traces/choropleth/plot.js
index da27bf17d78..6f6be657eb7 100644
--- a/src/traces/choropleth/plot.js
+++ b/src/traces/choropleth/plot.js
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ function calcGeoJSON(calcTrace, fullLayout) {
             geoUtils.locationToFeature(locationmode, calcPt.loc, features);
 
         if(feature) {
-            calcPt.geojson = feature;
-            calcPt.ct = feature.properties.ct;
+            var f0 = Array.isArray(feature) ? feature[0] : feature;
+            calcPt.geojson = f0;
+            calcPt.ct = f0.properties.ct;
             calcPt._polygons = geoUtils.feature2polygons(feature);
 
             var bboxFeature = geoUtils.computeBbox(feature);
diff --git a/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js b/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js
index b9d54ae6f7d..eba13e428ae 100644
--- a/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval) {
     var project = geo.project;
 
     function distFn(d) {
-        var lonlat = d.lonlat;
+        var _lonlat = d.lonlat;
 
-        if(lonlat[0] === BADNUM) return Infinity;
-        if(isLonLatOverEdges(lonlat)) return Infinity;
+        if(!_lonlat || _lonlat[0] === BADNUM) return Infinity;
+        if(isLonLatOverEdges(_lonlat)) return Infinity;
 
-        var pt = project(lonlat);
+        var pt = project(_lonlat);
         var px = project([xval, yval]);
         var dx = Math.abs(pt[0] - px[0]);
         var dy = Math.abs(pt[1] - px[1]);
diff --git a/src/traces/scattergeo/plot.js b/src/traces/scattergeo/plot.js
index 9124900e8b3..4abbdcbe937 100644
--- a/src/traces/scattergeo/plot.js
+++ b/src/traces/scattergeo/plot.js
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ function plot(gd, geo, calcData) {
     var gTraces = Lib.makeTraceGroups(scatterLayer, calcData, 'trace scattergeo');
 
     function removeBADNUM(d, node) {
-        if(d.lonlat[0] === BADNUM) {
+        if(
+            d.lonlat &&
+            d.lonlat[0] === BADNUM
+        ) {
             d3.select(node).remove();
         }
     }
@@ -98,12 +101,13 @@ function calcGeoJSON(calcTrace, fullLayout) {
         lonArray = [bboxGeojson[0], bboxGeojson[2]];
         latArray = [bboxGeojson[1], bboxGeojson[3]];
     } else {
-        lonArray = new Array(len);
-        latArray = new Array(len);
+        lonArray = [];
+        latArray = [];
         for(i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             calcPt = calcTrace[i];
-            lonArray[i] = calcPt.lonlat[0];
-            latArray[i] = calcPt.lonlat[1];
+            if(!calcPt.lonlat) continue;
+            lonArray.push(calcPt.lonlat[0]);
+            latArray.push(calcPt.lonlat[1]);
         }
 
         opts.ppad = calcMarkerSize(trace, len);
diff --git a/test/plot-schema.json b/test/plot-schema.json
index 6aa77cf3338..22eb7e2075e 100644
--- a/test/plot-schema.json
+++ b/test/plot-schema.json
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@
     "role": "object",
     "scope": {
      "description": "Set the scope of the map.",
-     "dflt": "world",
+     "dflt": "un",
      "editType": "plot",
      "valType": "enumerated",
      "values": [
@@ -2549,6 +2549,7 @@
       "europe",
       "north america",
       "south america",
+      "un",
       "usa",
       "world"
      ]