I tried to think of some reasons for the anagrams. YA SALAMI is an ironic name. Malaysia is a Muslim country so that is something that would never be said there. MOAN is a good one, because OMAN sort of sounds like "oh, man" which is a bit of a moan. BAG HANDLES - Bangladeshi sweatshops? PAPAW, AGUE and ENNUI - three things you can find in Papa New Guinea? AY SIR - Authoritarian Assad regime. CHINESE LENT IT - Liechtenstein's role as a tax haven?
So, I had an oddly relevant conversation on my home IRC network today. [14:11:06] <Zapmeister> anyway someone claiming to be from the guardian was asking me the other day for permission to put my anagram world map on the show and tell section of their website
[14:11:13] <Zapmeister> but before i could reply
[14:11:14] <flag> wait wait
[14:11:15] <flag> wait
[14:11:18] <flag> waaaaaaaaaait
[14:11:25] <flag> explain that bit about your anagram map
[14:11:34] <Sunset> he made it three years ago if i remember correctly
[14:11:44] <Zapmeister> hang on
[14:12:01] <flag> 
[14:12:03] <flag> oh hey
[14:12:06] <flag> that was you on mapporn
[14:12:10] <Zapmeister> well before i could reply they sent me another message saying that since i anagrammed afghanistan as "shag a infant" they'll have to pass on it