Geotoys

Geotoys was started in 2005 by an American father who wanted to help his young children learn about world geography.  Inspired by a similar puzzle of the United States, which had pieces shaped like states, he made a puzzle of Europe with pieces shaped like countries.  

He sold the puzzle to a few local toy stores, and then expanded to stores across the country.  GeoPuzzles of Africa, Asia, and South America followed, along with USA/Canada and finally the World.  Fast forward a few years, and now GeoPuzzles are available in all those continents, and in several different languages.

In addition to GeoPuzzles, Geotoys offers educational games including the imaginatively-named GeoBingo and GeoCards, as well as Flag Frenzy, a rapid-fire flag matching game. Geotoys also designs and distributes 100-pc magnetic puzzles and 1000-pc Metropuzzles, as well as  "Eugy" models from New Zealand,  soft plush from Hugg-a-Planet and marbles from Shastavisions.