“The map in Barbie Land is a whimsical, child-like crayon drawing," the studio said in a statement. "The doodles depict Barbie's make-believe journey from Barbie Land to the real world.

Rather than a work of serious cartography, Warner Bros said the map “is a whimsical, child-like crayon drawing.” It “was not intended to make any type of statement,” the studio said.

A hiker and outdoorsman, Mr. Thomas as a child yearned for a world where nature ruled supreme. His map represents the “idealistic planet that I wanted,” Mr. Thomas, 34, said.

In this case, Barbie's ride to the real world. "The map in Barbie Land is a child-like crayon drawing," a spokesperson for the Warner Bros. Film Group told the outlet.

Dashed lines drawn in a "child-like manner" appeared in several locations on the map around land masses identified as Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia, the censors said.