diverging

That is an incredibly arbitrary definition, but still would seem to only rule out New Zealand. As far as I can tell 100% of the landmasses of Palau, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu, and Brunei are opposite another landmass.

What about New Zealand, Palau, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu, and Brunei?

Lots of people doing something for fun but not taking it seriously is just an advertisement for people that will take it seriously.

German is not the same as Germanic. Both German and English evolved from a common ancestor, which we call Proto-Germanic.

‘Who’ and ‘Where’ are ‘*hwaz’ and ‘*hwar’ in Proto-Germanic.

I would say that in this case German strayed more than English.