Hello!

I'm trying to divide my continents into countries that can be coloured separately. I thought that an easy way to do this would be to use the Path Division tool, however I am having issues. My continents are combined into one object, so I created a new layer and drew a series of paths (combined with Ctrl+K) along which I would like it to be divided, as seen below.

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First, I select the path to split by, then the shape underneath (in this case the white continent). I then go to Path -> Division. However, the result is not as expected. I've shaded the regions to highlight the problem.

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The lines seem to be shorter than they were drawn and are consequently not splitting properly. Does anyone know what the problem could be? All help is very appreciated .