With the unfortunate death of flash coming to the internet shortly, we have to make some adjustments to keep playing the game that we all know and love. It seems that the folks at SSG have taken some precautions to avoid this (seeing that they've changed the current usa L1 to this https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/geography/usa/50-states-game-1/ which is a massive downgrade). Assuming that they keep downgrading instead of keeping the game as is, I've made a folder of the swf files to play in the standalone (found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mnBlujcLUA8QrO2BDHgpvcSOJVJbMA4t ). To play these, there are a few tutorials that I've linked below, find something that works for you and you can keep enjoying the game as it was truly meant to be enjoyed!
https://www.howtogeek.com/438141/how-to-play-adobe-flash-swf-files-outside-your-web-browser/
http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/vbz/showthread.php?t=120256
As a tribute to the original runner and mod (the one who publicized SSG), we have decided to keep a legacy category dedicated to him. His record will stand in Europe Lakes as a way to say thank you for giving us the game that we know and love.
I changed the URL from Sheppard Software Geography down to ssg just to make it easier (you can now type in https://www.speedrun.com/ssg ) so its shorter. If this is "out of line" please do change it back and comment: "Quit trying to change things numbskull"