Which map is now recognized as providing the best balance of size, shape, and direction?

Conformal maps would be the correct answer,

The third one would be the answer

The question of what caused the full effects of the radical stage, also called the second french revolution by some historians, which shook the political and social reforms in france have caught the attention of many scholars, particularly because of principles implemented during this stage which is contradictory to the fundamental principle of the french revolution itself, by using dictatorship to create equality.