diff --git a/plugin-designs/country-posters/countries-map.vue b/plugin-designs/country-posters/countries-map.vue
index fde9aa519..1da70ca9d 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/country-posters/countries-map.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/country-posters/countries-map.vue
@@ -1262,12 +1262,30 @@ async function openPacket() {
       import('@map/composables/poster/useMapPoster.js'),
     ])
 
-    // Same 50-group cap as before: an overnight safety limit, not a design choice.
-    let groups = mapData.normalizedPeopleGroups.value || []
-    if (groups.length > 50) {
-      console.warn(`[country-posters] packet export truncated ${groups.length} → 50 people groups`)
-      groups = groups.slice(0, 50)
-    }
+    // ★ THE PACKET IS THE SELECTION, not the first 50 loaded groups (rega: "Asia" printed Sudan).
+    // library/maps/pin-selection.js reads the pins as DRAWN (their properties are derived: filled-in
+    // language family, canonical region keys), so a row filter would pick a plausible WRONG subset.
+    // This map has no dim expression, so the pins layer's own filter is the whole selection.
+    const all = mapData.normalizedPeopleGroups.value || []
+    let groups = all
+    try {
+      const { selectedPinIds } = await import('@map/maps/pin-selection.js')
+      const m = map.value
+      const filt = m && m.getLayer('language-family-pins') ? m.getFilter('language-family-pins') : null
+      const ids = m ? selectedPinIds(m, { expressions: [filt].filter(Boolean) }) : null
+      if (ids && ids.size) {
+        const picked = all.filter((g) => ids.has(String(g.uniqueId ?? g.id ?? '')))
+        // ids but no rows is an ID MISMATCH, not an empty selection: print everything and say so,
+        // rather than a packet about nothing.
+        if (picked.length) groups = picked
+        else console.warn('[country-posters] packet: the selected pins matched no rows (id mismatch); printing the full list')
+      } else if (ids) {
+        groups = []   // a genuinely empty selection: the printer's own "no records" error says so
+      }
+    } catch (e) { console.warn('[country-posters] packet selection unavailable; printing the full list:', e?.message || e) }
+    // Same 50-group cap as before: an overnight safety limit, not a design choice. The cover says so.
+    const selectedTotal = groups.length
+    if (groups.length > 50) groups = groups.slice(0, 50)
 
     // ★ AN EXPLICIT ADAPTER, because the two halves name the same fields differently and a mismatch
     // here is SILENT — the packet would print with blank names and empty photos rather than failing.
@@ -1314,7 +1332,7 @@ async function openPacket() {
 
     const zone = {
       id: String(activeTab.value?.id || 'research-map'),
-      label: legendTitle.value || tabLabel(activeTab.value) || 'Doxa Map',
+      label: (legendTitle.value || tabLabel(activeTab.value) || 'Doxa Map') + (selectedTotal > 50 ? ` — 50 of ${selectedTotal}` : ''),
       zoneKey: String(activeTab.value?.id || 'research-map'),
     }
     const prints = usePosterPrints({