I have a SVG of the US
and am trying to cut it into this shape

But the code is too long for me to make sense of it, but
when I try to comment out anything, the whoe thing dissapears, the code is like
<path style="stroke-width:.4; stroke:red; fill:none"
d="
m -79.074002,
-0.353 -0.015,
0.39 -0.041,
0.061 -0.075,
-0.104 -0.158,
0.116 -0.086,
-0.084 0.037,
-0.136 -0.012,
-0.106 0.117,
-0.009 0.028,
..
How can I?