Found the answer!
$j('#map').vectorMap({
map: 'world_en',
color: '#f4f3f0',
scaleColors: ['#b6d6ff', '#005ace'],
});
$j('#map').vectorMap('set', 'colors', { au: '#b10', be: '#b10', bg: '#b10'});
$j('#map').vectorMap('set', 'colors', { eg: '#a20', ma: '#a20', za: '#a20'});
$j('#map').vectorMap('set', 'colors', { cn: '#f30', jp: '#f30', kr: '#f30'});
$j('#map').vectorMap('set', 'colors', { ar: '#660', us: '#660', cl: '#660'});