Evil aliens have decided to kill everyone on Earth! Fortunately, they've given you two minutes to save as many as you can. All you have to do is name a country to save everyone in it.
I'm not sure, in the sense that the old Papal state was occupied during the Italian unification, but the 'current' area was never occupied by Italy (although not 'recognized' until 1929). I wonder if a 1914 JetPunk quiz would have included it in the 'Countries of the World'?