Answers with two possible answers are (completely) separate government level entities, the first answer given will be the one with a higher population.
For answers that give an extra option (i.e. Finland (+Åland Islands)) are territories that are governed/closely related to the dominant answer.
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.