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It would come first when sorting all Asian countries alphabetically
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Afghanistan
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Manama is Its capital
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Bahrain
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Home to Son Doong Cave
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Vietnam
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Home to the worlds largest indoor shopping mall
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United Arab Emirates
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Bordered by Iran to the south and the Caspian Sea to the west
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Turkmenistan
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Has the highest percentage of the population being military personnel in the world
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North Korea
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Home to the Petronas Towers
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Malaysia
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The Caucasus Mountains form it's entire north border
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Georgia
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The only middle eastern country with nukes
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Israel
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It's the least densely populated country on Earth
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Mongolia
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Holds the most popular city for tourists in the world
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Thailand
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In 2020, a building filled with fertilizer exploded here
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Lebanon
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Has the world's longest glacier, outside of the polar regions
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Tajikistan
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Has the worlds oldest planted tree, planted in 288 BC
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Sri Lanka
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Home of the worlds tallest clock tower
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Saudi Arabia
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The eruption of mount Tambora happened here
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Indonesia
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Has the highest percentage of airable land in the world
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Bangladesh
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Has the highest percentage of Buddhist people in the world
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Cambodia
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This country was the first in the world to ban the sale of tobacco products
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Bhutan
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Bandar Seri Begawan is its capital
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Brunei
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This country has the oldest continuously inhabited capital city in the world
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Syria
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The national dish is kimchi
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South Korea
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It is the most Christian country in Asia by percentage
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Armenia
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The religion Buddhism originated here
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India
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It's the only country that starts with O
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Oman
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This country's capital is the farthest capital city from any ocean
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Kyrgyzstan
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Smallest country to ever hold the title of the worlds tallest building
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Taiwan
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It is the smallest country that starts with K in all of Asia
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Kuwait
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It has the worlds largest landlocked exclave(part of country isolated from another part)
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Azerbaijan
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This country once had the second largest salt lake in the world, but water was diverted for cotton farms
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kazakhstan
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It's largest city was formerly known as Constanople
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Turkey
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It has the shortest coastline in all of Asia
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Jordan
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It's the only country with a flag that isn't rectangular
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Nepal
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It's the only Islamic country that has nuclear power
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Pakistan
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Chewing gum was banned here
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Singapore
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Its the only landlocked communist country in the world
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Laos
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It's one of two doubly landlocked countries
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Uzbekistan
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The island of Socotra is a part of this country
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Yemen
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It's the only Asian country in the European Union
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Cyprus
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It used to be called Burma
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Myanmar
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It's flag is white and maroon with a serrated vertical line separating the colors
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Qatar
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This country controls the island of Luzon
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Philippines
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This country gained independence from Indonesia
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East Timor(Timor Leste)
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It's home to the worlds highest bridge
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China
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The Tigris and Euphrates rivers both empty into the ocean in this country
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Iraq
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This country gets the least sleep on average in the world
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Japan
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This country used to be called Persia
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Iran
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