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Used to have bombs placed under most bridges and in tunnels leading into the country
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Switzerland
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The land down under
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Australia
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Invaded Armenia in 2022
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Azerbaijan
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Had a bear among its army ranks in WW2
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Poland
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Many of its churches have two clocks, one of them purposefully wrong
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Malta
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Translates to "Rich Coast" in Spanish
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Costa Rica
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Has a large Igbo population
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Nigeria
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Surpassed China to become the world's most populous country in 2023
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India
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Has the longest coast on the Mediterranean sea
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Greece
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Home to the La Soufrière volcano
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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The only grand duchy remaining
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Luxembourg
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Known as Africa's North Korea
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Eritrea
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Also known as Kirghizia
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Kyrgyzstan
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Home to the second highest mountain, K2
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Pakistan
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Formerly Siam
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Thailand
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Last country to have a ATM
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Tuvalu
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Was an ancient empire centered around Timbuktu
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Mali
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The smallest German-speaking state
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Liechtenstein
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It connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans with a canal
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Panama
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Only country to start with O
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Oman
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Has a flag very similar to Qatar
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Bahrain
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Known as the graveyard of empires
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Afghanistan
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Only country that majority speaks Catalan
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Andorra
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The white on this country's flag represents mothers milk
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Serbia
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Has a breakaway state called Transnistria
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Moldova
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Only French colony that resisted the allies in WW2
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Gabon
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European country with the most immigrants
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Germany
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Has a cave with 1.4 billion pounds of cheese
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United States
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Borders every -stan country besides Pakistan
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Uzbekistan
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Invaded by Iraq in 1990
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Kuwait
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Shares a name with a former Muslim country in Southern Spain
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Grenada
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The national dish of this country is Adobo
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Philippines
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Its capital is Basseterre
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Central Asian country with a harsh dictatorship
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Turkmenistan
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Its capital is Lomé
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Togo
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Had an underwater cabinet meeting
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Maldives
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Divided between an independent faction, a Turkish faction, the UK and the U.N
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Cyprus
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Formerly led by Muammar Gaddafi
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Libya
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First country to host and win the world cup
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Uruguay
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Claims Western Sahara
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Morocco
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Center of the Mayan civilization
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Guatemala
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Its biggest city was formerly Rangoon
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Myanmar
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Has the longest coastline in the world
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Canada
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Center of the Inca empire
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Peru
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Disputes the Falkland Islands with the UK
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Argentina
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Has the most elephants
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Botswana
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Its capital is only 7.3km from Kinshasa
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Republic of the Congo
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Has many military bases from 8 different countries
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Djibouti
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Its capital was founded by Romulus and Remus
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Italy
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Known as the Breadbasket of Europe
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Ukraine
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Petra can be found here
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Jordan
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Has the city of Mombasa
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Kenya
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Composed of Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia
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Romania
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Only country in central America that doesn't mainly speak Spanish
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Belize
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Country that shares Mt. Everest with China
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Nepal
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Printed a 100 trillion dollar bill
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Zimbabwe
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Has a interior Republic with many ethnic Serbians
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Country with the most Muslims
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Indonesia
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Contains Northern Tyrol
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Austria
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Its modern territory held the city of Carthage
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Tunisia
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Added the Capital name to another nearby country's name
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Guinea-Bissau
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Country on its fifth republic
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France
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Used to be known as the New Hebrides
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Vanuatu
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Fought the Soviets in the winter war
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Finland
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Borders 8 countries with 6 different alphabets
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Turkey
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Largest country in the world
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Russia
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Country with a predominant dragon on its flag
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Bhutan
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Has the flag with the most purple
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Dominica
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Highest HDI country in Africa
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Seychelles
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Has been embargoed by the U.S since 1960
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Cuba
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Has three capitals
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South Africa
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Where Rihanna was born
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Barbados
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Has the highest inflation rate in the world
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Venezuela
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Birthplace of Joseph Stalin
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Georgia
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The only country to have been nuked during wartime
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Japan
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Island Country 11km from Venezuela
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Changed its name by adding "North" in 2019
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North Macedonia
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Owns the majority of the Ulster region
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United Kingdom
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Only country with a modern firearm on its flag
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Mozambique
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The most bombed country in the world
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Laos
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Southernmost Muslim majority country
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Comoros
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Contains the largest salt flat in the world
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Bolivia
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Shares its name with a lake that also takes up 20% of its area
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Malawi
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Contains the autonomous regions of Tibet and Xinjiang
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China
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Is completely based around an West African river
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Gambia
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Its capital is roughly 50 km from Vienna
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Slovakia
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Its building a city called "The Line"
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Saudi Arabia
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Place of the first permanent European settlement in the Americas
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Dominican Republic
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Despite being yellow, the circle on this country's flag represents the moon
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Palau
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Home to Samsung and LG
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South Korea
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Banned chewing gum
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Singapore
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Changed its capital from Bujumbura to Gitega in 2019
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Burundi
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Oceanic country never colonized (but was a protected state)
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Tonga
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First Yugoslav country to declare independence
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Slovenia
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Contains the Chutes de Boali or Boali waterfalls
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Central African Republic
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Fought El Salvador in a war over a football (soccer) game
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Honduras
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Gained independence from South Africa
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Namibia
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Was formerly in a Commonwealth with Poland
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Lithuania
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Its demonym is Gilbertese
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Kiribati
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Changed its name from Swaziland 2018
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Eswatini
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Its capital is named after a foreign president
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Liberia
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Gained independence from Indonesia
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East Timor
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Birthplace of Boba tea
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Taiwan
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First French African colony to become independent
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Guinea
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Composed of Bohemia and Moravia
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Czechia
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Country that hosted the 2022 world cup
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Qatar
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Its leader is Aleksandr Lukashenko
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Belarus
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Incorrectly translated "land of the Moors"
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Mauritania
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Home of the Kiwi bird and Māori people
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New Zealand
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Where Goulash originated
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Hungary
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Has a statue of Bill Clinton
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Kosovo
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It shares its name with a American territory in the Pacific
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Samoa
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Absorbed by Italy in 1939
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Albania
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Lost most of its male population in the war of the triple alliance
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Paraguay
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Formed by the unification of Aragon and Castile
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Spain
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Was divided by the Italians and British in colonial times
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Somalia
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Home to the world's driest desert, the Atacama
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Chile
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The government genocided many groups, including people with glasses, from 1975 to 1979
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Cambodia
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Kicked a city out of the country, forcing independence on them
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Malaysia
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Formerly Dahomey
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Benin
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Oceanic country with a significant Indian population (about 40%)
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Fiji
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Its cities include Cali and Barranquilla
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Colombia
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India's teardrop
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Sri Lanka
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The least population dense country
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Mongolia
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Its exclave of Cabinda accounts for 60% of its oil
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Angola
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Named after Saint Thomas
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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Home to the city of Qom
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Iran
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Owns the Azores and Madeira
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Portugal
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Its capital is Niamey
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Niger
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Contains most of Dalmatia
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Croatia
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Formerly Upper Volta
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Burkina Faso
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Has the world's largest prison
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El Salvador
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Former Portuguese island country West of Senegal
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Cape Verde
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Fought the UK in the cod wars
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Iceland
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Hosts the Houthi rebels
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Yemen
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Wrongfully called Holland
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Netherlands
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The first civilization in Africa
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Egypt
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Owns Southern Dobruja
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Bulgaria
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Last country to leave the Soviet union
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Kazakhstan
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Its capital means "Monday" in Persian
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Tajikistan
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Longest coastline in Europe
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Norway
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Owns the Faroe islands
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Denmark
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Country with the island of Bioko
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Equatorial Guinea
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Only majority Jewish country
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Israel
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The Lucayan archipelago is mostly composed of this country
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Bahamas
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Has the most spoken languages out of any country
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Papua New Guinea
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Brutally ruled by King Leopold personally
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Country that contains the Ganges river delta
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Bangladesh
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Only country named for a woman
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Saint Lucia
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The oldest republic
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San Marino
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Where the Tigris and Euphrates meet and flow into the Persian gulf
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Iraq
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Durings WW1, its cities of Ypres and Leuven were mostly destroyed
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Belgium
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Only country in the Americas that speaks Dutch
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Suriname
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Least populated country in Oceania
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Nauru
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Two-Thirds of this country are claimed by Venezuela
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Guyana
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Named after a Biblical king
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Solomon Islands
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Formerly the Gold coast
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Ghana
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The newest independent country
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South Sudan
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African country that mostly resisted colonization
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Ethiopia
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Has the only capital beginning with Q
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Ecuador
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Contains the Islands of Yap, Weno and Falalop
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Federated States of Micronesia
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Suffered an explosion in its capital in 2020 due to a fireworks factory
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Lebanon
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Named after a historically important export
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Ivory Coast
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Pacific Island Country that the U.S tested nukes on
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Marshall Islands
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Named after the Zambezi river
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Zambia
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6th Nordic country?
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Estonia
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The largest African country before 2011
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Sudan
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Has a dispute with the UK over the British Indian ocean territory.
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Mauritius
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Formed from Tanganyika and Zanzibar
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Tanzania
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Made up of 7 emirates
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United Arab Emirates
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African country that speaks an Austronesian language
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Madagascar
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African country with the most world cup appearances
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Cameroon
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Birthplace of whiskey
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Ireland
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Once ruled by Idi Amin
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Uganda
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Has the most Islands in the world
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Sweden
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Its name means "Lion Mountains" in Portugese
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Sierra Leone
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The only country with no red, white or blue on its flag
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Jamaica
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Has the most populated city in North America
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Mexico
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Used to be ruled by François "Papa Doc" Duvalier
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Haiti
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Biggest country in Africa
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Algeria
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Most recent country to change its flag
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Syria
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Microstate on the French Riviera
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Monaco
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Contains the biggest lake in Central America
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Nicaragua
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Named after a rapidly drying up African lake
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Chad
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Known as the hermit kingdom
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North Korea
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Largest country completely surrounded by another
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Lesotho
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Its leader resides in the largest palace in the world
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Brunei
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Uses the Dong as a currency
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Vietnam
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Its highest peak is called Mt.Obama (or boggy peak)
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Carried out a genocide on the Tutsi
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Rwanda
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Was a victim of an Ottoman Genocide, resulting in about 1.5 million casualties
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Armenia
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Also known as the Holy See
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Vatican City
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Its name means "Black mountain" in Spanish
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Montenegro
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Contains the most populated city in the Baltic states
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Latvia
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Biggest South American country
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Brazil
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Almost completely surrounds the Gambia
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Senegal
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+Isn't Ireland also named after a woman?
+Isn't Tonga the most obese country now?
2. The name Ireland comes from the Irish name for the country "Éire" meaning "land" (So technically Ireland means Landland)
3. Yes it is, apologies for the outdated data, it has been fixed.
Thank you for pointing these out.
Also, the clue for Panama says "Its connects" which should be "It connects".