Give the Category

I give you a list of countries and you give me the category which they all fall in!
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Last updated: February 23, 2025
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1. Bangladesh, Denmark, Iraq, Luxembourg
Invaded by the Axis
Border the sea
GDP per capita above $100,000
End with a unique letter
2. Morocco, Lebanon, Kuwait, Bahrain
Border 2 countries
Once a part of the Byzantine Empire
Ruled by a sultan
In the Arab world
3. Japan, United Kingdom, South Africa, Thailand
Drive on the left
Members of the Commonwealth of Nations
Are island countries
Once were an empire
4. Kosovo, Taiwan, Armenia, Cyprus
Gained independence in the 1900s
Not recognized by at least one country
Have a literacy rate of 99%
Are landlocked
5. Netherlands, France, Denmark, United Kingdom
Have territories in the Americas
Have capital cities on an island
Are made up of constituent countries
Speak Germanic languages
6. Bangladesh, Philippines, Brazil, Nigeria
Have a 20m+ city
Have over 100 million people
Are in a desert
Gained independence from Europe
7. Switzerland, Kuwait, Singapore, Finland
Smaller than Germany
Border the Indian Ocean
Have a 0.9 or higher HDI
Have red in the flag
8. Belize, Suriname, Guyana, Guinea-Bissau
Border one of the 10 largest countries in the world
Part of the Small Island Developing States
Have a border dispute
Are in the Americas
9. Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Moldova
Have a striped flag
Speak Romance languages
Invaded in WWII
Border a landlocked country
10. Ireland, Canada, Kenya, Guyana
Were named after people
Only border one country
Gained independence from the British
Have a coastal capital city
11. Russia, Spain, Turkey, Sweden
Had colonies in Africa
Claim Antarctica
Fought against France in the Napoleonic Wars
Are on a peninsula
12. Iceland, Mauritania, Niger, Iran
Have capitals in the south
Were a front in the Cold War
Have less than 10m people
Have a similar name to another country
13. Belarus, North Korea, India, South Africa
Speak an Indo-European language
Allied to the USSR
Part of the Non-Aligned Movement
Dislike their southern neighbor
14. Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Hungary, Ethiopia
Have an exclave
Have embassies in Pyongyang
Were once communist
Supported Russia invading Ukraine
15. India, Germany, Thailand, Greece
Have a language named after the country
Are in the top 75 most populated countries
More people live east
Have a parliament
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2 Comments
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Level 62
Feb 23, 2025
Pretty good stuff. I'd have called it "What do these countries have in common"; Give the Category could be anything, so folk won't know what the quiz is about.
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Level 61
Feb 24, 2025
Sure, but I want to be at least somewhat unique from the original quiz idea "What Do These Two Countries Have in Common?"