| The only country that... | Country | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| is inhabited by at least one pope. | Vatican City | 99%
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| has a border dispute with India over an area larger than 1000km. | China | 71%
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| is smaller than 25km. | Monaco | 66%
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| has a capital starting with i. | Pakistan | 61%
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| is landlocked in the Americas. | Paraguay | 60%
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| is a city-state. | Singapore | 60%
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| claims area in Kashmir. | India | 57%
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| has a mountain over 8km high. | Nepal | 56%
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| is in the Himalayas. | Bhutan | 55%
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| is further than 80 north. | Norway | 53%
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| is geographically within 5km of the United States. | Russia | 53%
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| is in the top 5 oil producers both per capita and in barrels/day. | Saudi Arabia | 53%
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| has more than 20 official languages. | Bolivia | 52%
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| has more than 250 million inhabitants. | Indonesia | 52%
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| at least 30 other countries import the most from. | United States | 52%
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| borders 3 countries starting with M. | Algeria | 51%
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| ends on -STAN. | Kyrgyzstan | 50%
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| borders the highest navigable lake. | Peru | 49%
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| has at least 2 South American metropolitan areas with over 3 million inhabitants in 2015. | Colombia | 48%
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| has territory on 3 of the largest 10 islands. | Canada | 46%
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| starts with R. | Rwanda | 46%
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| has United in its name. | United Kingdom | 46%
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| is doubly landlocked. | Uzbekistan | 46%
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| touches the Arctic sea. | Iceland | 45%
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| has territory on Borneo. | Malaysia | 45%
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| is in the historical region of Rhodesia. | Zambia | 45%
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| is an island country in the Mediterranean. | Cyprus | 44%
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| has more than 400,000km of tropical rainforest. | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 42%
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| borders Lake Victoria. | Kenya | 42%
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| is larger than 1,850,000km and lies on the tropic of Cancer. | Mexico | 42%
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| is on the Iberian peninsula. | Andorra | 40%
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| has more than 1,750,000km of desert and tundra. | Australia | 40%
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| has German as an official language. | Austria | 40%
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| produced more than 6.75 million tonnes of bananas in 2016. | Brazil | 40%
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| borders 3 countries smaller than 10,000km. | France | 40%
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| borders at least 9 other countries. | Germany | 40%
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| is fully enclaved by another country. | Lesotho | 40%
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| has a capital city colder than Moscow. | Mongolia | 40%
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| ends on a unique last letter (G, H, K, Q) | Iraq | 39%
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| has a launch base where humans have been launched into space by 2018. | Kazakhstan | 39%
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| has more than 300 languages being spoken. | Papua New Guinea | 39%
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| has an autonomous division spanning over 95% of the land area. | Denmark | 38%
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| has territory on "The Emerald Isle". | Ireland | 38%
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| is on Hispaniola. | Haiti | 37%
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| has more than 50% of the delta of a European river longer than 2,300km. | Romania | 37%
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| borders the North Sea. | Belgium | 36%
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| has a 13 letter 1 word name. | Liechtenstein | 35%
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| produced at least 300 feature films in 2015. | Nigeria | 35%
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| was a colony of the Netherlands that has since gained independence. | Suriname | 35%
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| has an average elevation over 3000m. | Tajikistan | 35%
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| borders the largest time zone jump over a land border | Afghanistan | 34%
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| borders the Caspian Sea. | Azerbaijan | 34%
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| has a flag featuring the Union Jack. | Fiji | 34%
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| claims part of Antarctica. | New Zealand | 34%
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| is home to the highest mountain of its continent. | Tanzania | 34%
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| has more than 100 million muslims. | Bangladesh | 33%
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| has planted a flag on the moon by January 2019. | Japan | 33%
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| has a canal allowing ships to not have to circumnavigate an entire continent. | Panama | 33%
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| has a capital starting with O. | Burkina Faso | 32%
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| is in Indochina. | Cambodia | 32%
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| has a flag which is only blue and yellow. | Ukraine | 32%
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| is within 0.5 south of the equator, yet has no land area north. | Nauru | 31%
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| has the southernmost point of the mainland of its continent. | South Africa | 31%
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| has a unique first letter. | Yemen | 31%
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| starts with I. | Israel | 30%
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| has an 18 letter sequence in its name the same as another country. | Republic of the Congo | 30%
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| was the origin of one of the 6 largest empires ever by land area. | Spain | 30%
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| has won a FIFA mens world championship by 2018. | Uruguay | 30%
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| had over 60 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2016. | El Salvador | 29%
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| has an X in its name. | Luxembourg | 29%
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| has its capital city within 10km of another capital city. | Italy | 27%
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| has part of the Atlas Mountains. | Morocco | 27%
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| has over 15,000km of coastline. | Philippines | 27%
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| has an elevation span larger than 7000m. | Argentina | 26%
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| has won more than 500 medals at all summer and winter olympics until 2019 combined. | Sweden | 26%
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| had more than 550 prisoners per 10,000 inhabitants in 2018. | Turkmenistan | 26%
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| is on the Strait of Hormuz. | Oman | 25%
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| paid for its UN membership by leasing its internet domain. | Tuvalu | 25%
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| starts with K. | Kosovo | 24%
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| had more than 3 million more men than women in 2016. | United Arab Emirates | 24%
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| took part in the War of the Pacific (aka Salpeter war). | Chile | 23%
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| has at least 20 world heritage sites. | Iran | 23%
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| shares its name with a river longer than 1100km. | Niger | 23%
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| has a capital starting with Port. | Trinidad and Tobago | 23%
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| has an element in the periodic table named after it. | Poland | 22%
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| has a name with 5 words. | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22%
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| has a flag featuring the constellation Crux (aka Southern Cross). | Samoa | 22%
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| has uncontacted tribes. | Venezuela | 22%
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| has declared itself socialist. | Vietnam | 22%
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| has a name with only one syllable. | Laos | 21%
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| produced more than 650,000 tonnes of whole cow milk cheese in 2014. | Netherlands | 21%
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| was (partially) part of the Japanese empire in December 1940. | North Korea | 21%
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| had an HDI higher than 0.930 in 2018. | Switzerland | 21%
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| has more than 25,000km of water area. | Finland | 20%
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| has its capital on the Danube river. | Hungary | 20%
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| touches the Baltic Sea. | Latvia | 20%
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| has a cardinal direction (North, East, South, West) in its name. | North Macedonia | 20%
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| had a life expectancy higher than 82 years in 2017. | South Korea | 20%
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| is an island country in the Indian Ocean. | Sri Lanka | 20%
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| received more than 20 million visitors in 2016. | Thailand | 20%
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| has between 1 and 40 km of coastline. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19%
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| has the name of its continent in its name. | Central African Republic | 19%
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| borders the Red Sea. | Eritrea | 19%
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| has hosted an Olympics by 2019. | Greece | 19%
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| was home to at least one of the 35 strongest earthquakes recorded by 2018. | Portugal | 19%
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| is landlocked in Asia. | Armenia | 18%
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| is on the shortest land border between two countries. | Botswana | 18%
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| has a 4 letter name. | Mali | 18%
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| ends in -L. | Senegal | 18%
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| touches the Sahara desert. | Sudan | 18%
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| had at least 8 urban areas with more than 1 million inhabitants in 2018. | Turkey | 18%
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| has hosted the creation of a core Commonwealth declaration. | Zimbabwe | 18%
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| owns more than 50% of a sea island larger than 1km shared undisputedly by at least 2 countries. | Dominican Republic | 17%
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| was once part of the USSR. | Georgia | 17%
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| has a capital with the same name. | Guatemala | 17%
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| produced more than 2 million tonnes of cocoa in 2017. | Ivory Coast | 17%
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| uses the imperial system of measurement. | Liberia | 17%
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| was hit by a tornado causing over 100 deaths by 2018. | Malta | 17%
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| has a weapon on its flag. | Mozambique | 17%
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| has been sovereign without subordination since 1725. | San Marino | 17%
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| contains no O-Z in both the country and capital name. | Chad | 16%
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| borders only one other country. | Gambia | 16%
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| hosts one of the New 7 wonders of the world. | Jordan | 16%
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| had an obesity rate over 40% in 2014. | Palau | 16%
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| has at least 40 islands larger than 10km. | Solomon Islands | 16%
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| has its lowest point more than 500m above sealevel. | Uganda | 16%
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| has one of the 22 largest economies in 2019. | Egypt | 15%
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| was once part of French Equatorial Africa. | Gabon | 15%
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| has a highest recorded temperature of at least 51C. | Kuwait | 15%
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| ends in -land(s). | Marshall Islands | 15%
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| has more than one capital. | Benin | 14%
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| has less than 6cm of precipitation per year on average. | Libya | 14%
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| is an absolute monarchy. | Eswatini | 13%
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| is a megadiverse country (has more than 5,000 endemic plant species and borders marine ecosystems). | Madagascar | 13%
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| has a GDP per capita (PPP) of more than $50,000 in 2017. | Qatar | 13%
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| touches the Mediterranean. | Albania | 12%
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| had more than 600 vehicles per 1000 inhabitants in 2018. | Brunei | 12%
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| was home to the strongest earthquake of the year between 2000 and 2018. | Ecuador | 12%
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| became independent after 2000. | Montenegro | 12%
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| solely owns a lake of at least 3,000km in surface area. | Nicaragua | 12%
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| borders at least 8 other countries. | Serbia | 12%
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| has at least one of the four extreme points (N, E, S, W) of any continent mainland. | Tunisia | 12%
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| starts with 2 consecutive vowels. | East Timor | 11%
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| is in the top 5 countries with the most people practicing Wahhabism. | Bahrain | 10%
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| has no first level subdivisions (provinces, constituent countries,...). | Kiribati | 10%
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| is 99% or more islamic. | Mauritania | 10%
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| has participated in at least 15 summer or winter Olympics without winning a medal. | Myanmar | 10%
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| starts with any letter from T to Z. | Togo | 10%
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| has a capital which differs only one letter from the capital of another country. | Jamaica | 9%
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| lies on the equator. | São Tomé and Príncipe | 9%
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| had adopted the Euro by 2012. | Slovakia | 9%
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| had an illiteracy rate over 65% in 2015. | South Sudan | 9%
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| is involved in a border dispute in Europe. | Croatia | 8%
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| had exactly 1 McDonald's restaurant in 2018. | Cuba | 8%
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| is landlocked. | Czechia | 8%
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| had more than 275 McDonald's restaurants in 2018. | Taiwan | 8%
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| has at least 10 colours in its flag. | Belize | 7%
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| has at least 50 active volcanos. | Ethiopia | 7%
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| has more than 1000 people per km. | Maldives | 7%
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| is larger than 825,000km. | Namibia | 7%
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| executed at least 25 people between 2015 and 2018. | Somalia | 7%
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| has a (near-)persistent lava lake. | Vanuatu | 7%
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| had an urban area with at least 5 million inhabitants in January 2019. | Angola | 6%
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| has less than 40% of its area on the largest two land masses. | Bahamas | 6%
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| has a flag with a crescent. | Comoros | 6%
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| has less than 10 people per km. | Guyana | 6%
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| has no official language. | Mauritius | 6%
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| has a Y in its name. | Seychelles | 6%
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| is in Eurasia. | Bulgaria | 5%
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| is in the Americas. | Dominica | 5%
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| had an economic freedom index of at least 76.3% in 2018. | Estonia | 5%
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| had more than 2 alcoholic drinks per person per day in 2016. | Lithuania | 5%
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| has a flag with three vertical stripes (emblems allowed). | Moldova | 5%
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| is smaller than 325km. | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5%
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| had an average murder rate of less than 1 per 100,000 inhabitants between 2000 and 2016. | Slovenia | 5%
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| has its lowest point more than 100m below sealevel. | Syria | 5%
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| has had an earthquake with at least magnitude 8 by 2018. | Tonga | 5%
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| has the Sun on its flag. | Antigua and Barbuda | 4%
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| has never been set foot in by the British military or been under British rule. | Belarus | 4%
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| had a birth rate of more than 5 children per woman in 2018. | Burundi | 4%
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| is in the top 15 countries with the most air pollution (manmade or natural). | Cameroon | 4%
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| had a real GDP growth rate above 6.3% in 2018. | Djibouti | 4%
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| is an island country. | Federated States of Micronesia | 4%
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| was deliberately bombed by the US with hostile intent and casualties between 1946 and 2018. | Grenada | 4%
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| had a life expectancy lower than 60 years in 2017. | Guinea-Bissau | 4%
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| is on the ring of fire. | Honduras | 4%
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| has won at least 2 Nobel prizes by 2018. | Saint Lucia | 4%
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| used to have a McDonald's restaurant, which has since closed. | Barbados | 3%
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| has a capital starting with 2 consonants. | Cape Verde | 3%
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| comes before all its bordering countries alphabetically whilst sharing at least one border. | Costa Rica | 3%
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| is in the world. | Equatorial Guinea | 3%
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| has English as national language. | Ghana | 3%
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| had an average real GDP growth rate above 5.6% between 2013 and 2018. | Guinea | 3%
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| has a capital without the letter A. | Lebanon | 3%
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| is more than 6% water area. | Malawi | 3%
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| comes after all its bordering countries alphabetically whilst sharing at least one border. | Sierra Leone | 3%
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