Countries of Europe in 1870 with a Map

This is mentioned in the caveat, but I'll explain anyway: They were nominally part of the Ottoman Empire at the time, however de facto independent as the Ottomans basically no longer had any control over them.

"North German" is already accepted. This state wasn't a fully unified German state and I think adding "Germany" as a type-in would ruin the point of the challenge.

Done.

Thanks!

Because that wasn't the name of the country.

Württemberg was one of the many German monarchies that survived throughout the ages of the Holy Roman Empire (albeit partitioned quite a bit throughout the years), into the Napoleonic era and then through the final years before German unification. Not too long after this, in the very beginning of 1871 during the Franco-Prussian War, it would join the North German Confederation along with Bavaria, Baden and Hesse to form the German Empire, the first modern unified German nation state.

Today, it exists merged together with Baden as the subdivision of 'Baden-Württemberg'.

The date updates even if you add a single type-in. It doesn't reset the quiz unless you add more answers.

In personal union and thus de facto two states sharing a common monarch.

Moresnet was unfortunately not an independent state. It was a neutral condominium under Belgium (Netherlands before 1830) and Prussia.

This should work now.

Technically it is wrong, yes. It was the merchant ensign for the Papacy, but at the time this quiz was originally created it was incorrectly shown and listed as the national flag of the Papal States from 1825 to 1870 in a lot sources. It should be replaced with the de facto civil flag with the next update.

Go for it!