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Country
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Second largest country in the world by surface area
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Canada
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Shares the summit of Mount Everest with China
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Nepal
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Most populous of the "stan" countries
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Pakistan
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Known as "Éire" in its native language
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Ireland
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Named after the river in which Jesus was baptized
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Jordan
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Most recent country to become a full member of the UN, in 2011
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South Sudan
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First European country to trade directly with India
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Portugal
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Its flag is a field of blue with a yellow cross
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Sweden
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Most populous of the former Yugoslav republics
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Serbia
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Has the most coastline of any Mediterranean country
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Greece
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Once home to the Shining Path and Túpac Amaru guerillas
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Peru
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Known as the "Hermit Kingdom" due to lack of foreign relations
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North Korea
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Island chain whose inhabitants started a "cargo cult" during WWII worshiping a fictional U.S. soldier named John Frum
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Vanuatu
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Its capital city, Bratislava, is just 62 kilometers from Vienna
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Slovakia
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Its capital is named for U.S. President James Monroe
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Liberia
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Official languages are Spanish and Guaraní
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Paraguay
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Dictator Robert Mugabe retired in 2017 at the age of 93
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Zimbabwe
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Most of its land lies in the Carpathian Basin
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Hungary
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Its most populous city is Guayaquil
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Ecuador
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Has two Y's and a Z in its name
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Kyrgyzstan
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Etymology: < French vampire, < Magyar vampir, a word of Slavonic origin occurring in the same form in Russian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, and Bulgarian, with such variants as Bulgarian vapir, vepir, Ruthenian vepyr, vopyr, opyr, Russian upir, upyr, Polish upior; Miklosich suggests north Turkish uber witch, as a possible source. Compare German vampir, vampyr, Danish, Swedish vampyr, Dutch vampir, Italian vampiro, Spanish vampiro, Portuguese vampiro, modern Latin vampyrus.