Box
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United States
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United States | Canada
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Canada
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Canada
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Canada | Denmark
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Canada | Denmark
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Denmark
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Denmark | Iceland
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Norway | Sweden | Finland | Russia
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Russia
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Russia
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Russia
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Russia
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Russia
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Russia
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Russia
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Russia
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United States
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United States | Canada
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Canada
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Canada
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Canada
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Box
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Canada | Denmark
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Denmark
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Iceland | Ireland
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Ireland | United Kingdom | Belgium | Netherlands | Germany | Denmark | Norway
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Norway | Sweden | Finland | Russia | Estonia | Latvia | Lithuania | Belarus | Ukraine | Poland | Denmark | Germany
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Russia | Finland | Belarus | Ukraine | Kazakhstan
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Russia | Kazakhstan
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Russia | Kazakhstan
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Russia | Mongolia
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Russia | China
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Russia
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Russia
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Russia
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United States | Canada
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United States | Canada
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United States | Canada
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United States | Canada
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Portugal
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Portugal | Spain | France | Andorra | Monaco | United Kingdom | Italy | Switzerland | Liechtenstein | Austria | Germany | Belgium | Netherlands | Luxembourg
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Germany | Slovakia | Czech Republic | Poland | Ukraine | Moldova | Romania | Bulgaria | Greece | Turkey | North Macedonia | Italy | Vatican City | San Marino | Slovenia | Austria | Hungary | Croatia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Albania | Montenegro | Kosovo | Serbia
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Ukraine | Russia | Armenia | Georgia | Azerbaijan | Turkey | Iran | Kazakhstan
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Box
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Russia | Kazakhstan | Turkmenistan | Tajikistan | Uzbekistan | Iran | Kyrgyzstan | Afghanistan
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Russia | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Tajikistan | Uzbekistan | Afghanistan | China | Mongolia
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Russia | China | Mongolia
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Russia | China | Mongolia | South Korea | North Korea
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Russia | China | Japan
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United States | Mexico
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United States | Mexico
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United States | Bahamas
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Morocco | Mauritania | Spain
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Spain | Portugal | Morocco | Mauritania | Algeria | Tunisia | Mali | Libya
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Tunisia | Italy | Malta | Greece | Turkey | Egypt | Libya | Algeria
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Turkey | Syria | Cyprus | Egypt | Israel | Lebanon | Jordan | Saudi Arabia | Kuwait | Iraq | Iran | Bahrain | Qatar
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Iran | Turkmenistan | Afghanistan | Pakistan | Tajikistan | Uzbekistan | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates | Oman | India
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Tajikistan | Pakistan | Afghanistan | India | China | Nepal | Bangladesh | Bhutan
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China | Bhutan | Bangladesh | India | Myanmar
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China | Taiwan | South Korea | Japan
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Japan
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United States
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Mexico
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Mexico | Guatemala | El Salvador | Belize
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Cuba | Bahamas | Dominican Republic | Haiti | Jamaica | Belize | Guatemala | Honduras | El Salvador | Nicaragua | Costa Rica | Colombia | Venezuela | Netherlands | Mexico
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Box
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Dominican Republic | United States | Grenada | Trinidad and Tobago | Antigua and Barbuda | St Kitts and Nevis | St Vincent and the Grenadines | Barbados | Venezuela | Netherlands | France | St Lucia | Dominica
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Cape Verde | Morocco | Mauritania | Mali | Senegal | Gambia | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau
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Algeria | Mali | Mauritania | Guinea | Burkina Faso | Ghana | Togo | Benin | Nigeria | Niger
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Libya | Egypt | Sudan | Chad | Nigeria | Niger | Cameroon | Algeria | Central African Republic
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Egypt | Sudan | South Sudan | Eritrea | Djibouti | Somalia | Ethiopia | Saudi Arabia | Yemen
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Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates | Oman | Yemen | India | Pakistan
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India | Bangladesh
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India | Bangladesh | Myanmar | Thailand | Laos | China | Vietnam | Cambodia
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China | Taiwan | Philippines
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Marshall Islands
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Marshall Islands
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Kiribati
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Ecuador
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Costa Rica | Panama | Colombia | Venezuela | Brazil | Peru | Ecuador | Nicaragua
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Colombia | Venezuela | Brazil | Guyana | France | Trinidad and Tobago | Suriname
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Brazil
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Guinea | Sierra Leone | Liberia
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Guinea | Liberia | Ivory Coast | Mali | Burkina Faso | Ghana | Togo | Benin | Nigeria | Cameroon | Gabon | São Tomé and Príncipe | Equatorial Guinea
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Sudan | South Sudan | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Republic of the Congo | Rwanda | Uganda | Central African Republic | Chad | Cameroon | Nigeria | Gabon | Equatorial Guinea | Burundi | Tanzania
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Sudan | South Sudan | Ethiopia | Kenya | Uganda | Tanzania | Somalia | Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Somalia
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Box
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India | Sri Lanka | Maldives
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Vietnam | Cambodia | Myanmar | Malaysia | Thailand | Singapore | Indonesia
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Philippines | Brunei | Malaysia | Indonesia
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Palau | Federated States of Micronesia | Indonesia
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Federated States of Micronesia | Nauru | Marshall Islands | Kiribati
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Kiribati | Marshall Islands
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Kiribati
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Ecuador | Peru | Brazil | Colombia | Bolivia
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Brazil | Bolivia | Peru
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Brazil
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Gabon
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Republic of the Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Burundi | Rwanda | Tanzania | Angola | Zambia | Zimbabwe | Mozambique | Gabon
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Kenya | Tanzania | Mozambique | Comoros | Madagascar | Malawi | Zambia | France
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Seychelles
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Indonesia
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Australia | Indonesia | East Timor
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Australia | Indonesia | Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea | Solomon Islands | Vanuatu
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Kiribati | Tuvalu | Samoa | Fiji
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Peru | Bolivia | Chile | Argentina
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Brazil | Paraguay | Argentina | Chile | Bolivia | Peru
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Box
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Brazil
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Namibia | Angola | Zambia | Zimbabwe | South Africa | Lesotho | Botswana
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Malawi | Mozambique | Madagascar | Zimbabwe | Eswatini | South Africa
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Mauritius | France
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Australia
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Australia
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Australia | Vanuatu | France
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Fiji | Tonga
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Chile | Argentina
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Argentina | Uruguay | Brazil
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South Africa | Lesotho
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South Africa
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Australia
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Australia
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Australia
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New Zealand
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Chile | Argentina
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Chile | Argentina | United Kingdom
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Australia
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New Zealand
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New Zealand
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cool quiz
By my count, 27 out of 53 water squares are in the Pacific, and the remaining 26 are "elsewhere" (Atlantic & Indian, plus 1 in the Arctic). The Pacific really is a monster, and frankly I find it surprising that it contains as many islands as it does.
It's been argued both ways multiple times (including ZSA), but we're not just adding acronyms to save time, only when they're actually used irl.