Rank
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Category
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Countries
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7
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Northernmost in Oceania
|
Marshall Islands | F. S. Micronesia | Palau | Kiribati | Nauru | Papua New Guinea
|
2 (t)
|
Longest one-word country name
|
Liechtenstein
|
6
|
Island nation with lowest HDI
|
Haiti | Madagascar | Comoros | Papua New Guinea | Solomon Islands
|
9
|
Most Catholic island nation (%)
|
East Timor | Malta | Philippines | Ireland | Cape Verde | Seychelles | São Tomé and Príncipe
|
5
|
Oldest country named after an explorer
|
United States | Colombia | Kiribati | Marshall Islands
|
12
|
First capital alphabetically
|
United Arab Emirates | Nigeria | Ghana | Ethiopia | Algeria | Jordan | Netherlands | Andorra | Turkey | Madagascar | Samoa
|
4
|
Southernmost once fully in Japanese Empire
|
Solomon Islands | Kiribati | Indonesia | East Timor
|
3
|
Southernmost once fully in German Empire
|
Namibia | Samoa
|
4
|
Largest within timezone UTC+11:00
|
Russia | Solomon Islands | Vanuatu
|
10
|
Island nation with greatest elevation
|
Indonesia | Papua New Guinea | Taiwan | New Zealand | Dominican Republic | East Timor | Philippines | Madagascar | Cape Verde
|
6
|
First new country of the 21st century
|
East Timor | Montenegro | Serbia | Kosovo | South Sudan
|
2
|
Most identical polygons on flag
|
United States
|
7
|
Easternmost where cars drive on the left
|
Fiji | Tuvalu | New Zealand | Kiribati | Australia | Nauru
|
2
|
Shortest name with all 5 vowels (aeiou)
|
Mozambique
|