Countries 197 to 205

Færøerne (Danish), Føroyar (Faroese) also work now, as well as Faroes and Faeroes.

Cook/Faroe is inconsistent we agree, so we'll get "Cook" accepted as well now.

It is Sint Maarten

These ones exhibit more obviously the traits of countries, either by self-proclaimed country status plus mass recognition by other countries, and/or clear independence in their self-administration from any associated countries. As benchmark comparators, we note that Taiwan, recognized by 23 countries; Marshall Islands and Micronesia, whose defence are both run by the US; Cyprus and Georgia, each of with large chunks of territory under foreign administration; and Vatican City, with just UN-observer status, are all considered to display enough nationhood to qualify as one of the 196 nations of the Countries of the World quiz . The "countries" in the Countries 206 to 242 quiz fall far below these measures.

It is a territory of New Zealand. Tokelau has voted twice on proposals to become a nation in free association with New Zealand, like Cook Islands and Niue, in 2006 and 2007, but both votes failed to pass.

Fair points, though with SADR there is a clearly demarcated line of control between the area occupied by Morocco and the area controlled by SADR; I see parallels between that situation and Georgia/South Ossetia/Abkhazia or Cyprus/Northern Cyprus. Most importantly though, not one single country has recognized Morocco's claim to Western Sahara's territory following its invasion. The difference between the component countries of the Kingdoms of Netherlands and Denmark, and the relationship of the UK to Bermuda, Gibraltar and Falkland Islands, is that the UK's territories are unambiguously territories. Conversely, no-one suggests that Greenland, Aruba etc, are territories and not countries. But I take your point that Greenland, Aruba, etc are more ambiguous in their status, being countries within kingdoms.

divantilya's answer above has already covered this point.

Yes, I think the evidence is strong enough for it to be on the Countries of The World quiz, let alone this one.

Please note the instructions - see if you can find it at the Countries 206 to 242 quiz.

Part of France.

We accept Faroe Islands, Faeroe Islands, Faroes, Faeroes, Færøerne (Danish) and Føroyar (Faroese) - we think that's enough!

Do they want to be independent? Last I heard, they want to be even more US-of-A-ey than they are now.

OK, we'll replace it with a famous photo from the same answer: the beach by its main airport, which features spectacular low flyovers by planes as they land.

They are both. A free association between states is one where there is a minor partner in a formal, free relationship between a political territory with a degree of statehood and a (usually larger) nation, for which no other specific term, such as protectorate, is adopted.

See our reply to em2133 above.

If that's the "criterion". "Criteria" is plural.

Aruba shouldn't be a type-in in the other quiz, will get that updated. Caribbean Netherlands consists of Sint Eustatius, Bonaire and Saba.

Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey are all British Crown Dependencies, whereas Faroe Islands and Greenland are two of the three constituent countries that comprise the Kingdom of Denmark.

As the referendum is non-binding the 98% vote in favour of independence did not trigger independence automatically; in fact Bougainville hasn't declared independence yet.

Link fixed, thanks.

Because, unlike the other three nations, it is a part of the (European-based) country of the Netherlands.

We already do.