Every time I see this kind of maps, I begin making up names for the new seas and islands etc. The island of Iran is surrounded by the Strait of Persia, the Gulf of Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Caucasus, the Caspian Sea (really a sea now) and the Stan Sea.
Just because you have always spelled something incorrectly, that doesn't mean everyone else has to spell it that way or accept your incorrect spelling. What a bizarre request (and that's saying something on this website).
"Afganistan" is accepted as valid answer in all other quizzes I had where this country is mentioned including COTW. Can we please have the same rules for all quizzes?
Please allow all possible misspellings of all countries please. In fact can I just type the first letter of each country please? And can you please accept any letter as the correct first letter? I'm sure that's how it is in the COTW quiz.
Given it's the same kind of blue as the sea where the missing countries are.....i couldn't help being amused by Iran looking like an island at the start. xD
(or atleast show a border where the water would end and the country begins)
Please consider accepting Azerbadjan as a spelling variation
(or disallow it in the COTW quiz)