Countries by Chinese Meaning

Love it, cool stuff.

Typing North Korea "correctly" answers the entry for South Korea, though!

I think it would be helpful to have an additional hint besides just the country name. Many of these are impossible to guess with some kind of context. Add the population or the continent or something to help us have a puncher's chance.

I think the pronunciation should be considered when picking the meaning of the character for North Korea. Morning would be zhāo instead of cháo (so it would mean facing/any other term represented by that pronunciation), while xiǎn would mean rare/less as in 鲜为人知

"'鲜'又假借为'尟'，读作xiǎn，表示少之义。" - According to Baidu Baike