Statistics for Countries by their former owners

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Previous Owner	Year of Independence	Country	% Correct
British Empire	1st January, 1901	Australia	79%
Sudan	9th July, 2011	South Sudan	79%
British Empire	4th July, 1776	USA	79%
Japanese Empire	15th August, 1945	South Korea/North Korea	67%
USA	4th July, 1946	Philippines	63%
British Empire	1st July, 1867	Canada	58%
Sweden	26th October, 1905	Norway	58%
Australia	16th September, 1975	Papua new guinea	58%
Belgian Empire	30th June, 1960	Republic of the Congo	58%
British Empire	18th July, 1947	India	54%
Italy	24th December, 1951	Libya	54%
Mexican Empire	2nd March, 1836	Texas	54%
French Empire	19th March, 1962	Algeria	50%
Mexican Empire	18th June, 1846	California Republic	50%
Russia	6th December, 1917	Finland	50%
Netherlands	17th August, 1945	Indonesia	50%
Spanish Empire	16th September, 1810	Mexico	50%
Soviet Union	20th August, 1991	Estonia	46%
Austria-Hungary	18th October, 1918	Czechoslovakia	42%
French Empire	2nd September, 1945	Vietnam	42%
Spanish Empire	28th July, 1826	Peru	33%
Chinese Republic	21st September, 1949	Peoples Repulic of China	29%
Soviet Union	25th December, 1991	Russian Federation	25%
Soviet Union	11th November, 1989	Poland	8%