NATO Countries Quiz

It's still in the NATO

it's NATO not "the" NATO

What's still in the NATO?

It

Which country specifically is someone? referring to?

I don't know. There may have been an older comment that got purged. But for now I'm going to assume there is a carnivorous clown somewhere in the sewers of NATO. Better safe than sorry.

Ahh I see.

Oh wait I figured it out. Camelback said "It's still in the NATO"

You asked "What's still in the NATO?"

I responded "It" (is still in the NATO)

Now it makes sense.

Just missed Bulgaria and Romania

Only missed Turkey. For some reason I presumed that there were no Asian nations in NATO.

21/28...a lot of the ones I missed I thought about but then second guessed myself

Wow a comment from 2012? I didn't realize how old this site was!

omg, i got them all.

24/28 I'm happy with that

I'm happy with 25/28

If this is the case, then NATO should be renamed "North Atlantic and most of the Mediterranean minus Ireland Treaty Organisation"

The Mediterranean is technically part of the North-Atlantic

28/28

missed holland...

You mean Netherlands or the 33K town in Michigan? (Rhetorical)

Yay! someone has heard of my hometown. you probably googled it though.

My girlfriend went to college in Holland, Michigan at Hope. I have learned an awful lot about Dutch Americans in the past two years.

First quiz I've got 100% in in a while, thanks :P

So stupid of me to forget Canada and the United States!

20 /28

Damn, I missed Luxembourg.

it is considered to be in europe and the middle east

us and canada were both western ally members during the secongd world war and it says north atlantic and they link the atlantic so they are part of it

Got Albania but not italy or belgium

It’s ok, they left NATO for a long time anyway.

I feel a lot safer knowing Luxembourg is on our side.

Until Andorra joins your ranks, though, you'll be in danger.

Only San Marino can save us now...

It is actually a little surprising (to me anyway) that Malta isn't on the list, especially considering how strategically important it was during WWII anyway. It also surprises me that Finland isn't on the list, considering it's historic strife against Russia. You would think that being directly on the Soviet Union's doorstep, and after the Winter War, the Finns would have been quick to jump on the NATO bandwagon!

Malta has been constitutionally neutral ever since its independence

We're in the endgame now.

Serbia not being in surprised me, then again they never seem to be in the organizations.

The Serbians are very pro-Russian. I don't think we'll ever see them showing any interest in joining.

Russia is not the main reason for sure.

Serbia was bombed by NATO in 1999. They don't have very fond memories of it.

How long before Russia takes Serbia 'into the fold'?

I don't have very fond memories of Serbia.

Well, the U.S. had to choose side in the former Yugoslavia conflict and Serbia was not at that side. Because we were allies in the WW II we felt like we were betreyed. After that there was a bombing party in 1999. We really do not have good feelings about NATO. No one dares to sign such a document that could make Serbia a part of the NATO. It would be a suicidal act for sure.

They didn't *have* to choose a side... and neither did NATO... but it was the right thing to do in this instance.

Almost forgot Iceland

100/100 this beats 100% of test users

How did you get 100/100 on a quiz with only 29 answers?

Actually, it would have been 28 answers at the time of your comment

He means he got 100% on it.

Montenegro is gonna be on this list soon.

Montenegro joined NATO this year.

Technically, it won't be complete til June 5, 2017. But after that, yes, this quiz will need to be updated.

Look at when I read your comment. What a coincidence!

I don't see Montenegro on this official list http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/nato_countries.htm

Montenegro's government approved its joining of NATO on 29 April, 2017. The process of joining ended today (5 June). Your source is now out of date.

The quiz should really be called "how many countries in Europe can you name".

I can't believe I only missed Canada... I'm a little embarassed

OMG I missed Greece :(

I blanked with Montenegro. I didn't know they joined in 2017.

Interesting, finland and sweden are part of the EU but not norway, but norway is part of NATO and not sweden and finland

I saved the Balkans countries for last that way I could just look at which ones were missing alphabetically before guessing them.

Nearly forgot Iceland; it doesn't even have an army xD I don't get why it's in NATO, what country would want to attack it? A hungry Canada? Russia?

When the USSR placed missiles on the United States' doorstep it almost lead to World War 3. Makes sense that Russia becomes nervous if they are surrounded by NATO members and bases (especially given the fact that there were probably promises not to expand NATO eastwards in 1990). This situation shouldn't make us Westerners thump our chests; we should be cautious.

Ukraine was suddenly 3rd nuclear power after the breakup. There were also promises given to convince it to dismantle the nuclear warheads ...

Well it was nice while it lasted.

To help defend against Russian aggression and expansionism. Visit the House of Terror in Budapest.

It is about communism not Russians. Communists do not belong to any nation, that is one of the main characteristics of them. Internationalism. Seems like you do not know basics of this political concept.

NATO was founded to defend against potential aggression by the Soviet Union (Russia) and its satellites. It is in practice a mutual defense treaty which has been invoked against aggressive moves by Iraq (not communist), Bosnia (not communist), Serbia (not communist), the Taleban (not communist), and Libya (also not communist). Not to defend against political ideologies. It's most pressing concern is and always has been the defense of the European members against Russian/Soviet military strength. You can't bomb communism. Educate yourself.

If you're talking about the museum in Budapest that I referenced, yes, it is about communists. Specifically, Russian communists and those aligned with them. I visited twice. The regime in Hungary was not propped up by China or Cuba. and Hungary did not join NATO for fear of being dominated by North Korea or the Ethiopian derg.

Mmm... natto.

How I could forget Italy !!!

North Macedonia just joined NATO, please update.

What does that mean? (Sorry, I'm not very good at interpreting jokes.)

It means someone who's on hand and readily available at all times.

Welcome, welcome!

Ehhhh missed Turkey and NM, which joined just literally YESTERDAY, and couldn't think really of Turkey. Nice quiz QM

Fun fact: Turkey and Greece being in NATO is the only reason there has not been a war between them recently. Of course with Erdogan that might not be the case soon.

Congrats Macedonia on joining NATO!

Congrats, welcome!

We expect a division of hoplites deployed to the Russian/Estonian border by the end of the week.

What is there to congrats about?

It's a positive development for sure when nations can join together in solidarity to oppose attacks on each other. It also increases the legitimacy and security of Macedonia.

There was once a brief window of time during which the US and Yeltsin’s Russia could have reached a full detente and disbanded NATO. Unfortunately, that time has long passed. Putin’s Russia has shown that it does not respect international laws (haha, admittedly tough ground for the US to stand on, but still...) via its annexation of Crimea, so the more countries that can band together against this bullying and blatant disregard for national sovereignty, the better.

You guys are scaring me.

Man Macedonia starting with N really makes it hard to get aplhabetically. My frist thought for 'between Netherlands and Norway' is not usually Macedonia... Oh well

It's not Macedonia it's North Macedonia

I got 5. Nice

Putin would love that.