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All Modern-Day Countries Ever Controlled by Germanic People

Can you name the modern-day countries whose territory was fully or partially under the rule of Germanic people?
FYI: the English are a Germanic people
Also see pinned comment for more information
Thanks to Dekkie for help in making this map
Quiz by Iluvbread123
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Last updated: August 6, 2021
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First submittedFebruary 12, 2021
Times taken21,646
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Country
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Country
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Country
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of the Congo
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Country
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Level 75
Aug 2, 2021

Trading posts are excluded for obvious reasons

Tributaries are included

The areas in dark gray are the Russian Empire, Vichy France, United States, spheres of influence in Siam and Qing China as well as the modern-day disputed regions of Kashmir (Siachen) and Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip)

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Level 46
Apr 26, 2021
Technically, everything the USA ever controlled (such as Cuba and the entire Philippines) should be included.
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Level 61
Apr 26, 2021
Eh... Well, it says "Americans". And Cuba and the Philippines will be included, as part of Spain (lol).

P.S. Cuba became an American protectorate

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Level 75
Apr 26, 2021
Well yes but no? I didn't include them since USA is too diverse and has far too many non-Germanic people mixed in to be counted imo
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Level 82
Sep 7, 2021
Seems a little arbitrary since you're counting the English, presumably, as "Germanic" people and the United States started essentially as a collection of English colonies. They still speak the same language and have retained much of the same culture over the centuries... so... what exactly makes something Germanic anyway if not language and culture? England has got French, Latin, Norse, Celtic, and other bits mixed in with its "German"ness... it can't possibly be genetic heritage because that's the same sort of nonsensical belief that informs the pseudoscience of "race", which objectively does not exist in homo sapiens - we are all mixed.

Good work on the quiz all the same, just, seems like an arbitrary and confusing distinction.

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Level 82
Sep 7, 2021
Isn't Australia a pretty diverse multiethnic pluralistic culture now, too? As much as the US is?
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Level 72
Sep 9, 2021
It is a little bit arbitrary, and I can see an argument either way but I think it's fine the way it is. We can call English Germanic and American almost-but-not-quite-Germanic.

And I personally wouldn't include Australia now... but the quiz is "ever" and I'm fairly sure I would include Australia before 1900 when it was unambiguously part of the British Empire.

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Level 28
Sep 9, 2021
Yeah, Australia has a higher immigrant percent of population, so either both nations are included or excluded.
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Level 75
Sep 9, 2021
You may argue that it is a rather mixed language with words derived from many other languages with drastically different origins, and you would be right.

However, by standards, English is considered a Germanic language. I'm not a master of this subject but there are several articles you can find online explaining it.

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Level 75
Sep 9, 2021
Also, yes, Australia was included for being a part of the British Empire
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Level 57
Sep 12, 2021
I don’t think it makes much sense to include the Spanish Empire under the Hapsburgs but not America. The United States has been led by Germanic throughout its entire nationhood.
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Level 75
Sep 30, 2021
The Habsburgs were a Germanic royal house though.

Also whether the US is Germanic is really tough to determine because of how people generally go by race and not ethnicity

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Level 55
Apr 26, 2021
Another Spotlight, and well deserved. Did you select this one yourself?
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Level 75
Apr 26, 2021
I legit had no idea
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Level 67
Apr 26, 2021
A bigger part of russia should been included; Sweden controlled Karelia and Ingria before 1721.
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Level 75
Apr 29, 2021
I'll add that in the near future, thanks!
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Level 39
May 21, 2021
I finally found a quiz I want to nominate, good job!
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Level 75
May 21, 2021
Thanks!
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Level 63
May 27, 2021
We have to get this amazing creation featured. Great Job! :)
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Level 75
May 27, 2021
Thanks! Although I'm yet to update it
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Level 33
May 29, 2021
Great Job I like it!
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Level 75
May 30, 2021
Thanks!
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Level 83
Jun 23, 2021
Would it be possible to include the "show missing countries" feature, or does the fragmented nature of the map prevent that? I had to spend quite a bit of time hunting down the last few fragments. Either way, great quiz!
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Level 75
Jun 28, 2021
Thanks

It is possible to include that, but it would make the quiz a much easier version of the regular CotW, so I don't plan to add that, sorry for any inconveniences

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Level 71
Aug 2, 2021
Great quiz! I'm really curious about all of the land in South and Central America though. Is it because of Hapsburg Spain (more specifically the Iberian Union, since they also seem to have Portugal and a large chunk of Brazil)?
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Level 75
Aug 2, 2021
Correct, the Americas was mostly due to the Habsburgs
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Level 77
Aug 13, 2021
Read that as Hamburgers, somehow.
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Level 70
Aug 17, 2021
The Dutch ruled North East Brazil for a couple of decades in the 17th Century
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Level 39
Aug 2, 2021
101st nomination!
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Level 52
Aug 10, 2021
I might as well say congrats on the feature right now
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Level 75
Aug 15, 2021
You were wrong, but thanks anyway lol
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Level 66
Aug 14, 2021
The disinclusion of the Louisiana Purchase territory seems rather unfounded. The ethnic makeup of America had not radically diverged from the empire that begat it by the time of Jefferson, who himself viewed Hengist and Horsa as his role models.
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Level 55
Aug 14, 2021
It was still part of the United States and as clearly stated by the pinned comment, its territories are not included.
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Level 39
Aug 15, 2021
Why this quiz is not featured? It literally has 130 nominations.
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Level 75
Aug 15, 2021
It's sunday
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Level 63
Aug 16, 2021
After a long process, it is finally featured!
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Level 70
Aug 16, 2021
Shouldn't the USA be entirely green? Its rulers have ever been Germanic ever since (let it be the elected presidents or most of the powerful families). And as stated earlier, the (entire) Russian Empire has been ruled by many German Tsars.
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Level 75
Aug 16, 2021
Mixed races and assimilation is complicated, they're marked in dark gray for that purpose
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Level 57
Sep 12, 2021
Why is Spain (full of mixed race and non-Germanic people) included if it was ruled by Germanic Hapsburg monarchs, but not America led by Germanic presidents and a Germanic Congress?
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Level 75
Sep 30, 2021
Because the Habsburg monarchs did have control over the land, whereas presidents are more like representatives of a state with limited powers.
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Level 84
Aug 16, 2021
So, all but 18 of them. This should be a "All Modern Countries Never Controlled by Germanic People" quiz. The problem with going the 178 route instead of the 18 – besides the length of time and that it's basically just the Countries of the World quiz – is that there's no option to highlight the missing countries, so you have to zoom hunt for the bits that are too small to see. The challenge isn't to know the names of all these countries, but to find the invisible bits to determine which of the 196 countries that you've memorized need to be typed in.
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Level 55
Aug 16, 2021
Go into one comment section without being a negative little child, I beg you.
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Level 84
Sep 9, 2021
I use constructive criticism to improve the quality of quizzes on this amazing site. What are you hoping to accomplish?
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Level 74
Sep 10, 2021
"I improve the site by complaining about quizzes that have no errors"

- sumguy, 2k21

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Level 59
Aug 16, 2021
Its a challenge too.
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Level 60
Nov 18, 2023
For most people, there's not much fun in another Countries on a Map, and Iluvbread123 has stated as such above you. The fun in it for me is to find the slivers. Maybe this isn't everyone's jam, but it is fun this way for some people, myself included.
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Level 82
Aug 16, 2021
Great quiz! What about the British concession in Shanghai? Also could you make a circle for Hong Kong, because it's kinda hard to see, even when the map is zoomed in
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Level 75
Aug 17, 2021
I don't remember why I didn't put that, I'll add that when I get to update this. Thanks
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Level 65
Aug 17, 2021
congrats a new featured!
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Level 75
Aug 17, 2021
Thanks!
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Level 77
Aug 17, 2021
German Kamerun?
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Level 75
Aug 17, 2021
Oh dang, forgot about that

I'll add that the next time I update this

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Level 35
Feb 26, 2023
Still hasn't been updated.
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Level 82
Aug 23, 2021
would it be at all possible to do a "show missing countries" button? I was missing 7 countries and had to go over each inch of the map twice to figure out which tiny pieces I was missing
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Level 75
Aug 26, 2021
Considered this long ago but sorry I won't. It sort of defeats the challenge
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Level 72
Sep 9, 2021
Rather than a show missing countries, would it then be possible to get circles or light-blue water for the micro-countries? I don't mind the challenge but it's a bit annoying trying to cross-reference the Caribbean or Morocco/Algeria/Azerbaijan, for example.
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Level 75
Sep 9, 2021
That sounds like a reasonable addition, but unfortunately I won't be updating this any time soon. Hopefully I'll remember to try that out next time

Thanks

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Level 63
Aug 24, 2021
Wow bread, you outdid yourself one this one. Congrats on the well deserved feature!
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Level 75
Aug 26, 2021
Thanks Skittles :D
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Level 61
Sep 9, 2021
Depending on the definition of "people" there could be even more countries:

-Russia was ruled by Catherine the Great was born in Stettin, Prussia. Her husband (and predecessor) Peter III of Russia was born in Prussia (Kiel) too and could hardly speak russian.

-Depend on how far you want to go back in time: There were Germanic Tribes in northern Africa around the year 500. Specially the Vandals come to my mind.

But to be fair this is just nitpicking and the quiz is amazing.

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Level 75
Sep 9, 2021
I sort of did forget about how Catherine the Great was a Prussian Princess as well as how Peter III could barely speak Russian. I actually learnt this specific bit of history in class a couple years back

I also did completely forget about Vandals in North Africa. I'll add that when I get to update this next. Thanks!

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Level 61
Sep 10, 2021
Thank you :) It will make this amazing quiz even better.
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Level 74
Sep 9, 2021
I would like to see a quiz with countries that were NOT controlled. Ever.
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Level 82
Sep 9, 2021
Penguinistan?
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Level 74
Sep 9, 2021
I got the list. All 18.
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Level 61
Sep 10, 2021
Nope. Norway, the UK and if you count them in New Zealand and Australia claim (and control) parts of Penguinistan.
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Level 75
Sep 9, 2021
scambigol actually made a quiz on that earlier this month
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Level 71
Sep 9, 2021
Great work on the map, but some tiny countries are impossible to see. :/
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Level 64
Sep 9, 2021
Fantastic quiz, really challenging. Lots of places that I never knew were under Germanic rule. Time to do some reading
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Level 70
Sep 9, 2021
1) Aren't Americans mostly german people? 2) Why there's small point on China, while irl there was huge amount of colonies of UK(Hong Kong) and Germany(Qingdao) 3) Russian Empire was ruled by Romanov's dynasty, who later became Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov, and they were more german than russian, if you check their family tree. So you should add all countries of Central Asia and some Russian territories in Caucasus, Mongolia, China and Japan.
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Level 75
Sep 9, 2021
1- Mixed race is complicated

2- There are multiple spots on the map if you look closely. It's just that I only highlighted Hankou (modern-day Wuhan) with a dot as I thought it'd be too small to be visible.

3- Didn't know the dynasty became a branch of a German royal house. I should probably add it

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Level 70
Oct 4, 2021
ok thx
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Level 76
Sep 9, 2021
When was Iran controlled by a Germanic people?
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Level 75
Sep 9, 2021
It was under the British Empire
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Level 58
Sep 9, 2021
>wake up

>be germanic

>feels good man

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Level 65
Sep 9, 2021
I didn't think this was going to be much of a challenge until I realized it was actually going to be a treasure hunt for tiny bits of yellow. Nice job.
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Level 42
Sep 9, 2021
All of California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, parts of Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Kansas and Oklahoma should be included. They became part of New Spain under the Trastamaras, and a Habsburg possession when the last queen of the dynasty (Joanna of Castile) died in 1555. Centuries later they were conquered by the US, whose politically dominant classes are predominantly Germanic (people whose ancestors were English, Scottish, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Belgian, Austrian, Swiss, French [the Franks were from Scandinavia]). One could also argue the majority of the country was of Germanic origin at the time of the conquest (1846-1847).
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Level 55
Sep 10, 2021
Some things wrong here:

1. No, they never reached that territorial extent before the end of the Habsburg dynasty in 1700.

2. Washington was never under full Spanish control and only claimed as part of the Nootka Territory.

3. Scots and French people are not Germanic.

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Level 68
Sep 9, 2021
Good quiz, but I think Singapore should get a dot on the map
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Level 48
Sep 10, 2021
i got all in third try it is amazing
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Level 68
Sep 10, 2021
Not 100% sure, but didn't Nazi Germany control French colonies?
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Level 75
Sep 30, 2021
Vichy territories in dark gray, it's complicated

I've stated that in the pinned comment

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Level 75
Sep 10, 2021
So it's "countries of the world" except sometimes you don't get to see the whole country, and also eighteen countries are missing. These "modern-day countries of X" quizzes get old really fast. They're all just different versions of regurgitating the 196 names. If you can do the "countries of the world without a map", every single one of these quizzes is redundant. Just type in the exact same things and get 100%.
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Level 55
Sep 11, 2021
I'm pretty sure you got your point across when you whined about these type of quizzes the first time around.
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Level 75
Sep 30, 2021
Those quizzes are more about the maps and what they represent rather than just the answers.

If your complaint is about it being similar to CotW, there are countless other featured quizzes on JP that are quite literally CotW but with a twist.

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Level 60
Nov 18, 2023
I mean, it's not like they are particularly hard, but it's fun to see the extent of the empires/groups. If you see the quizzes for their educational value, maybe they will seem more appealing.
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Level 55
Sep 11, 2021
Wasn't Cameroon once a full German colony?
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Level 75
Sep 30, 2021
Yeah, I somehow forgot about it when updating this map

Will add in the upcoming update, thanks

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Level 52
Sep 11, 2021
How ironic. 96 procent guessed Germany
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Level 38
Sep 11, 2021
It's funny because 90% of these were because of the UK and Germany 😂
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Level 75
Sep 30, 2021
The Habsburgs actually did contribute a lot too
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Level 64
Sep 16, 2021
Needs indicator for small nations
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Level 75
Sep 30, 2021
I'll consider that, thanks
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Level 61
Sep 28, 2021
Alternate title: Countries of the world quiz
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Level 57
Oct 9, 2021
I can't actually believe I got all of them on my first try. Great Quiz!
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Level 78
Jan 18, 2022
177/178 only gets 4 points. I forgot Barbados !
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Level 58
Feb 17, 2022
The British controlled Arkhangelsk and Murmansk during the Allied intervention in the Russian civil war.
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Level 67
Mar 27, 2022
The dot for Andorra is so small. Too small.
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Level 64
Mar 29, 2022
Wait- So Germany isn't Germanic? Because I don't see Cameroon there
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Level 51
Mar 14, 2023
The German Empire had Cameroon and parts of CAR, Gabon, republic of the congo, Nigeria and Chad
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Level 46
Jun 9, 2023
Took me an extra minute to find that bit of Morocco! Good quiz :D
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Level 57
Jul 27, 2023
Great quiz! But is it missing the colony of German Cameroon
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Level 45
Aug 5, 2023
Not to be a complainer but barely putting a portion of Algeria is mad misleading. I knew it was a French colony but made doubt when I could barely see it.
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Level 49
Aug 12, 2023
I just missed Singapore:(.

Great quiz!

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Level 50
Nov 13, 2023
Please could you make it so it will show missing countries? I forgot some smaller countries becuase I couldn't see them :(
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Level 73
Feb 22, 2024
Unless it already exists, can we have an "All Countries Never Controlled by Germanic People"?