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% Guess
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Hint(s)
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Country
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97
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Divided into 50 states, this country was founded in 1776
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United States
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96
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Formerly known as the Soviet Union
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Russia
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95
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Claims the most populated urban area, Guangzhou
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China
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94
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Country that only borders Ireland and claims Gibraltar
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United Kingdom
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93
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Completely surrounds Vatican City and San Marino
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Italy
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92
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Often considered a subcontinent, its capital is New Delhi
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India
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88
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Its capital is the northernmost in the world
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Iceland
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87
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Won the 2022 FIFA World Cup, fought with the UK over the Falkland Islands
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Argentina
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86
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Contains the southernmost point in the world, also shares a long border with the above
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Chile
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85
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Home country of boy band BTS and electronics company Samsung
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South Korea
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84
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Contains a city once called Byzantium, then Constantinople, then Istanbul
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Turkey
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83
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Wojciech Nowicki took the gold here in 2020, Lil Yachty took the Wock here in 2022
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Poland
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82
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The Lord of the Rings movies were filmed here by Peter Jackson, a native kiwi
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New Zealand
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80
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The only country that ends with the letter Q
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Iraq
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79
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The largest island in the Indian Ocean, and it actually does have penguins
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Madagascar
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78
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Site of a major missile crisis in the 1960s
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Cuba
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77
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Country invaded by Putin-lead Russia in 2022
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Ukraine
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76
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Least densely populated country in the world and birthplace of Genghis Khan
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Mongolia
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75
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Birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Sigmund Freud
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Austria
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74
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Containing both Mecca and Medina, this country is a popular pilgrimage site for loyal Muslims
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Saudi Arabia
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72
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Country formerly known as Siam
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Thailand
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71
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The Taliban forced this country to change their flag in 2021; now it is Arabian text on a field of white
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Afghanistan
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70
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The only country in the world where Hebrew is the official language
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Israel
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68
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The capital of this country went through six name changes in 30 years until the government finally settled on Astana
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Kazakhstan
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67
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Thanks to a canal in this country, it is much easier for ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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Panama
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66
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This was the largest country by area in Africa until it lost its bottom 25%
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Sudan
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65
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The smaller of the two landlocked countries in South America
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Paraguay
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64
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Country that sort of looks like it's "eating" Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Croatia
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63
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Shares the peak of Mount Everest with China
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Nepal
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62
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Bordered by Poland to the north and Hungary to the South, this country has the most castles per capita
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Slovakia
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61
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Country that contains the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world
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United Arab Emirates
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60
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Island in the Caribbean whose flag contains no red, white, or blue
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Jamaica
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59
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Country that possesses the Galapagos Islands
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Ecuador
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58
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Balkan country that doesn't recognize Kosovo as an independent country
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Serbia
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57
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Four letter country on the Indochina Peninsula and one of the most heavily bombed in the world
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Laos
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56
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Country that borders the above ruled by dictator Pol Pot
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Cambodia
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55
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Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in this country's modern-day territory
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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54
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The larger of the two doubly landlocked countries
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Uzbekistan
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53
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Central American country with a large number of bat species
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Honduras
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52
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Caucasian country that shares its name with a U.S. state
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Georgia
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51
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Country with the most popes per capita
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Vatican City
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50
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This country got into a naming dispute with Greece and ended up adding a cardinal direction to their name
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North Macedonia
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49
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This host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup only borders one other country
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Qatar
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48
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Country whose exclave, Cabinda, is separated from the mainland by DRC
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Angola
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47
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Small Mediterranean island nation off the coast of Sicily
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Malta
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46
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Small Catalan-speaking nation sandwiched between Spain and France
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Andorra
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45
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African country that borders Lake Victoria with a median age of 19 in 2023
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Uganda
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44
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Country in South America whose "French" version can be found two countries to the east
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Guyana
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43
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Three word country in Africa whose official currency is Bitcoin
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Central African Republic
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42
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Small European country between Switzerland and Austria
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Liechtenstein
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41
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Country near Madagascar with an AK-47 on its flag
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Mozambique
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40
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"Stan" country with the third highest average elevation in the world
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Tajikistan
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39
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Hard-to-spell country that borders the above
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Kyrgyzstan
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38
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Indian Ocean island country with the lowest average elevation in the world
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Maldives
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37
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Country that gained independence in 1993, making Ethiopia landlocked
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Eritrea
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36
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Easternmost country in the Lesser Antilles where Rihanna was born
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Barbados
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35
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Country whose capital is Nouakchott
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Mauritania
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34
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Country between Togo and Nigeria whose main exports are palm oil and cotton
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Benin
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33
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The roundest country in the world with a green-white-blue flag pattern
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Sierra Leone
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32
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African island country where the last dodo bird was killed
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Mauritius
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31
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The four stars on this Oceanic country's flag represent its four states
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F. S. Micronesia
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30
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Country between Cameroon and Gabon whose capital doesn't lie on the country's mainland
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Equatorial Guinea
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29
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The only country named after a woman, it has the most Nobel Laureates per capita
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Saint Lucia
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28
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Lesser Antilles country where Alexander Hamilton was believed to be born
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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27
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Oceanic country near Wake Island made up of five islands and twenty-nine coral atolls
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Marshall Islands
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26
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Oceanic country whose national anthem, "Yumi Yumi Yumi", was written in Bislama and has been translated to English and French
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Vanuatu
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25
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The only country with territory in all four hemispheres
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Kiribati
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24
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Country made up of three islands and the only Arabic-speaking country in the southern hemisphere
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Comoros
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23
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Portuguese-speaking country whose center is closest to the point (0, 0)
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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