Statistics for Geography Chain: First-Level Subdivisions

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Country	Type of Subdivision	Clue	Subdivision	% Correct
United States	State	Largest in the U.S.	Alaska	100%
Australia	State	Home of the famous Opera House	New South Wales	86%
Djibouti	Region	Home of the nation's capital	Djibouti	78%
Canada	Province	Has a rat population of 0	Alberta	76%
Brazil	State	Largest in Brazil; also the name of subdivisions in three neighboring countries	Amazonas	76%
France	Overseas department and region	Located in the Indian Ocean	Réunion	76%
Spain	Autonomous community	Its history traces back to a medieval kingdom that united with Castile in 1479	Aragon	73%
Ukraine	Oblask	Its principal city has been called the "pearl of the Black Sea"	Odessa	73%
Mexico	State	Shares its name with a brand of hot sauce	Tabasco	73%
Egypt	Governorate	Location of a famous dam on the Nile built under Nasser	Aswan	70%
Turkey	Province	Formerly known by the Greek name 'Smyrna'	İzmir	70%
India	State	Its official language is Gujarati, not Hindi	Gujarat	62%
Germany	State	Largest by economy and population	North Rhine-Westphalia	59%
China	Province	Not to be confused with Shanxi	Shaanxi	59%
Papua New Guinea	Province	Island adjacent to New Britain	New Ireland	57%
Russia	Republic	Largest first-level subdivision in the world	Sakha	57%
South Africa	Province	Home of Johannesburg and Pretoria	Gauteng	54%
Malaysia	State	Small, populous state on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula	Penang	49%
Andorra	Parish	Its name looks like an English verb meaning "to establish a camp"	Encamp	43%
Japan	Prefecture	Least densely populated prefecture outside Hokkaido	Iwate	24%