Oldest Countries in the World (According to Wikipedia)

This is really silly. Iran was founded in 1979 not 3200 BC. Egypt was founded in 1922 not 3100 BC. etc. Israel didn't even exist, in any form, for 3000 years and they're going to claim continuity? Absurd. Vatican City became a country in the 1920s. I think the only one of these that might actually have a valid date could be San Marino. Modern nation-states are not the same countries that existed in roughly the same area in ancient times... this is part of the nationalist fallacy. Not your fault, I blame Wikipedia.