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country
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Divided into 22 republics, 47 oblasts, 9 krais, 4 okrugs and 3 federal cities
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Russia
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The PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) ruled it from 1929 to 2000
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Mexico
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Queen Anne was its first monarch, in 1707
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United Kingdom
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Ushuaia is its southernmost city
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Argentina
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A republic whose final king, Manuel II, was deposed in a 1910 revolution
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Portugal
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Means Southern Land in Latin
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Australia
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The world's biggest producer of oranges
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Brazil
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Lost territory in 1929, when a new country was created from it by the Lateran Treaty
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Italy
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The home team of the first ever international cricket game, in 1844 (still played annually)
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United States
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The visiting team of the first ever international cricket game, in 1844 (still played annually)
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Canada
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Has the 8th largest military budget, only used for peacekeeping and self-defense
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Japan
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Teide is its highest peak, though Mulhacén is the highest point on the mainland
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Spain
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Known as Tyskland to the Swedes
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Germany
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Its football team, nicknamed Strákarnir okkar, qualified for 2018 FIFA World Cup for the first time
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Iceland
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Known as Bharat in its own language, its national anthem is Jana Gana Mana
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India
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Leo Varadkar is its Taoiseach, or Prime Minister
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Ireland
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Unusually for African countries, has held regular elections for 100 years and never had a coup d'état
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South Africa
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Its motto is Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
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France
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Will be the next country to reach 100 million inhabitants, in 2019
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Egypt
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The largest single time-zoned country
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China
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