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| x name | x image | x Capital | x Form of Government | x Official Language | x article |
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| x United States |
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Washington | Constitution |
The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America,...
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| x Germany |
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Berlin | Federal republic | German Language |
Germany /ˈdʒɜrməni/ (help·info), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland (help·info), IPA: [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant]), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea,...
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| x Australia |
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Canberra | Parliamentary system | English Language |
Australia (pronounced /əsˈtreɪljə, ɒs-/, or formally /ɔːˈstreɪliə/), officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland, which is both the world's smallest continent and the world's largest...
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| x Iran |
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Tehran | Persian language |
Iran (pronounced /ɪˈrɑːn/; Persian: ايران [ʔiˈɾɒn] (help·info)), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persia until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf...
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| x United Kingdom |
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London | Constitutional monarchy | English Language |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago...
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| x Hong Kong |
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Victoria City | Representative democracy | Standard Cantonese |
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a largely self-governing territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south. Hong Kong is...
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| x Iceland |
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Reykjavik | Parliamentary republic | Icelandic Language |
The Republic of Iceland ( /ˈaɪslənd/ (help·info)) (Icelandic: Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland (names of Iceland); IPA: [ˈislant]), is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000...
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| x France |
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Paris | Republic | French Language |
France ( /ˈfræns/ (help·info) or /ˈfrɑːns/; French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, French pronunciation: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas...
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| x India |
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New Delhi | Democracy | Hindi Language |
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most...
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| x Canada |
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Ottawa | Parliamentary system | English Language |
Canada (pronounced /ˈkænədə/) is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by...
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| x Soviet Union |
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Moscow |
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), occasionally called the United Soviet Socialist Republic, was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the Russian: Союз Советских...
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| x Russia |
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Moscow | Republic | Russian Language |
Russia /ˈrʌʃə/ (help·info) (Russian: Россия, (rʌˈsʲijə), or the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация (help·info), Rossiyskaya Federatsiya), is a country extending over much of northern Eurasia (Europe and Asia together). It is a semi...
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| x Japan |
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Tokyo | Constitutional monarchy | Japanese Language |
Japan (日本, Nihon or Nippon, officially 日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku) is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia,...
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| x Italy |
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Rome | Parliamentary republic | Italian Language |
Italy /ˈɪtəli/ (help·info) (Italian: Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and...
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| x Philippines |
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Manila | Republic | Filipino language |
The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country,...
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| Presidential system | English Language | ||||
| Constitutional republic | Tagalog language | ||||
| x South Africa |
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Pretoria, Gauteng | Presidential system | Afrikaans Language |
The Republic of South Africa, also known by other official names, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa. The South African coast stretches 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) and borders both the Atlantic and Indian oceans. To...
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| Bloemfontein, Free State | Republic | South African English | |||
| Cape Town | Parliamentary system | Ndebele Language | |||
| Constitution | Sotho, Northern Language | ||||
| Democracy | Southern Sotho | ||||
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| x Thailand |
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Bangkok | Parliamentary system | Thai Language |
The Kingdom of Thailand (pronounced /ˈtaɪlænd/; Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย Ratcha Anachak Thai (help·info), IPA: [râːtɕʰa ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k tʰɑj]) is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and...
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| x Poland |
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Warsaw | Democracy | Polish Language |
Poland /ˈpoʊlənd/ (help·info) (Polish: Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and...
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| x England |
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London | Constitutional monarchy | English Language |
England /ˈɪŋɡlənd/ (help·info) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population, while its mainland territory occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great...
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| x Republic of Ireland |
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Dublin | Parliamentary system | Irish |
Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɪɚlənd/ (help·info), locally [ˈaɾlənd] – Irish: Éire, pronounced [ˈeːɾʲə] (help·info)) is an independent state in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which...
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| x Brazil |
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Brasília | Federal republic | Portuguese Language |
Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil) listen (help·info), is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of...
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| x Argentina |
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Buenos Aires | Federal republic | Spanish Language |
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina, Spanish pronunciation: [reˈpuβlika aɾxenˈtina]), is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the...
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| x Belgium |
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Brussels | Parliamentary system | Dutch Language |
The Kingdom of Belgium /ˈbɛldʒəm/ (help·info) is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO. Belgium covers an...
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| Constitutional monarchy | German Language | ||||
| Monarchy | French Language | ||||
| x Netherlands |
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Amsterdam | Parliamentary system | Dutch Language |
The Netherlands [ˈnɛðɚləndz] (help·info) (Dutch: Nederland (help·info), [ˈneːdərlɑnt]) is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in...
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| x Denmark |
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Copenhagen | Constitutional monarchy | Danish Language |
Denmark (pronounced /ˈdɛnmɑrk/ ( listen); Danish: Danmark, [ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊], archaic: [ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊]) is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member (with Greenland and the Faroe Islands) of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the...
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| x Sweden |
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Stockholm | Parliamentary system | Swedish Language |
Sweden (pronounced /ˈswiːdən/ (help·info)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige (help·info)), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and...
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| x Turkey |
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Ankara | Parliamentary republic | Turkish Language |
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern...
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| x Venezuela |
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Caracas | Presidential system | Spanish Language |
Venezuela (pronounced /ˌvɛnɨˈzweɪlə/ or /ˌvɛnɨˈzwɛlə/; Spanish pronunciation: [beneˈswela]), officially the titled Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America....
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| x North Korea |
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Pyongyang | Communist state | Korean Language |
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) (Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국, Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國 Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk), is a state in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and...
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| x South Korea |
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Seoul | Republic | Korean Language |
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK) (Korean: 대한민국, pronounced [tɛːhanminɡuk̚] ( listen)) and often referred to as Korea, is a country in East Asia, occupying the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. Also known as the "Land of the...
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| x Mexico |
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Mexico City | Constitution | Spanish Language |
The United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos (help·info)), commonly known as Mexico (English: /ˈmɛksɪkoʊ/) (Spanish: México (help·info) [ˈmexiko]), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north...
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| x New Zealand |
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Wellington | Mixed member proportional representation | English Language |
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (commonly called the North Island and the South Island), and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
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| Parliamentary system | Maori Language | ||||
| Constitutional monarchy | New Zealand Sign Language | ||||
| New Zealand English | |||||
| x Lithuania |
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Vilnius | Semi-presidential system | Lithuanian language |
Lithuania [ˌlɪθuˈeɪniə] (help·info), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika) is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it...
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| x Spain |
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Madrid | Constitutional monarchy | Spanish Language |
Spain /ˈspeɪn/ (help·info) (Spanish: España (help·info), Spanish pronunciation: [esˈpaɲa]) or the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the...
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| Parliamentary system | Basque Language | ||||
| Monarchy | Catalan language | ||||
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| x Singapore |
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Singapore | Parliamentary republic | Tamil Language |
Singapore (Chinese: 新加坡; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō; Malay: Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர், Cingkappūr), officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, lying 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the...
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| x Norway |
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Oslo | Parliamentary system | Nynorsk |
Norway (pronounced /ˈnɔɹweɪ/ (help·info); Norwegian: Norge (Bokmål), Noreg (Nynorsk)) or Norga (North Sami), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as...
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| Constitutional monarchy | Bokmål | ||||
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| x Czech Republic |
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Prague | Parliamentary republic | Czech Language |
The Czech Republic /ˈtʃɛk rɨˈpʌblɪk/ (help·info) (Czech: Česká republika, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka] ( listen)), short form Czechia (Czech: Česko [ˈtʃɛskɔ]), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the...
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| x Croatia | Zagreb | Parliamentary republic | Croatian language |
Croatia /kroʊˈeɪʃə/ (help·info) (Croatian: Hrvatska IPA: [xr̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska listen (help·info)), is a country in Southeastern Europe, at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain, the Balkans, and...
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| x Slovakia |
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Bratislava | Parliamentary republic | Slovak Language |
The Slovak Republic /sloʊˈvɑːkiə/ (help·info) (short form: Slovakia; Slovak: Slovensko (help·info), long form Slovenská republika (help·info)) is a landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about...
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| x Morocco |
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Rabat | Constitutional monarchy | Arabic language |
Morocco (Arabic: المغرب al-Maġrib), officially the Kingdom of Morocco (Arabic: المملكة المغربية), is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 32 million and an area just under 447,000 km. The capital is Rabat, and the largest...
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| Monarchy | French Language | ||||
| x Luxembourg |
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Luxembourg | Parliamentary system | Luxembourgeois Language |
Luxembourg /ˈlʌksəmbɝɡ/ GA: ˈləksɪmbɚg (help·info), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg, French: Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, German: Großherzogtum Luxemburg), is a small, landlocked country in western...
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| Constitutional monarchy | German Language | ||||
| Monarchy | French Language | ||||
| x Pakistan |
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Islamabad | Parliamentary Democracy | Urdu Language |
Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستان Pākistān pronunciation (help·info)), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia. It has a 1,046 kilometre (650 mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is...
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| Democracy | English Language | ||||
| Republic | Seraiki Language | ||||
| Federal republic | Sindhi Language | ||||
| Semi-presidential system | Pashto language | ||||
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| x Finland | Helsinki | Republic | Finnish Language |
Finland /ˈfɪnlənd/ (help·info), officially the Republic of Finland ( Finnish: Suomi; Swedish: Finland (help·info)), is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and...
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| x Switzerland |
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Berne | Federal republic | Romansch Language |
Switzerland (German: die Schweiz French: la Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansh: Svizra, officially the Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin, hence its ISO country codes CH and CHE) is a landlocked alpine country of roughly 7.7...
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| Direct democracy | Schwyzerdütsch Language | ||||
| Parliamentary republic | German Language | ||||
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| x Botswana | Gaborone | Parliamentary republic | Tswana Language |
The Republic of Botswana (Tswana: Lefatshe la Botswana) is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are called "Batswana" (singular: Motswana), regardless of ethnicity. Formerly a British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana...
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| x Malaysia |
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Kuala Lumpur | Parliamentary system | Malay Language |
Malaysia (pronounced /məˈleɪʒə/ or /məˈleɪziə/) is a country that consists of thirteen states and three federal territories in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of 329,847 square kilometres (127,355 sq mi). The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while...
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| x Egypt |
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Cairo | Semi-presidential system | Arabic language |
Egypt ( /ˈiːdʒɪpt/ (help·info); Arabic: مصر, Miṣr ( /misˤɾ/ (help·info)); Egyptian Arabic: Maṣr /ˈmɑsˤɾ/; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, kīmi; Egyptian: Kemet), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula...
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| x Hungary |
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Budapest | Republic | Hungarian |
The Constitution of the Republic of Hungary (A Magyar Köztársaság Alkotmánya), its fundamental law, was adopted on 20 August 1949, and heavily amended on 23 October 1989. It is the country's first and only permanent written constitution, and Hungary...
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| x Andorra | Andorra la Vella | Parliamentary system | Catalan language |
Andorra /ænˈdɔərə/ (help·info), officially the Principality of Andorra (Catalan: Principat d'Andorra), also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees...
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| x United Arab Emirates |
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Abu Dhabi | Monarchy | Arabic language |
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Arabic: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, Dawlat al-Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah) is a federation of seven emirates situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf,...
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| x Afghanistan | Kabul | Presidential system | Persian language |
Afghanistan (pronounced /æfˈɡænɨstæn/), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia. It is variously designated as geographically located within Central Asia, South Asia...
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| x Antigua and Barbuda |
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St. John's | Parliamentary system | English Language |
Antigua and Barbuda (Spanish for "Ancient" and "Bearded") is an island nation located on the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. As its name suggests, it consists of two major islands – Antigua (pronounced /ænˈtiːɡə/) and...
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| x Anguilla |
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The Valley | English Language |
Anguilla (pronounced /æŋˈɡwɪlə/ ang-GWIL-ə) is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles. It consists of the main island of Anguilla itself, approximately 26 km (16 mi)...
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| x Albania |
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Tirana | Parliamentary system | Albanian language |
Albania /ælˈbeɪniə/ (help·info), officially the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, pronounced [ɾɛˈpublika ɛ ʃcipəˈɾiːs], or simply Shqipëria), is a country in South Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east,...
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| x Armenia |
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Yerevan | Presidential system | Armenian Language |
Armenia /ɑrˈmiːniə/ (help·info) (Armenian: Հայաստան, transliterated: Hayastan, Armenian pronunciation: [hɑjɑsˈtɑn]), officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն, Hayastani Hanrapetut῾yun, [hɑjɑsˈtɑni hɑnɹɑpɛtuˈtʰjun]), is a...
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| x Netherlands Antilles |
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Willemstad | Papiamentu Language |
The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen (help·info)), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, is part of the Lesser Antilles and consists of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea: Curaçao...
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| x Angola | Luanda | Republic | Portuguese Language |
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (Portuguese: República de Angola, pronounced [ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈɡɔlɐ]; Kongo: Repubilika ya Ngola), is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo on...
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| x Antarctica |
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Antarctica ( /ænˈtɑrktɪkə/ (help·info), alternatively /æˈnɑrɾɪkə/) is Earth's southernmost continent, underlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctica region of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and...
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| x American Samoa |
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Pago Pago | Samoan Language |
American Samoa /əˈmɛrɪkən səˈmoʊə/ (help·info) (Samoan: Amerika Sāmoa or Sāmoa Amelika) is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa, formerly known as Western...
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| x Austria |
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Vienna | Federal republic | German Language |
Austria /ˈɔ(ː)stria/ (help·info) (German: Österreich) ( Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich) ( Republik Österreich (help·info)), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It...
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