Countries whose long-form name is the same as their common name Quiz by beth61

Can you name the countries whose long-form name is the same as their common name?

created by beth61

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Correctly named countries will show up below
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Source: U.S. State Dept. list of independent states
Most countries have short everyday names (like Belgium or Bolivia) as well as longer, formal names (Kingdom of Belgium, Plurinational State of Bolivia). But a few use one name for all occasions.
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Created Sep 29, 2010 in Geography
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	beth61:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 01:29 GMT		1 point
	I puzzled over wording the title and "Can you name..." question for this quiz -- let me know if you find it confusing. And how about the timer? Too long, too short?

	Newtoni:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 03:44 GMT		2 points
	Quite a curious quizz. The "can you name..." bit is clear to me. Eritrea, Kuwait and Qatar seem to count too (your source lists them as "state of Eritrea", but it's also technically the "State of Japan" and "State of Vatican City", ...). It would be nice if you could accept drc/Democratic Republic of Congo (since Republic of Congo works)

	beth61:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 04:42 GMT		1 point
	@Newtoni: I added drc -- thanks for catching that. Democratic Republic of Congo was there already and worked for me in a test. Japan seems to use both Japan and State of Japan officially, so I'm relying on the State Dept. list for now. But if others feel strongly I'm happy to take it out. Vatican/Holy See is a tricky one. The entity with which other countries conduct diplomatic relations is the Holy See, not the Vatican City State, which probably explains why it appears on the State Dept. list as Holy See. But the Holy See's common name is inarguably the Vatican. Should I ignore my source on this and drop Holy See from the quiz? Speak up if you have an opinion, Sporclers. And finally Eritrea, Kuwait, and Qatar... I'm going to count "state of" names as different if there's no doubt or inconsistency in their use (as with Japan). This allows me to rely on my source, which makes things easy. Thanks for the feedback!

	masaeaida:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 05:35 GMT		1 point
	I'd say "Holy See" should be off the list because it isn't a country. It's a sovereign entity with which many countries conduct diplomatic relations (like the Sovereign Military Order of Malta), but the Vatican City State is the country.

	Hemmo66:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 12:57 GMT		4 points
	I was very surprised that Ireland's long form name was not the Republic of Ireland but having done some research I agree that the source is accurate

	puckett86:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 20:21 GMT		1 point
	This has been done before, with the same source cited as yours: http://www.sporcle.com/games/thisisaname/nolongform_countries

	beth61:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 20:53 GMT		1 point
	@masaeaida, @Newtoni: I made Japan and Vatican/Holy See bonus answers, despite my source. Makes more sense this way.

	beth61:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 20:55 GMT		1 point
	@puckett86: oy, so much for searching before creating (and I did! really!). Maybe it was something to do with hyphens or lack thereof in my search term.

	adrian96:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 22:07 GMT		-3 points
	Republic of Ireland???

	carbon_rod:	Nov 24th, 2010 at 15:30 GMT		3 points
	It won't accept Rep Congo for Republic of the Congo, so you may want to fix that.

	ChileNoseJam:	Nov 25th, 2010 at 16:51 GMT		3 points
	@adrian96: yes, I was surprised by that to, but it turns out that according to the country's constitution, the local name is Eire and the English name is Ireland; the "Republic of" bit is just used to make it clear that it's the country being referred to rather than the whole island of Ireland. Quite probably the only country to be commonly referred to by a name that's actually longer than its official one.

	dino566:	Nov 27th, 2010 at 09:14 GMT		2 points
	i got all +1 bonus nice quiz

	beth61:	Dec 1st, 2010 at 02:32 GMT		2 points
	@carbonrod: rep congo now accepted -- thanks for pointing that out.

	PlanetBoyPhil:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 17:06 GMT		1 point
	I'm not sure if there are any more corrections needed, but I'd recommend looking at the CIA - World Factbook online. It is probably one of the most accurate and up-to-date sources that you can find the long- and short-form names of the countries.

	phantom4ptplay:	Jan 6th, 2011 at 05:00 GMT		1 point
	Bosnia and Herzegovinia is known commonly as "Bosnia". Few people call it by its full name. The "Congos" have a lot of common names. I am not so sure about Canada. It might have a long name, but I'm not sure.

	Fishal:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 06:01 GMT		1 point
	I wonder why so many of them are Commonwealth Realms.