Can you name the sovereign countries currently ranked as the least stable and most prone to failure?

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Failing Countries Quiz

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Created Sep 4, 2009 in Geography
Featured Sep 16, 2009
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	JohnJF:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 04:35 GMT	15 points
	I believe the Republican National Committee would have a little something to say about #6...

	Tchaikovsky08:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 04:39 GMT	42 points
	One guess as to the most represented continent: and it's not Antarctica. Sad sad sad

	bsd987:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 04:41 GMT	39 points
	Cote D'Ivoire without the accents needs to be accepted. It's accepted in every other quiz.

	wildcatsixer10:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 04:44 GMT	12 points
	if you look at the comments before doing the quizzes... I hope you know your african countries.

	Matt91486:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 04:45 GMT	16 points
	I'm a bit surprised at some of the exclusions, given the ridiculous political situations in a few other countries, but hey, the source says what the source says.

	biggz:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 04:46 GMT	8 points
	they should accept "dem rep of the congo" as they have in other quizzes

	jvc:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 04:46 GMT	11 points
	If you excelled in the countries of Africa, you'll ace this one. Shocker!

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	AtomicIce:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 04:48 GMT	5 points
	Surprised CAR is so high up on this list. Didn't know it was that bad there.

	Wes_Mantooth:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 04:55 GMT	19 points
	maybe more time?

	[Deleted]:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 04:57 GMT	12 points
	@atomicice: It's probably because of the civil war and the corrupt government.

	Anonymous42:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 04:57 GMT	36 points
	Well, for now, Djibouti seems to be escaping the fate of its immediate neighbors.

	ryguy579:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:04 GMT	2 points
	How is Kosovo not topping this list? Maybe below Somalia and a few others, but otherwise it should be way up there. But not on the list at all?

	Anonymous42:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:10 GMT	11 points
	@ryguy579: The source doesn't include Kosovo on its list. Either the Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy Magazine don't recognize it as a sovereign country, or (more likely) there simply isn't enough information. Interestingly, Serbia is #78...I'm not sure what exactly that means in relation to this question.

	Kazbar:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:11 GMT	11 points
	I had a terrible feeling Somalia would be number one before I even started the quiz

	cjcourt:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:14 GMT	9 points
	After poking around the website, while the indices claim to be for 2009, a lot of the site's information is a few years old. Serbia's description, copyrighted in 2006, doesn't acknowledge Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence.

	lalalala:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:15 GMT	9 points
	a tad more time...

	RedLIon:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:20 GMT	2 points
	I realize Georgia has had some -ahem- problems with its neighbor to the north, but is it really more prone to "failure" than, say, Armenia or Azerbaijan?

	DPA727:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:20 GMT	21 points
	didnt nicaragua or honduras just overthrow their government?

	RedLIon:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:23 GMT	7 points
	Also, it surprises me that so few people are getting Somalia and Yemen, one of which has fallen into complete disarray, the other of which is basically being held together solely by the brutality of its ruler.

	Lana:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:26 GMT	32 points
	how sad for the citizens of these countries who are caught in these political messes.

	gopaladins:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:28 GMT	4 points
	what do people know about niger that i don't? commonly guessed.

	stl100:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:44 GMT	35 points
	@gopaladins: I have a sneaking suspicion that Niger owes its surprising fame to being the first five letters of "Nigeria". That's certainly how I got it...

	BamaRainbow:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:44 GMT	2 points
	So much fun when you get an unexpected answer. (I got the answer for #23 because I was typing what would be #15.)

	cigarette:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:52 GMT	58 points
	I object to Somalia on the grounds that "failing" implies that it still has some semblance of non-failure.

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	Giants2082:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 05:57 GMT	25 points
	I've come to the conclusion that on a geographic quiz of any kind, guessing Democratic Republic of the Congo is probably your best bet to a correct answer...

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	deej:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 06:09 GMT	3 points
	@gopaladins: you can't spell "nigeria" without "niger"

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	mercian:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 07:00 GMT	3 points
	THat is my summer holiday list sorted. And if I am careful to hire Hondas I should make a killing on insurance lol

	darth_shrimper:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 07:26 GMT	7 points
	Good time limit here, saves it from being another 'type all the countries you can' quiz. Anyway, I've now bought my Somalia/Sudan guidebook, if anyone wants a lend I hope to back in a couple of weeks but I wouldn't want to make any promises.

	y2jdilemma:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 07:55 GMT	9 points
	This was pretty much a layup to start on Africa. However I will say the absence of Swaziland is surprising, given I thought they were basically flat broke. Fiji not being on here was kind of interesting too.

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	dav_uz:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 09:52 GMT	20 points
	Everytime we get this Democratic Republic of Congo debate! A little tip - drc is accepted in EVERY sporcle quiz!! More geography quizzes woo!

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	chikka2:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 10:39 GMT	6 points
	The website map brings home the alarming percentage of nations on red alert or at the warning stage. Eye-opener.

	TheStace:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 11:05 GMT	50 points
	Republic Of The Conga is my favourite mistype I've ever made

	tbh444:	Sep 16th, 2009 at 11:08 GMT	12 points
	Surprising that Rwanda has apparently reached moderate levels of stability so soon after the nineties chaos (it's only 45th) although I'm not convinced it is based on much more than a current strong leader (which may not last)

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