Can you name the countries by Wikipedia facts (part 2 of 5)?

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  • Guess the countries based on clues taken from their Wikipedia articles. This game is part 2 of 5 quizzes; all countries will be included. Part 1: http://www.sporcle.com/games/tigermilk/wikipediapt1
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Russia, which has a similar population, is spread over a land area that is 120 times larger than (Country).
A strip of (Country)'s territory on the east bank of the river Dniester has been under the de facto control of the breakaway government of Transnistria since 1990.
With the establishment of the Kingdom recognized in 1143 and the stabilization of its borders by 1249, (Country) claims to be the oldest European nation-state.
(Country) has the greatest number of reptiles of any country, with 755 species.
(Country) is one of the most developed countries that lies solely within the western hemisphere (others being Canada, Ireland, Portugal and Iceland).
Oil and gas have made (Country) the second highest per-capita income country – following Liechtenstein – and one of the world's fastest growing.
(Country) is one of the two former Soviet republics in Central Asia to retain Russian as an official language (Kazakhstan is the other).
It is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature and historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama.
(Country) has the seventh largest standing armed force and is the only Muslim-majority nation to possess nuclear weapons.
(Country) is the 107th largest country by population. The population shows a strong growth: from 1961 (the year after independence) to 2003, it quintupled.
One theory about the name '(Country)' is that it comes from the Nahuatl expression 'Cuauhtitlan', meaning 'between the trees'.
In 1902, La Soufrière volcano erupted, killing 2,000 people. Much farmland was damaged, and the economy deteriorated.
Saw a rise in suicides in post-soviet years, and now records the 3rd highest suicide rate in the world, down from 1st in 1995 when it had the highest rate in recorded world history
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(Country) was ranked highest of all countries in human development from 2001 to 2007, and then again in 2009.
(Country) is the world's smallest island nation, covering just 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi).
It was reached by Columbus in 1492 and became the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Americas, namely (Capital), also Spain's first New World capital.
On 2 July 1976, North and South were merged to form the Socialist Republic of (Country).
(Country) won several medals during the Beijing Olympics, 5 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze, making it Africa's most successful Nation in the 2008 Olympics.
With an estimated population of 111 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Hispanophone country on Earth.
It is one of the few territories in mainland Africa where Spanish is an official language, besides the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
(Country) has four exclaves, all in territory that belongs to the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia.
(Country)'s flag is the only national flag in the world that is non-quadrilateral in shape.
(Country) contains two de facto independent regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. (Country) considers the regions to be occupied by Russia.
As of November 2008, unofficial figures put (Country)'s annual inflation rate at 516 quintillion per cent, with prices doubling every 1.3 days.
The revolutionary leader Che Guevara was executed by a team of CIA officers and (Country's) Army on 9 October 1967 in (Country).
Over the centuries, (Country) was subjected to Danish, Teutonic, Swedish and Russian rule.
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Unemployment and depletion of oil and water resources are major economic problems. In 2008, the jobless figure was 4%, but women are over-represented at 85% of the total.
In 1947, the United Nations decided the United States would administer (Country) as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Sranan Tongo, a local creole language originally spoken by the Creole population, is the most widely used language in the streets and often interchangeably with Dutch.
In addition to the mainland, (Country) owns the Galapagos Islands, for which the country is most well known.
(Country), Libya, and Seychelles are the only three African nations with a 'high' Human Development Index rating.
It is the eighth largest country in Europe in terms of area and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union.
According to Transparency International, (Country) is the least corrupt country in Africa and ranks similarly close to Portugal and South Korea.
(Country) is famous for beer, chocolate, waffles and french fries.
The last war (Country) was directly involved was in 1814. Since then, (Country) has been at peace, adopting a non-aligned foreign policy in peacetime and neutrality in wartime.
It has a total area of 8,123 square miles (21,040 km; about the size of Massachusetts or Wales); it is the smallest country in continental America.
A consequence of the governmental collapse that accompanied the civil war has been the emergence of a significant problem with piracy in waters off of the coast of (Country).
National Congress established themselves as the sole political party and has supported the use of recruited Arab militias in guerrilla warfare, such as in the conflict in Darfur.
Spiritual homeland of the Rastafari religious movement, that is influenced by Pan-Africanism and has globalized the flag's tricolors with the spread of Reggae music.
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Countries by Wikipedia facts (2/5) Quiz

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