Can you name the country that....?

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ClueCountry
...was home to the dodo before its extinction?
...has residents who are known as Malagasy?
...shares a name with a region of Greece, causing a naming dispute between the countries?
...was formely known as Upper Volta?
...is the most populated not to have diplomatic relations with the USA?
...takes its name and borders from the river that passes through its center?
...has the greatest life expectancy at birth?
...has the least total area of any country the Prime Meridian passes through?
...is home to the world's fastest diesel ferry?
...has the largest desert that is located within only one country?
...had the deadliest tornado on record?
...is the only one to have red and black as the only two colors on its flag?
...had its best known site under joint U.S. control until 1999?
...is the least populated OPEC member?
...is the world's leading producer of renewable energy?
...was formed in 1990 when its formerly separated northern and southern halves united?
...has the highest percentage of Christian residents of any Arab League member?
...is home to the $27 million and 160-foot tall African Renaissance Monument?
...was the first that the United Nations graduated from 'least developed' to 'developing' status?
...is connected to the continental mainland by the King Fahd Causeway?
...is the smallest current European Union member?
...is the only one in Africa to be represented by a pavilion at Epcot?
...is the least populated country that has officially acknowledged its possession of nuclear weapons?
...is closest to the Arctic Circle without having any territory inside it?
...is home to the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?
...is where Nobel Prizes are awarded?
...was the only Pacific island nation to avoid formal colonization?
...is the only non-European country to be completely surrounded by one other country?
...has a flag with stars that are a geographically-accurate representation of the country's islands?
...is the smaller of the two that are the only two in the world to have their capital cities located across a river from one another?
...is the place of origin of Dalmatians?
...was where the first season of 'Survivor' was filmed?
...that contains the land at the southern end of the world's longest overland animal migration?
...has the largest number of Roman Catholics?
...is where LEGO pieces were created?
...has the largest number of Muslims?
...has the least populated national capital?
...is the northernmost nation through which the Prime Meridian passes?
...has the greatest number of languages spoken?
...has about 70% of its land area covered by the Karakum Desert?
...had coups d'etat in both 1999 and 2001?
...is the only OPEC member located wholly within the southern hemisphere?
...has a name meaning 'Land of the Pure' in its national language?
...was the first in the Eastern Bloc to elect a non-communist government?
...that defeated Bolivia in the Chaco War?
...is the easternmost of the Lesser Antilles?
...is the location of the titular 2006 'Casino Royale' in the 2006 film?
...has a capital city whose construction began on previously undeveloped land in 2002?
...has a legislature called 'Oireachtas?'
...is home to the launchpad for the world's first human spaceflight?
...is the smallest original European Union member?
...is the most recent to gain independence from the UK?
...was where the first pterodactyl fossil was discovered?
...is home to Victoria Falls National Park?
...had militants that received funding from the U.S. government as part of the Iran-contra affair?
...contains the headwaters of both the Senegal and Niger Rivers?
...has a church that has been under construction since 1882?
...is referred to as 'Hellas' in its native language?
...has a 2.5-mile wide, 160-mile long demilitarized zone as its northern border?
...had the longest civil war in Latin American history, spanning from 1960-1996?
...has the northernmost metropolitan area of more than one million people?
...has the most official languages?
...was invaded by U.S. troops in 1983?
...gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1993?
...uses the somoni as its unit of currency?
...has the most distant point from the center of the Earth?
ClueCountry
...was formerly known as Nyasaland?
...has, since 1974, had part of its territory under control of a separate state that is only formally recognized by Turkey?
...served as the test site for 67 U.S. nuclear weapons tests between 1946 and 1958?
...has the only absolute monarchy in Europe?
...has a flag with five stars representing the Federal Republic of Central America?
...is the only English-speaking nation in South America?
...is the home country of Nobel laureates Arthur Lewis and Derek Walcott, making it the country with the most laureates per capita?
...has the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas?
...has won the most Olympic gold medals in men's ice hockey?
...Kosovo has declared independence from?
...has its capital located on the island of Guadalcanal?
...contains most of the Tatra Mountains?
...has 70% of its population residing on the island of Viti Levu?
...is the only former Yugoslav state to border only one other former Yugoslav state?
...has the greatest population of Albanians outside of Albania?
...was the only one to have gained its independence from New Zealand?
...has the northernmost capital?
...has the Vysshaya Liga as its top division of professional soccer?
...is the smallest in the Americas in both size and population?
...is the most recent and southernmost member of the Arab League?
...has the lowest high point above sea level, at 7 ft. 7 inches?
...has Bambara as its most widely understood language?
...lost its status as a UN Security Council permanent member in 1971?
...that was formerly known as Dahomey?
...has both Arabic and English as official languages?
...was the first to be invaded by Nazi Germany?
...is located closest to the USA without actually bordering it?
...has the most total area of any country on the Mediterranean Sea?
...provides the soldiers who serve as Vatican guards?
...that contains the location of the ancient city of Troy?
...has the highest mountain outside of Asia?
...has Avianca as its flag carrier airline?
...is located closest to the intersection of the Equator and the Prime Meridian?
...was the first Eastern Bloc nation to begin to dismantle its border fence with western Europe?
...that contains the location of the ancient city of Carthage?
...has the most total area of any landlocked country in Africa?
...hosted the first Winter Olympic Games?
...is home to Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall?
...has the most saline body of water outside of Antarctica?
...is home to the driest location on Earth?
...renamed its largest city in 1976 to honor its first president and leader of its independence movement?
...has a tricolor flag whose colors represent forests, the Equator, and the sea?
...is the oldest independent state in Africa?
...that is believed to contain the location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
...has had a runner win either the men's or women's Boston Marathon every year since 1991?
...was the first to have its voters reject European Union membership?
...is home to the only volcano on mainland Europe to have erupted within the last 100 years?
...is the only nation in North America not to border the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea?
...was the setting for the book and movie 'Black Hawk Down?'
...is closest to Antarctica without any Antarctic territorial claims?
...was formerly known as Kampuchea?
...has the world's tallest building?
...had a constitutional monarchy after gaining independence from France in 1954 until being overthrown by communists in 1975?
...contains the first New World land visited by Christopher Columbus?
...has a name derived from a word in its official language meaning 'fortresses built near water?'
...produces Aldaris beer?
...was founded and colonized by freed American slaves?
...is the only one in South America to have only two colors in its flag?
...is the least populated in South America?
...has won the most Summer Olympics medals without ever having won gold?
...is the westernmost in the Arab League?
...produces Pilsner Urquell beer?
...had the story of its bobsled team dramatized in the movie 'Cool Runnings?'
...is the only communist nation in the western hemisphere?
...is the only one besides Italy to have Italian as its sole official language?
...contains the Aïr Mountains?
ClueCountry
...is named after the desert that is believed to be the world's oldest?
...has .cf as its Internet country code top-level domain?
...has Krio as the most widespread language?
...is named after France's King Louis XV's Minister of Finance?
...contains the land claimed by the breakaway country of Transnistria?
...regained autonomy as a result of the Russo-Turkish War, after more than 450 years of Ottoman rule?
...has the most FIFA World Cup appearances without a championship?
...is home to the headquarters of both the European Union and NATO?
...contains the region of Transylvania?
...was known as Zaire until 1997?
...is named after a man who led multiple Latin American countries to independence?
...produces Madeira wine?
...was the first in Africa to reach the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals?
...has the longest written Constitution?
...is the smallest through which the Equator passes?
...sentenced an American teenager to caning for vandalism in 1994?
...is planning to move its capital to Ramciel by 2015?
...was invaded during 'Operation Enduring Freedom?'
...has the most populated metropolitan area in Africa?
...is the world's most densely populated?
...that has about 20% of its land area located below sea level?
...has the southernmost capital?
...has the shortest coastline?
...has the smallest area and borders at least two other countries?
...has its capital located on the island of Bioko?
...has hosted the most Olympic Games?
...has its capital located on the shore of Lake Tanganyika?
...has the longest-serving current head of state?
...received its current name after independence to decrease confusion with a neighboring country?
...is home to the two holiest Muslim sites?
...has a name meaning 'ancient and bearded?'
...was the first to elect a female head of government?
...is the most populated nation with no standing army?
...is the only Pacific Ocean nation to consist of only one island?
...is the only non-island nation in North America not to border the Pacific Ocean?
...was the first to be admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations without ever having been a part of the British Empire?
...was the site of the Chernobyl disaster?
...does not allow its citizens to visit Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, or Yemen without special permission?
...lost most of it's men's national soccer team in a 1993 plane crash?
...has a quarter of Jerusalem's Old City named after it?
...is the larger of the only two to be surrounded by landlocked countries?
...has its national bird, the grey crowned crane, on its flag?
...has the least total area of any landlocked country outside of Europe?
...has an exclave of Nakhchivan?
...is the only one not bordering Russia where Russian is an official language statewide?
...is the southernmost of the Lesser Antilles?
...has a main island that was known by 'Hairouna' to the indigenous population?
...that was known as New Hebrides until independence?
...has the largest percentage of its land area protected in parks and reserves?
...was the first former Soviet Socialist Republic to declare independence from the USSR?
...has a flag whose design represents the Pacific Ocean and the country's four island groups?
...now has a population of more than 500,000 but was uninhabited until being settled by Portugal in the 15th Century?
...is the first to see dawn of each new day?
...is the world's least densely populated?
...is believed to be home to the most Palestinian refugees?
...is the only one whose flag is not a rectangle?
...does not maintain foreign relations with any permanent members of the UN Security Council?
...is home to Boiling Lake, the world's second largest hot springs?
...is the most populated country in Africa?
...uses the Nikkei 225 as an index for its main stock exchange?
...was where the hottest temperature on the Earth's surface was recorded?
...that is home to the world's deepest known cave?
...has the highest proportion of Roman Catholic residents in Asia?
...is the only one to have elected a female-majority legislature?
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