Can you name the country that....?

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