Can you name the country that....?

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