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aspects of the United States’ relations with the countries of the world. The central component is a guide to matters of diplomatic recognition and the establishment and maintenance of diplomatic relations between the United States and states of the world, from 1776 to the present.</p> <form action="" class="form-inline"> <div class="form-group"> <select class="form-control" data-template="countries:load-countries" onchange="location = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;"> <option value="#">Select a country:</option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/afghanistan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Afghanistan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/albania"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Albania</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/algeria"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Algeria</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/andorra"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Andorra</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/angola"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Angola</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/antigua-barbuda"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Antigua and Barbuda</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/argentina"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Argentina</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/armenia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Armenia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/australia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Australia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/austria"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Austria</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/austrian-empire"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Austrian Empire*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/azerbaijan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Azerbaijan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/baden"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Baden*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/bahamas"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Bahamas, The</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/bahrain"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Bahrain</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/bangladesh"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Bangladesh</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/barbados"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Barbados</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/bavaria"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Bavaria*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/belarus"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Belarus</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/belgium"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Belgium</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/belize"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Belize</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/benin"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Benin (Dahomey)</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/bolivia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Bolivia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/bosnia-herzegovina"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Bosnia and Herzegovina</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/botswana"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Botswana</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/brazil"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Brazil</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/brunei"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Brunei</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/brunswick-luneburg"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Brunswick and Lüneburg*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/bulgaria"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Bulgaria</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/burkina-faso"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/burma"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Burma</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/burundi"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Burundi</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/cape-verde"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Cabo Verde</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/cambodia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Cambodia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/cameroon"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Cameroon</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/canada"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Canada</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/cayman-islands"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Cayman Islands, The</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/central-african-republic"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Central African Republic</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/central-american-federation"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Central American Federation*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/chad"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Chad</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/chile"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Chile</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/china"><span data-template="countries:article-title">China</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/colombia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Colombia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/comoros"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Comoros</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/congo-free-state"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Congo Free State, The*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/cook-islands"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Cook Islands</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/costa-rica"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Costa Rica</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/cote-divoire"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/croatia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Croatia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/cuba"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Cuba</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/cyprus"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Cyprus</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/czech-republic"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Czechia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/czechoslovakia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Czechoslovakia*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/congo-democratic-republic"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Democratic Republic of the Congo</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/denmark"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Denmark</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/djibouti"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Djibouti</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/dominica"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Dominica</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/dominican-republic"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Dominican Republic</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/parma"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Duchy of Parma, The*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/german-democratic-republic"><span data-template="countries:article-title">East Germany (German Democratic Republic)*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/ecuador"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Ecuador</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/egypt"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Egypt</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/el-salvador"><span data-template="countries:article-title">El Salvador</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/equatorial-guinea"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Equatorial Guinea</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/eritrea"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Eritrea</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/estonia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Estonia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/swaziland"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Eswatini</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/ethiopia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Ethiopia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/federal-government-germany"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Federal Government of Germany (1848-49)*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/fiji"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Fiji</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/finland"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Finland</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/france"><span data-template="countries:article-title">France</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/gabon"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Gabon</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/gambia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Gambia, The</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/georgia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Georgia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/germany"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Germany</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/ghana"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Ghana</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/grand-duchy-tuscany"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Grand Duchy of Tuscany, The*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/greece"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Greece</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/grenada"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Grenada</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/guatemala"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Guatemala</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/guinea"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Guinea</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/guinea-bissau"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Guinea-Bissau</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/guyana"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Guyana</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/haiti"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Haiti</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/hanover"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Hanover*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/hanseatic-republics"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Hanseatic Republics*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/hawaii"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Hawaii*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/hesse"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Hesse*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/holy-see"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Holy See</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/honduras"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Honduras</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/hungary"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Hungary</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/iceland"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Iceland</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/india"><span data-template="countries:article-title">India</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/indonesia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Indonesia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/iran"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Iran</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/iraq"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Iraq</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/ireland"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Ireland</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/israel"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Israel</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/italy"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Italy</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/jamaica"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Jamaica</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/japan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Japan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/jordan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Jordan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/kazakhstan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Kazakhstan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/kenya"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Kenya</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/kingdom-of-yugoslavia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/kiribati"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Kiribati</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/korea"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Korea</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/kosovo"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Kosovo</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/kuwait"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Kuwait</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/kyrgyzstan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Kyrgyzstan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/laos"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Laos</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/latvia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Latvia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/lebanon"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Lebanon</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/lesotho"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Lesotho</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/lew-chew"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Lew Chew (Loochoo)*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/liberia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Liberia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/libya"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Libya</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/liechtenstein"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Liechtenstein</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/lithuania"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Lithuania</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/luxembourg"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Luxembourg</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/madagascar"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Madagascar</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/malawi"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Malawi</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/malaysia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Malaysia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/maldives"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Maldives</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/mali"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Mali</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/malta"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Malta</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/marshall-islands"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Marshall Islands</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/mauritania"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Mauritania</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/mauritius"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Mauritius</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/mecklenburg-schwerin"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Mecklenburg-Schwerin*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/mecklenburg-strelitz"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Mecklenburg-Strelitz*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/mexico"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Mexico</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/micronesia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Micronesia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/moldova"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Moldova</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/monaco"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Monaco</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/mongolia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Mongolia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/montenegro"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Montenegro</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/morocco"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Morocco</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/mozambique"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Mozambique</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/namibia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Namibia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/nassau"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Nassau*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/nauru"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Nauru</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/nepal"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Nepal</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/netherlands"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Netherlands, The</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/new-zealand"><span data-template="countries:article-title">New Zealand</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/nicaragua"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Nicaragua</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/niger"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Niger</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/nigeria"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Nigeria</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/niue"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Niue</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/north-german-confederation"><span data-template="countries:article-title">North German Confederation*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/north-german-union"><span data-template="countries:article-title">North German Union*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/macedonia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">North Macedonia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/norway"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Norway</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/oldenburg"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Oldenburg*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/oman"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Oman</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/orange-free-state"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Orange Free State*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/pakistan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Pakistan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/palau"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Palau</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/panama"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Panama</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/papal-states"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Papal States*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/papua-new-guinea"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Papua New Guinea</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/paraguay"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Paraguay</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/peru"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Peru</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/philippines"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Philippines</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/piedmont-sardinia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Piedmont-Sardinia*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/poland"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Poland</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/portugal"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Portugal</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/qatar"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Qatar</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/genoa"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Republic of Genoa*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/korea-south"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Republic of Korea (South Korea)</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/congo-republic"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Republic of the Congo</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/romania"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Romania</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/russia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Russia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/rwanda"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Rwanda</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/saint-kitts-nevis"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Saint Kitts and Nevis</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/saint-lucia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Saint Lucia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/saint-vincent-grenadines"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/samoa"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Samoa</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/san-marino"><span data-template="countries:article-title">San Marino</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/sao-tome-and-principe"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Sao Tome and Principe</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/saudi-arabia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Saudi Arabia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/schaumburg-lippe"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Schaumburg-Lippe*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/senegal"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Senegal</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/serbia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Serbia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/seychelles"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Seychelles</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/sierra-leone"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Sierra Leone</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/singapore"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Singapore</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/slovakia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Slovakia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/slovenia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Slovenia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/solomon-islands"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Solomon Islands, The</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/somalia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Somalia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/south-africa"><span data-template="countries:article-title">South Africa</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/south-sudan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">South Sudan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/spain"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Spain</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/sri-lanka"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Sri Lanka</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/sudan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Sudan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/suriname"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Suriname</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/sweden"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Sweden</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/switzerland"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Switzerland</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/syria"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Syria</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/tajikistan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Tajikistan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/tanzania"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Tanzania</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/texas"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Texas*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/thailand"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Thailand</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/timor-leste"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Timor-Leste</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/togo"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Togo</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/tonga"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Tonga</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/trinidad-and-tobago"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Trinidad and Tobago</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/tunisia"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Tunisia</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/turkey"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Turkey</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/turkmenistan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Turkmenistan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/tuvalu"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Tuvalu</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/two-sicilies"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Two Sicilies*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/uganda"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Uganda</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/ukraine"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Ukraine</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/soviet-union"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Union of Soviet Socialist Republics*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/united-arab-emirates"><span data-template="countries:article-title">United Arab Emirates, The</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/united-kingdom"><span data-template="countries:article-title">United Kingdom, The</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/uruguay"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Uruguay</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/uzbekistan"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Uzbekistan</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/vanuatu"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Vanuatu</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/venezuela"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Venezuela</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/vietnam"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Vietnam</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/wurttemberg"><span data-template="countries:article-title">Württemberg*</span> </option> <option data-template="templates:each" data-template-from="articles" data-template-to="article" xml:space="preserve" value="/countries/yemen"><span 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