Across
- 2. One of two "doubly landlocked" countries in the world
- 4. Defeated the US in a war during the 1970s
- 6. Led by Kim Jong Un
- 7. Contains the lowest lying land in the world 1443 ft below sea level
- 11. Contains Mount Everest
- 12. Led by the Taliban
- 14. Finished their civil war in 2025
- 15. Changed the spelling of their name to avoid confusion with a bird
- 16. Used to be called East Pakistan
- 18. Claims to be the real "Republic of China"
- 20. Richest Asian country per capita
- 21. Used to spell their country name with I's instead of Y's
- 26. Has been unable to join the UN due to the US
- 27. Used to have the 2nd largest empire in history
- 28. Largest "Stan" country
- 32. Former dictator, Pol Pot killed 1/4th of this countries population in 4 years
- 35. Name is an acronym for the regions of the country
- 36. Used to be called Burma
- 37. Follows its own denomination of Christianity
Down
- 1. The last country ruled by an Emperor
- 3. Only Jewish country
- 5. Has an exclave known as Nakhchivan
- 8. Measures Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH) rather than GDP
- 9. Split into two regions, one on the island of Borneo
- 10. Used to be a US Territory
- 13. Has the lowest birth rate in the world
- 17. Contains over 17,000 islands
- 19. Consists of 7 regions called Emirates
- 22. Allied Japan in World War II
- 23. The US invaded Iraq to protect this country
- 24. Fighting a civil war against the Houthis
- 25. The Hmong people fled to Minnesota from this country
- 29. Led by the Saud family
- 30. The largest communist country
- 31. Has two unrecognized countries in their borders
- 33. Used to be called Persia
- 34. The most populated country
