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- 3. Home to the city of Samarkand, once a major centre on the silk road
- 5. African colony established by freed American slaves
- 8. Prime Minister was shot on May 15, 2024
- 13. Current President is a self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist
- 14. Only former Dutch colony in South America
- 16. Sultan is the longest-serving current monarch
- 18. Once known as Northern Rhodesia
- 19. Last country in alphabetical order
- 20. Largest Catholic population in the world
- 21. Luanda, the world's most expensive city, is its capital
- 24. Capital is Addis Ababa
- 25. The Houthi rebel group operates here
- 26. Also knows as the Thunder Dragon Kingdom; found between China and Inda
- 27. First country in alphabetical order
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- 1. Last country to abolish slavery
- 2. Current president is Bola Tinubu
- 4. Made up of provinces called cantons
- 6. Parliament is called the Knesset
- 7. America fought a war against VCs here
- 9. First Prime Minister was Lee Kwan Yew
- 10. Rihanna is from here
- 11. In meme culture, this country's name is associated with being popular and cool
- 12. Recent elections here were condemned as fraudulent by international observers
- 15. Has the highest value currency in the world
- 17. Major genocide occurred here in the 1990's
- 22. Found on the western shore of the Caspian Sea
- 23. Once the largest contiguous empire in the world