The only country . . .
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Country
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To be a member of the EU
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Cyprus
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With an emperor
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Japan
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To have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council
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China
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To host a Summer or Winter Olympics
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South Korea
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To have a population greater than 1 billion
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India
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To have more than 1 million active military personnel
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North Korea
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To have an 8-letter sequence in its name without an A, E, I, O, or U
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Kyrgyzstan
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With a top four finish in the men's FIFA World Cup
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Turkey
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To be the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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Iraq
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To average more than 30 million international tourists per year
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Thailand
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To have a population density greater than 3,000 people per square kilometer
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Singapore
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To have a land border with a country that does not recognize it diplomatically
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Israel
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To have nuclear weapons
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Pakistan
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To have a non-rectangular flag
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Nepal
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To be the birthplace of one of the world's four largest religions
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Saudi Arabia
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To have more than 150,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves
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Iran
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To have won more than 50 Olympic medals
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Kazakhstan
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To be home to more than 50 million Christians
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Philippines
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To win a Winter Olympic medal
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Uzbekistan
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To touch the Himalayas
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Bhutan
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To have once been an empire that controlled more than 10% of the world's land
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Mongolia
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To have an area greater than 1 million square kilometers
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Indonesia
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To be home to more than 5% of the world's Muslims
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Bangladesh
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To touch a river associated with a "Cradle of civilization"
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Syria
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To touch the Mediterranean Sea
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Lebanon
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To have a name that would be worth more than 25 points in Scrabble
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Azerbaijan
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To have an average elevation of greater than 2,000 meters above sea level
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Tajikistan
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To touch the Caspian Sea
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Turkmenistan
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To have a capital that starts with B
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Brunei
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To have a population of less than 1 million
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Maldives
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To have a population density of less than 25 people per square kilometer
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Oman
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To have a name that ends in -stan
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Afghanistan
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To have a name more than 10 letters long
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United Arab Emirates
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To be among the top 25 countries in Human Development Index
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Taiwan
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To touch the Tropic of Cancer
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Myanmar
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To touch the place of Earth's lowest elevation
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Jordan
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To have a sword on their flag
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Sri Lanka
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To have a name consisting of multiple words
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East Timor
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To have tropical rainforest (Köppen Af)
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Malaysia
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To be an island country
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Bahrain
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To have an Indo-European language as an official language
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Armenia
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To be a former Soviet Socialist Republic
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Georgia
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To have an area less than 15,000 square kilometers
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Qatar
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To touch the Persian Gulf
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Kuwait
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To have a capital whose name consists of multiple words
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Cambodia
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To have Arabic as an official language
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Yemen
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To have a name less than six letters long
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Laos
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To be in Asia
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Vietnam
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Good quiz, by the way—tricky, but good!
Anyways, great quiz!
"kyrgzstAn"
Please take it as a joke.
2. The official Jetpunk name of the country (according to the Countries of the World quiz) is "East Timor"