@farouk
Will a known native area claim count as a country as well, because you are opening up a can of worms.
As for playing this game, I did list all of the countries in Alphabetical order in this thread early on in its life but at the moment I cannot find that list.
Here it is again: -
Countries in their own right: -
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic (Czechia), Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent & Grenadines, State of Palestine, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Dependencies or other territories: -
Anguilla- (U.K.), Aruba- (Netherlands), Bermuda- (U.K.), British Virgin Islands- (U.K.), Caribbean Netherlands- (Netherlands), Cayman Islands- (U.K.), Channel Islands- (U.K.), Cook Islands- ((partly New Zealand)), Curaçao- (Netherlands), Faeroe Islands- (Denmark), Falkland Islands- (U.K.), French Guiana- (France), French Polynesia- (France), Gibraltar- (U.K.), Greenland- (Denmark), Guadeloupe- (France), Guam- (U.S.A.), Hong Kong- (China), Isle of Man- (U.K.), Macao- (China), Martinique- (France), Mayotte- (France), Montserrat- (U.K.), New Caledonia- (France), Niue- ((partly New Zealand)), Northern Mariana Islands- (U.S.A.), Puerto Rico- (U.S.A.), Réunion- (France), Saint Barthelemy- (France), Saint Helena- (U.K.), Saint Pierre & Miquelon- (France), Sint Maarten- (Netherlands), Taiwan- ((China)), Tokelau- (New Zealand), Turks and Caicos- (U.K.), U.S. Virgin Islands- (U.S.A.), Wallis & Futuna- (France), Western Sahara- ((disputed))