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- AUSTRALIA
- The Commonwealth of Australia
- South west Pacific
- 2 966 150 miles sq.
- Church of England; Roman Catholic; Methodist; Presbyterian.
- English
- Canberra
- Sydney; Melbourne; Brisbane; Adelaide; Perth; Newcastle.
- Mt Kosciusko 7316 ft 2230 m.
- Flinders ranges; Australian Alps; MacDonnell ranges; Great Dividing
- Murray; Flinders; Ashburton; Fitzroy.
- AUSTRIA
- Republic of Austria
- Central Europe
- 32 376 miles sq.
- Roman Catholic; Protestant minority.
- German
- Vienna
- Graz; Linz; Salzburg; Innsbruck.
- Grossglockner 12 462 ft 3798 m.
- Alps
- Donau; Inn; Mur.
- BELGIUM
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Europe
- 11 781 miles sq.
- Roman Catholic;
- Dutch; French; German.
- Brussels
- Ghent; Liege; Anderlecht; Antwerp; Bruges.
- Botrange 2277 ft 694 m.
- Ardennes
- Schelde; Meuse
- BRAZIL
- The Federative Republic of Brazil
- South America
- 3 286 488 miles sq.
- Roman Catholic
- Portuguese
- Brasilia
- Sao Paulo; Rio de Janeiro; Belo Horizonte; Recife; Salvador.
- Pico da Bandeira 9482 ft 2890 m.
- Serra do Mar; Serra de Mantiqueira; Serra Geral.
- Amazon
- CANADA
- The Dominion of Canada
- North America
- 3 851 604 miles sq.
- Roman Catholic; United Church Of Canada; Anglican.
- English (majority); French; German; Italian; Ukrainian.
- Ottawa
- Montreal; Toronto; Vancouver; Winnipeg; Edmonton; Quebec.
- Mt Logan 19 850 ft 6050 m.
- Rocky mountains; Mackenzie mountains; Coast mountains
- Mackenzie; St.Lawrence; Columbia; Yukon; Churchill.
- FRANCE
- The French Republic
- Western Europe
- 211 208 miles sq.
- Roman Catholic; Protestant; Jewish.
- French; various minorities
- Paris
- Marseille; Nantes; Lyon; Strasbourg; Bordeaux; Toulouse; St.Etienne
- Mont Blanc 15 771 ft 4807 m.
- Alps; Massif Central; Vosges; Cevennes; Pyrenees; Jura mountains
- Rhone; Loire; Rhin; Seine; Garonne
- GERMANY
- Republic of Germany
- Central Europe
- 137 765 miles sq.
- Protestant; Roman Catholic; various minorities
- German
- Berlin
- Hamburg; Bonn; Munich; Leipzig; Dresden; Frankfurt; Cologne; Bremen
- Zugspitze 9721 ft 2963 m.
- Alps; Schwarzwald; Erz Gebirge; Thuringer Wald
- Rhine; Elbe; Ems; Weser; Donau
- IRELAND
- Republic of Ireland (sometimes referred to as Eire)
- Western Europe
- 27 136 miles sq.
- Roman Catholic (majority); various minorities
- English; Irish Gaelic
- Dublin
- Cork; Limerick
- Carrantuohill 3414 ft 1041 m.
- Macgillycuddy's Reeks; Wicklow Mountains
- Shannon; Boyne; Suir; Barrow; Erne
- ITALY
- Italian Republic
- Southern Europe
- 116 318 miles sq.
- Roman Catholic; Jewish and Protestant minorities
- Italian; Albanian and German making up minorities
- Rome
- Milan; Napoli; Turin; Genoa; Palermo; Bologna; Florence
- On Monte Bianco 15 616 ft 4760 m.
- Alps; Appennines
- Po; Tevere; Arno; Volturno; Garigliano
- JAPAN
- Nippon (Land of Rising Sun)
- Off coast of Asian continent
- 143 751 miles sq.
- Shinto; Buddhist
- Japanese
- Tokyo
- Osaka; Yokohama; Nagoya; Kyoto; Kobe; Sapporo; Kitakyushu
- Fuji 12 388 ft 3776 m.
- Hida
- Tone; Ishikari; Shinano
- HOLLAND
- Kindom of the Netherlands
- Western Europe
- 15 770 miles sq.
- Roman Catholic; Protestant
- Dutch
- Amsterdam
- Rotterdam; Utrecht; Eindhoven; Haarlem
- Vaalserberg 1053 ft 321 m.
- No specific mountain ranges
- Meuse; Rhine; Ijssel
- NEW ZEALAND
- Dominion Of New Zealand
- South West Pacific
- 103 736 miles sq.
- Church of England; Presbyterian; Roman Catholic
- English; Maori
- Wellington
- Auckland; Christchurch; Hamilton; Dunedin
- Mr Cook 12 349 ft 3764 m.
- Southern Alps
- Waikato; Waihou; Clutha; Rangitaiki; Mokau; Wanganui
- SOUTH AFRICA
- Republic of South Africa
- Africian continent
- 471 445 miles sq.
- Christian; Hindu and Muslim minorities
- Afrikaans; English; Xhosa; Zulu; Sesotho; Sepedi; Setswana
- Pretoria (admin); Cape Town (Legislative)
- Durban; Johannesburg; Port Elizabeth; Germiston
- Injasuti 11 182 ft 3408 m.
- Drakensberg
- Orange; Limpopo; Vaal
- UNITED KINGDOM
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Western Europe
- 94 220 miles sq.
- Church of England; Roman Catholic; various minorities
- English; Welsh
- London
- Birmingham; Glasgow; Manchester; Liverpool; Belfast; Cardiff
- Ben Nevis 4406 ft 1392 m.(Scotland); Scafell Pike 3210ft 978m(England)
- Grampian; Highlands; Cumbria; Gwynedd
- Severn; Thames; Trent; Aire; Ouse; Wye; Tay; Clyde
- SPAIN
- The Kingdom of Spain
- South west Europe
- 194 897 miles sq.
- Roman Catholic
- Spanish; Catalan; Basque
- Madrid
- Barcelona; Valencia; Sevilla; Zaragoza; Bilbao
- Mt Teide (Canary Islands) 12 190 ft 3716 m.
- Pyrenees; Cordillera Cantabrica; Sierra Morena
- Ebro; Duero; Tajo; Guadiana
- USA
- United States of America
- North America
- 3 615 122 miles sq.
- Protestant; Roman Catholic; Jewish; Orthodox
- English
- Washington
- New York; Chicago; Los Angeles; Philadelphia; Houston; Detroit
- Mt McKinley 20 320 ft 6194 m. (Alaska)
- Aleutain Range; Alaska Range; Cascade; Appalachians
- Mississippi-Missouri; St Lawrence; Rio Grande
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