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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
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<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Afghanistan
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<strong>local long form:</strong> Jamhuri-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan
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<strong>local short form:</strong> Afghanistan
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<strong>former:</strong> Republic of Afghanistan
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
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<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Akrotiri
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Albania
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<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Albania
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<strong>local long form:</strong> Republika e Shqiperise
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<strong>local short form:</strong> Shqiperia
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<strong>former:</strong> People's Socialist Republic of Albania
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
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<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Algeria
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<strong>local long form:</strong> Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah
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<strong>local short form:</strong> Al Jaza'ir
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Territory of American Samoa
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> American Samoa
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> AS
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Principality of Andorra
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Andorra
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<strong>local long form:</strong> Principat d'Andorra
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<strong>local short form:</strong> Andorra
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Angola
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Angola
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Angola
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Angola
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> People's Republic of Angola
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Anguilla
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Antarctica
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Antigua and Barbuda
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</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ar" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ar"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ar.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Argentina</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Argentine Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Argentina
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica Argentina
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Argentina
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="am" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="am"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/am.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Armenia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Armenia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Armenia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Hayastan
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Armenian Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="aa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="aa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/aa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Aruba</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Aruba
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="at" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="at"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/at.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Ashmore and Cartier Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="as" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="as"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/as.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Australia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Commonwealth of Australia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Australia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="au" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="au"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/au.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Austria</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Austria
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Austria
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republik Oesterreich
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Oesterreich
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="aj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="aj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/aj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Azerbaijan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Azerbaijan
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Azerbaijan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Azarbaycan Respublikasi
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Azarbaycan
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bahamas, The</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Commonwealth of The Bahamas
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> The Bahamas
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ba" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ba"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ba.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bahrain</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Bahrain
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Bahrain
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Mamlakat al Bahrayn
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Al Bahrayn
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Dilmun, State of Bahrain
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bangladesh</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>People's Republic of Bangladesh
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Bangladesh
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Gana Prajatantri Bangladesh
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Bangladesh
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> East Bengal, East Pakistan
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Barbados</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Barbados
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Belarus</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Belarus
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Belarus
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Respublika Byelarus'/Respublika Belarus'
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Byelarus'/Belarus'
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Belorussian (Byelorussian) Soviet Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="be" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="be"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/be.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Belgium</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Belgium
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Belgium
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Royaume de Belgique (French)/Koninkrijk Belgie (Dutch)/Koenigreich Belgien (German)
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Belgique/Belgie/Belgien
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Belize</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Belize
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> British Honduras
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Benin</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Benin
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Benin
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique du Benin
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Benin
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Dahomey
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bd" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bd"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bd.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bermuda</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Bermuda
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Somers Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bhutan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Bhutan
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Bhutan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Druk Gyalkhap
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Druk Yul
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bolivia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Plurinational State of Bolivia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Bolivia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Bolivia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Bosnia and Herzegovina
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Bosna i Hercegovina
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Botswana</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Botswana
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Botswana
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of Botswana
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Botswana
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Bechuanaland
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bouvet Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Bouvet Island
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="br" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="br"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/br.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Brazil</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Federative Republic of Brazil
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Brazil
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica Federativa do Brasil
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Brasil
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="io" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="io"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/io.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >British Indian Ocean Territory</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>British Indian Ocean Territory
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> BIOT
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="vi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="vi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >British Virgin Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> British Virgin Islands
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> BVI
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bx" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bx"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bx.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Brunei</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Brunei Darussalam
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Brunei
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Negara Brunei Darussalam
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Brunei
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bulgaria</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Bulgaria
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Bulgaria
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republika Balgariya
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Balgariya
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="uv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="uv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/uv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Burkina Faso</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Burkina Faso
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Burkina Faso
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Upper Volta, Republic of Upper Volta
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Burma</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Union of Burma
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Burma
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Pyidaungzu Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw (translated as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar)
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Myanma Naingngandaw
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma, Union of Myanmar
<br />
<strong>note:</strong> since 1989 the military authorities in Burma and the current parliamentary government have promoted the name Myanmar as a conventional name for their state; the US Government has not adopted the name
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="by" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="by"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/by.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Burundi</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Burundi
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Burundi
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique du Burundi/Republika y'u Burundi
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Burundi
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Urundi
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cabo Verde</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Cabo Verde
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Cabo Verde
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Cabo Verde
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Cabo Verde
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cambodia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Cambodia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Cambodia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Preahreacheanachakr Kampuchea (phonetic pronunciation)
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Kampuchea
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Khmer Republic, Democratic Kampuchea, People's Republic of Kampuchea, State of Cambodia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cameroon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Cameroon
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Cameroon
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique du Cameroun/Republic of Cameroon
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Cameroun/Cameroon
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> French Cameroon, British Cameroon, Federal Republic of Cameroon, United Republic of Cameroon
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ca" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ca"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ca.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Canada</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Canada
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cayman Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Cayman Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ct" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ct"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ct.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Central African Republic</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Central African Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique Centrafricaine
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Ubangi-Shari, Central African Empire
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> CAR
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cd" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cd"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cd.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Chad</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Chad
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Chad
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique du Tchad/Jumhuriyat Tshad
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Tchad/Tshad
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ci" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ci"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ci.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Chile</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Chile
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Chile
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Chile
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Chile
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ch" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ch"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ch.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >China</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>People's Republic of China
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> China
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Zhongguo
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> PRC
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="kt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Christmas Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Territory of Christmas Island
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Christmas Island
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ip" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ip"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ip.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Clipperton Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Clipperton Island
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Ile Clipperton
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> sometimes called Ile de la Passion
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ck" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ck"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ck.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Cocos (Keeling) Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="co" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="co"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/co.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Colombia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Colombia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Colombia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Colombia
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Colombia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Comoros</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Union of the Comoros
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Comoros
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Udzima wa Komori (Comorian); Union des Comores (French); Jumhuriyat al Qamar al Muttahidah (Arabic)
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Komori (Comorian); Comores (French); Juzur al Qamar (Arabic)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Democratic Republic of the Congo
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> DRC
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique Democratique du Congo
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> RDC
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo/Leopoldville, Congo/Kinshasa, Zaire
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> DRC
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Congo, Republic of the</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of the Congo
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Congo (Brazzaville)
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique du Congo
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Middle Congo, Congo/Brazzaville, Congo
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cw" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cw"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cook Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Cook Islands
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Harvey Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Coral Sea Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Coral Sea Islands Territory
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Coral Sea Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cs" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cs"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cs.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Costa Rica</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Costa Rica
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Costa Rica
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Costa Rica
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Costa Rica
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="iv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="iv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/iv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cote d'Ivoire</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Cote d'Ivoire
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique de Cote d'Ivoire
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Cote d'Ivoire
<br />
<strong>note:</strong> pronounced coat-div-whar
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Ivory Coast
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="hr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="hr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/hr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Croatia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Croatia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Croatia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republika Hrvatska
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Hrvatska
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> People's Republic of Croatia, Socialist Republic of Croatia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cuba</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Cuba
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Cuba
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Cuba
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Cuba
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Curacao</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>Dutch long form: </strong>Land Curacao
<br />
<strong>Dutch short form:</strong> Curacao
<br />
<strong>Papiamentu long form:</strong> Pais Korsou
<br />
<strong>Papiamentu short form:</strong> Korsou
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Netherlands Antilles; Curacao and Dependencies
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cy" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cy"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cyprus</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Cyprus
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Cyprus
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Kypriaki Dimokratia/Kibris Cumhuriyeti
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Kypros/Kibris
<br />
<strong>note:</strong> the Turkish Cypriot community, which administers the northern part of the island, refers to itself as the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" or "TRNC" (Kuzey Kibris Turk Cumhuriyeti or KKTC)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ez" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ez"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ez.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Czech Republic</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Czech Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Czech Republic
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Ceska republika
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Cesko
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="da" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="da"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/da.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Denmark</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Denmark
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Denmark
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Kongeriget Danmark
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Danmark
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="dx" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="dx"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/dx.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Dhekelia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Dhekelia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="dj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="dj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/dj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Djibouti</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Djibouti
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Djibouti
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique de Djibouti/Jumhuriyat Jibuti
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Djibouti/Jibuti
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> French Territory of the Afars and Issas, French Somaliland
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="do" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="do"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/do.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Dominica</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Commonwealth of Dominica
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Dominica
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="dr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="dr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/dr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Dominican Republic</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Dominican Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> The Dominican
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica Dominicana
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> La Dominicana
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ec" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ec"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ec.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ecuador</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Ecuador
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Ecuador
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica del Ecuador
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Ecuador
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="eg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="eg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/eg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Egypt</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Arab Republic of Egypt
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Egypt
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Misr
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> United Arab Republic (with Syria)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="es" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="es"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/es.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >El Salvador</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of El Salvador
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> El Salvador
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de El Salvador
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> El Salvador
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ek" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ek"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ek.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Equatorial Guinea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Equatorial Guinea
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Equatorial Guinea
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial/Republique de Guinee equatoriale
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Guinea Ecuatorial/Guinee equatoriale
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Spanish Guinea
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="er" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="er"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/er.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Eritrea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>State of Eritrea
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Eritrea
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Hagere Ertra
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Ertra
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Eritrea Autonomous Region in Ethiopia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="en" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="en"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/en.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Estonia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Estonia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Estonia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Eesti Vabariik
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Eesti
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="et" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="et"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/et.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ethiopia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Ethiopia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Ityop'iya
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Abyssinia, Italian East Africa
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> FDRE
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="fk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="fo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Faroe Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Faroe Islands
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Foroyar
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="fj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Fiji</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Fiji
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Fiji
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of Fiji/Matanitu ko Viti
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Fiji/Viti
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="fi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Finland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Finland
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Finland
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Suomen tasavalta/Republiken Finland
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Suomi/Finland
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="fr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >France</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>French Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> France
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique francaise
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> France
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="fp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >French Polynesia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Overseas Lands of French Polynesia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> French Polynesia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Pays d'outre-mer de la Polynesie Francaise
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Polynesie Francaise
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> French Colony of Oceania
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="fs" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fs"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fs.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >French Southern and Antarctic Lands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> French Southern and Antarctic Lands
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Territoire des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> TAAF
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Gabon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Gabonese Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Gabon
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique Gabonaise
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Gabon
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ga" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ga"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ga.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Gambia, The</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of The Gambia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> The Gambia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Gaza Strip</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Gaza Strip
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Qita' Ghazzah
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Georgia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Georgia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Sak'art'velo
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Germany</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Federal Republic of Germany
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Germany
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Bundesrepublik Deutschland
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Deutschland
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> German Empire, German Republic, German Reich
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ghana</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Ghana
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Ghana
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Gold Coast
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Gibraltar</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Gibraltar
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Greece</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Hellenic Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Greece
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Elliniki Dimokratia
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Ellas or Ellada
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Kingdom of Greece
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Greenland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Greenland
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Kalaallit Nunaat
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Grenada</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Grenada
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guam</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Territory of Guam
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Guam
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Guahan
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Guahan
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guatemala</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Guatemala
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Guatemala
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Guatemala
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Guatemala
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guernsey</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Bailiwick of Guernsey
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Guernsey
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guinea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Guinea
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Guinea
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique de Guinee
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Guinee
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> French Guinea
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guinea-Bissau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Guinea-Bissau
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Guinea-Bissau
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica da Guine-Bissau
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Guine-Bissau
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Portuguese Guinea
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gy" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gy"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guyana</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Cooperative Republic of Guyana
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Guyana
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> British Guiana
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ha" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ha"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ha.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Haiti</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Haiti
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Haiti
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique d'Haiti/Repiblik d'Ayiti
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Haiti/Ayiti
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="hm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="hm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/hm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Heard Island and McDonald Islands
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> HIMI
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="vt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="vt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Holy See (Vatican City)</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>The Holy See (Vatican City State)
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Holy See (Vatican City)
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> La Santa Sede (Stato della Citta del Vaticano)
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Santa Sede (Citta del Vaticano)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ho" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ho"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ho.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Honduras</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Honduras
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Honduras
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Honduras
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Honduras
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="hk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="hk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/hk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Hong Kong</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Hong Kong
<br />
<strong>official long form:</strong> Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu
<br />
<strong>official short form:</strong> Xianggang
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> HK
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="hq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="hq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/hq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Howland Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Howland Island
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="hu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="hu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/hu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Hungary</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Hungary
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Magyarorszag
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ic" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ic"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ic.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Iceland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Iceland
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Iceland
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Lydveldid Island
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Island
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="in" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="in"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/in.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >India</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of India
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> India
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of India/Bharatiya Ganarajya
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> India/Bharat
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="id" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="id"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/id.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Indonesia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Indonesia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Indonesia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republik Indonesia
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Indonesia
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ir" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ir"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ir.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Iran</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Islamic Republic of Iran
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Iran
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Iran
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Persia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="iz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="iz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/iz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Iraq</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Iraq
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Iraq
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Jumhuriyat al-Iraq/Komar-i Eraq
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Al Iraq/Eraq
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ei" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ei"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ei.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ireland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Ireland
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Eire
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="im" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="im"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/im.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Isle of Man</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Isle of Man
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> I.O.M.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="is" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="is"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/is.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Israel</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>State of Israel
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Israel
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Medinat Yisra'el
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Yisra'el
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="it" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="it"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/it.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Italy</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Italian Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Italy
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Repubblica Italiana
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Italia
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Kingdom of Italy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="jm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="jm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/jm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Jamaica</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Jamaica
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="jn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="jn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/jn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Jan Mayen</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Jan Mayen
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ja" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ja"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ja.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Japan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Japan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Nihon-koku/Nippon-koku
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Nihon/Nippon
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="dq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="dq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/dq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Jarvis Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Jarvis Island
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="je" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="je"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/je.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Jersey</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Bailiwick of Jersey
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Jersey
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="jq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="jq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/jq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Johnston Atoll</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Johnston Atoll
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="jo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="jo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/jo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Jordan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Jordan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Al Urdun
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Transjordan
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="kz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kazakhstan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Kazakhstan
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Kazakhstan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Qazaqstan Respublikasy
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Qazaqstan
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ke" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ke"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ke.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kenya</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Kenya
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Kenya
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of Kenya/Jamhuri ya Kenya
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Kenya
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> British East Africa
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="kq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kingman Reef</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Kingman Reef
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="kr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kiribati</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Kiribati
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Kiribati
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of Kiribati
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Kiribati
<br />
<strong>note:</strong> pronounced keer-ree-bahss
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Gilbert Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="kn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Korea, North</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Democratic People's Republic of Korea
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> North Korea
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Choson
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> DPRK
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ks" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ks"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ks.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Korea, South</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Korea
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> South Korea
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Taehan-min'guk
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Han'guk
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> ROK
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="kv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kosovo</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Kosovo
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Kosovo
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republika e Kosoves (Republika Kosovo)
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Kosova (Kosovo)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ku" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ku"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ku.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kuwait</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>State of Kuwait
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Kuwait
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Dawlat al Kuwayt
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Al Kuwayt
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="kg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kyrgyzstan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kyrgyz Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Kyrgyzstan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Kyrgyz Respublikasy
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Kyrgyzstan
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="la" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="la"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/la.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Laos</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Lao People's Democratic Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Laos
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Pathet Lao (unofficial)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="lg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Latvia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Latvia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Latvia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Latvijas Republika
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Latvija
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="le" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="le"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/le.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Lebanon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Lebanese Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Lebanon
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Lubnan
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Greater Lebanon
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="lt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Lesotho</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Lesotho
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Lesotho
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Kingdom of Lesotho
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Lesotho
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Basutoland
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="li" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="li"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/li.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Liberia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Liberia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Liberia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ly" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ly"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ly.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Libya</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Libya
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Libiya
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ls" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ls"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ls.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Liechtenstein</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Principality of Liechtenstein
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Liechtenstein
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Liechtenstein
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="lh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Lithuania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Lithuania
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Lithuania
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Lietuvos Respublika
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Lietuva
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="lu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Luxembourg</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Luxembourg
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Grand Duche de Luxembourg
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Luxembourg
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Macau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Macau Special Administrative Region
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Macau
<br />
<strong>official long form:</strong> Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (Chinese); Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (Portuguese)
<br />
<strong>official short form:</strong> Aomen (Chinese); Macau (Portuguese)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Macedonia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Macedonia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Macedonia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republika Makedonija
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Makedonija
<br />
<strong>note:</strong> the provisional designation used by the UN, EU, and NATO is the "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM)
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> People's Republic of Macedonia, Socialist Republic of Macedonia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ma" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ma"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ma.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Madagascar</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Madagascar
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Madagascar
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique de Madagascar/Repoblikan'i Madagasikara
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Madagascar/Madagasikara
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Malagasy Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Malawi</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Malawi
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Malawi
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Dziko la Malawi
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Malawi
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> British Central African Protectorate, Nyasaland Protectorate, Nyasaland
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="my" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="my"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/my.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Malaysia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Malaysia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Malaysia
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Federation of Malaya
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Maldives</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Maldives
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Maldives
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Dhivehi Raajje
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ml" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ml"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ml.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mali</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Mali
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Mali
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique de Mali
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Mali
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> French Sudan and Sudanese Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Malta</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Malta
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Malta
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Repubblika ta' Malta
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Malta
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="rm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Marshall Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of the Marshall Islands
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Marshall Islands
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of the Marshall Islands
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Marshall Islands
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> RMI
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Marshall Islands District
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mauritania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Islamic Republic of Mauritania
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Mauritania
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Muritaniyah
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mauritius</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Mauritius
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Mauritius
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of Mauritius
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Mauritius
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mx" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mx"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mx.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mexico</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>United Mexican States
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Mexico
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Estados Unidos Mexicanos
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Mexico
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="fm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Micronesia, Federated States of</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Federated States of Micronesia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Federated States of Micronesia
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Ponape, Truk, and Yap Districts
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> FSM
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Midway Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Midway Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="md" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="md"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/md.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Moldova</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Moldova
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Moldova
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica Moldova
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Moldova
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Monaco</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Principality of Monaco
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Monaco
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Principaute de Monaco
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Monaco
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mongolia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Mongolia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Mongol Uls
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Outer Mongolia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Montenegro</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Montenegro
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Crna Gora
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> People's Republic of Montenegro, Socialist Republic of Montenegro, Republic of Montenegro
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Montserrat</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Montserrat
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Morocco</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Morocco
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Morocco
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Al Maghrib
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mozambique</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Mozambique
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Mozambique
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Mocambique
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Mocambique
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Portuguese East Africa
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="wa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="wa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/wa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Namibia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Namibia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Namibia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of Namibia
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Namibia
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> German South-West Africa (Sued-West Afrika), South-West Africa
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="nr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nauru</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Nauru
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Nauru
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of Nauru
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Nauru
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Pleasant Island
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Navassa Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Navassa Island
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="np" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="np"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/np.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nepal</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Nepal
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Sanghiya Loktantrik Ganatantra Nepal
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Nepal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="nl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Netherlands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of the Netherlands
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Netherlands
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Nederland
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="nc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >New Caledonia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> New Caledonia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Territoire des Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Nouvelle-Caledonie
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="nz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >New Zealand</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> New Zealand
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> NZ
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="nu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nicaragua</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Nicaragua
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Nicaragua
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Nicaragua
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Nicaragua
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ng" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ng"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ng.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Niger</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Niger
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Niger
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique du Niger
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Niger
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ni" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ni"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ni.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nigeria</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Federal Republic of Nigeria
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Nigeria
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ne" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ne"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ne.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Niue</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Niue
<br />
<strong>note:</strong> pronunciation falls between nyu-way and new-way, but not like new-wee
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Savage Island
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="nf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Norfolk Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Territory of Norfolk Island
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Norfolk Island
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Northern Mariana Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Northern Mariana Islands
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> CNMI
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Mariana Islands District
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="no" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="no"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/no.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Norway</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Norway
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Norway
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Kongeriket Norge
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Norge
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Oman</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Sultanate of Oman
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Oman
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Saltanat Uman
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Uman
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Muscat and Oman
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Pakistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Islamic Republic of Pakistan
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Pakistan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Jamhuryat Islami Pakistan
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Pakistan
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> West Pakistan
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ps" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ps"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ps.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Palau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Palau
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Palau
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Beluu er a Belau
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Belau
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Palau District
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="lq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Palmyra Atoll</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Palmyra Atoll
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Panama</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Panama
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Panama
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica de Panama
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Panama
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Papua New Guinea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Independent State of Papua New Guinea
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Papua New Guinea
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Papuaniugini
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Territory of Papua and New Guinea
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> PNG
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Paracel Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Paracel Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Paraguay</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Paraguay
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Paraguay
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica del Paraguay
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Paraguay
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pe" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pe"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pe.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Peru</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Peru
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Peru
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica del Peru
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Peru
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="rp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Philippines</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of the Philippines
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Philippines
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republika ng Pilipinas
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Pilipinas
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Pitcairn Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Pitcairn Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Poland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Poland
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Poland
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Rzeczpospolita Polska
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Polska
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="po" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="po"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/po.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Portugal</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Portuguese Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Portugal
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica Portuguesa
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Portugal
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="rq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Puerto Rico</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Puerto Rico
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="qa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="qa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/qa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Qatar</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>State of Qatar
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Qatar
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Dawlat Qatar
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Qatar
<br />
<strong>note:</strong> closest approximation of the native pronunciation is cutter
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ro" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ro"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ro.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Romania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Romania
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Romania
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="rs" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rs"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rs.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Russia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Russian Federation
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Russia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Rossiya
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Russian Empire, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="rw" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rw"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Rwanda</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Rwanda
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Rwanda
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republika y'u Rwanda
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Rwanda
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Ruanda, German East Africa
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Barthelemy</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Overseas Collectivity of Saint Barthelemy
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Saint Barthelemy
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Collectivite d'outre mer de Saint-Barthelemy
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Saint-Barthelemy
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> Saint-Barth (French); St. Barts or St. Barths (English)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> none
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Kitts and Nevis</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Saint Kitts and Nevis
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="st" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="st"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/st.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Lucia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Saint Lucia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="rn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Martin</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Overseas Collectivity of Saint Martin
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Saint Martin
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Collectivite d'outre mer de Saint-Martin
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Saint-Martin
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Saint Pierre and Miquelon
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Departement de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="vc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="vc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ws" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ws"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ws.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Samoa</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Independent State of Samoa
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Samoa
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Samoa
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Western Samoa
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >San Marino</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of San Marino
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> San Marino
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Repubblica di San Marino
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> San Marino
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sao Tome and Principe</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Sao Tome and Principe
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica Democratica de Sao Tome e Principe
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Sao Tome e Principe
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saudi Arabia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Saudi Arabia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Suudiyah
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Senegal</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Senegal
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Senegal
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique du Senegal
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Senegal
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Senegambia (along with The Gambia), Mali Federation
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ri" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ri"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ri.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Serbia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Serbia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Serbia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republika Srbija
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Srbija
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> People's Republic of Serbia, Socialist Republic of Serbia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="se" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="se"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/se.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Seychelles</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Seychelles
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Seychelles
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of Seychelles
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Seychelles
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sierra Leone</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Sierra Leone
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Sierra Leone
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of Sierra Leone
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Sierra Leone
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Singapore</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Singapore
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Singapore
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republic of Singapore
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Singapore
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sint Maarten</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>Dutch long form: </strong>Land Sint Maarten
<br />
<strong>Dutch short form:</strong> Sint Maarten
<br />
<strong>English long form:</strong> Country of Sint Maarten
<br />
<strong>English short form:</strong> Sint Maarten
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Netherlands Antilles; Curacao and Dependencies
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="lo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Slovakia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Slovak Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Slovakia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Slovenska republika
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Slovensko
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="si" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="si"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/si.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Slovenia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Slovenia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Slovenia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republika Slovenija
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Slovenija
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> People's Republic of Slovenia, Socialist Republic of Slovenia
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Solomon Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Solomon Islands
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Solomon Islands
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> British Solomon Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="so" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="so"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/so.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Somalia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Federal Republic of Somalia
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Somalia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Jamhuuriyadda Federaalkaa Soomaaliya
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Soomaaliya
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Somali Republic, Somali Democratic Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >South Africa</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of South Africa
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> South Africa
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Union of South Africa
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> RSA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sx" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sx"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sx.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> SGSSI
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="od" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="od"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/od.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >South Sudan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of South Sudan
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> South Sudan
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Spain</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Spain
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Spain
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Reino de Espana
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Espana
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Spratly Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Spratly Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ce" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ce"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ce.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sri Lanka</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Sri Lanka
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Shri Lanka Prajatantrika Samajavadi Janarajaya/Ilankai Jananayaka Choshalichak Kutiyarachu
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Shri Lanka/Ilankai
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Serendib, Ceylon
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="su" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="su"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/su.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sudan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of the Sudan
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Sudan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Jumhuriyat as-Sudan
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> As-Sudan
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ns" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ns"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ns.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Suriname</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Suriname
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Suriname
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republiek Suriname
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Suriname
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Netherlands Guiana, Dutch Guiana
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Svalbard</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="wz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="wz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/wz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Swaziland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Swaziland
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Swaziland
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Umbuso weSwatini
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> eSwatini
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sw" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sw"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sweden</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Sweden
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Sweden
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Konungariket Sverige
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Sverige
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Switzerland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Swiss Confederation
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Switzerland
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (German); Confederation Suisse (French); Confederazione Svizzera (Italian); Confederaziun Svizra (Romansh)
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Schweiz (German); Suisse (French); Svizzera (Italian); Svizra (Romansh)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sy" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sy"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Syria</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Syrian Arab Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Syria
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Suriyah
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> United Arab Republic (with Egypt)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tw" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tw"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Taiwan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Taiwan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Taiwan
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Formosa
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ti" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ti"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ti.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tajikistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Tajikistan
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Tajikistan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Jumhurii Tojikiston
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Tojikiston
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tanzania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>United Republic of Tanzania
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Tanzania
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Tanzania
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="th" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="th"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/th.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Thailand</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Thailand
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Thailand
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Ratcha Anachak Thai
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Prathet Thai
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Siam
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Timor-Leste</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Timor-Leste
<br />
<strong>note:</strong> pronounced TEE-mor LESS-tay
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republika Demokratika Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste [Portuguese]
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Timor-Leste [Portuguese]
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> East Timor, Portuguese Timor
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="to" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="to"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/to.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Togo</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Togolese Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Togo
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republique Togolaise
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> French Togoland
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tokelau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Tokelau
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tonga</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Kingdom of Tonga
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Tonga
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Pule'anga Tonga
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Tonga
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Friendly Islands
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="td" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="td"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/td.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Trinidad and Tobago</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Trinidad and Tobago
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ts" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ts"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ts.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tunisia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Tunisian Republic
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Tunisia
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Tunis
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Turkey</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Turkey
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Turkey
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Turkiye Cumhuriyeti
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Turkiye
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tx" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tx"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tx.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Turkmenistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Turkmenistan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Turkmenistan
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Turks and Caicos Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Turks and Caicos Islands
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> TCI
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tuvalu</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Tuvalu
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<strong>local short form:</strong> Tuvalu
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<strong>former:</strong> Ellice Islands
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<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Ukraine
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<strong>former:</strong> Ukrainian National Republic, Ukrainian State, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>United Arab Emirates
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> none
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Trucial Oman, Trucial States
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> UAE
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; note - Great Britain includes England, Scotland, and Wales
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> United Kingdom
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> UK
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<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>United States of America
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> United States
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> US or USA
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/um.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Baker Island; Howland Island; Jarvis Island; Johnston Atoll; Kingman Reef; Midway Islands; Palmyra Atoll
</td>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/uy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Uruguay</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Oriental Republic of Uruguay
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Uruguay
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica Oriental del Uruguay
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Uruguay
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Banda Oriental, Cisplatine Province
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/uz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Uzbekistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Uzbekistan
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Uzbekistan
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> O'zbekiston Respublikasi
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> O'zbekiston
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Vanuatu</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Vanuatu
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Vanuatu
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Ripablik blong Vanuatu
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Vanuatu
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> New Hebrides
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ve.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Venezuela</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Venezuela
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Venezuela
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<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Socialist Republic of Vietnam
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Vietnam
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Viet Nam
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> SRV
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>United States Virgin Islands
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Virgin Islands
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Danish West Indies
<br />
<strong>abbreviation:</strong> USVI
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/wq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Wake Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Wake Island
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<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Wallis and Futuna
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Wallis et Futuna
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<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> West Bank
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<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>none
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Western Sahara
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Rio de Oro, Saguia el Hamra, Spanish Sahara
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ym.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Yemen</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Yemen
<br />
<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Yemen
<br />
<strong>local long form:</strong> Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah
<br />
<strong>local short form:</strong> Al Yaman
<br />
<strong>former:</strong> Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Zambia
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<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Zambia
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<strong>former:</strong> Northern Rhodesia
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<strong>conventional long form: </strong>Republic of Zimbabwe
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<strong>conventional short form:</strong> Zimbabwe
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