| Nation in the news, 9/39 | 24 |
| Nation independent of Ethiopia since 1993 | 41 |
| Nation invented by a John Kerry flub in his first major speech as US Secretary of State | 87 |
| Nation islands river | 20 |
| Nation led by Satan at Armageddon | 33 |
| Nation led by Satan in Revelation | 33 |
| Nation lovers | 13 |
| Nation made up of more than 1,000 islands | 41 |
| Nation made up of over 1,000 islands | 36 |
| Nation n. of Mexico | 19 |
| Nation name on some euro coins | 30 |
| Nation NE of the Rio de la Plata | 32 |
| Nation near Fiji | 16 |
| Nation near Sicily | 18 |
| Nation near Yemen | 17 |
| Nation next to Georgia | 22 |
| Nation next to Lux. | 19 |
| Nation next to Portugal | 23 |
| Nation north of Australia | 25 |
| Nation north of Chile | 21 |
| Nation north of Ethiopia | 24 |
| Nation north of Mex. | 20 |
| Nation north of New Zealand | 27 |
| Nation north of North Dakota | 28 |
| Nation north of Sicily | 22 |
| Nation north of the Drake Passage | 33 |
| Nation of 181 square miles | 26 |
| Nation of 840 islands | 21 |
| Nation of Esau | 14 |
| Nation of Gods and Earths et al. | 32 |
| Nation of Islam leader ___ Muhammad | 35 |
| Nation of optimists? | 20 |
| Nation of Roma | 14 |
| Nation of ___ | 13 |
| Nation on Hispaniola | 20 |
| Nation on its own gulf | 22 |
| Nation on Lake Victoria | 23 |
| Nation on the Adriatic | 22 |
| Nation on the Arabian Peninsula | 31 |
| Nation on the Arabian Sea | 25 |
| Nation on the Black Sea | 23 |
| Nation on the Caspian | 21 |
| Nation on the Dniester | 22 |
| Nation on the equator | 21 |
| Nation on the Gulf of Aden | 26 |
| Nation on the Gulf of Finland | 29 |
| Nation on the Gulf of Guinea | 28 |
| Nation on the Gulf of Oman | 26 |
| Nation on the Indian Ocean | 26 |
| Nation on the Med. | 18 |
| Nation on the Med. Sea | 22 |
| Nation on the Medit. Sea | 24 |
| Nation on the Mekong | 20 |
| Nation on the Pacific | 21 |
| Nation on the Persian Gulf | 26 |
| Nation on the Red Sea | 21 |
| Nation on the Strait of Hormuz | 30 |
| Nation on two continents | 24 |
| Nation once called ÃŽle de France | 35 |
| Nation once called Dahomey | 26 |
| Nation once known as Dahomey | 28 |
| Nation once known as Gold Coast | 31 |
| Nation once known as Persia | 27 |
| Nation once known as Zaire | 26 |
| Nation partitioned in 1945 | 26 |
| Nation river river city islands | 31 |
| Nation s. of Canada | 19 |
| Nation sharing Lake Victoria | 28 |
| Nation since '91 | 20 |
| Nation since 1948 | 17 |
| Nation since 1948: Abbr. | 24 |
| Nation since 1960 | 17 |
| Nation south of Braz. | 21 |
| Nation south of Cameroon | 24 |
| Nation south of Egypt | 21 |
| Nation south of Sardinia | 24 |
| Nation south of the Caspian Sea | 31 |
| Nation south of the Gulf of Finland | 35 |
| Nation south of the U.S. | 24 |
| Nation surrounded by South Africa | 33 |
| Nation suspected of harboring weapons of mass destruction | 57 |
| Nation SW of the Rio de la Plata | 32 |
| Nation symbolized by a harp | 27 |
| Nation target | 13 |
| Nation that adds to land | 24 |
| Nation that borders the Democratic Republic of the CongO | 56 |
| Nation that built the first commuter rail to the suburbs | 56 |
| Nation that calls itself Republika e Shqipërisë | 53 |
| Nation that celebrates Cinco de Mayo: Abbr. | 43 |
| Nation that controls Easter Island | 34 |
| Nation that demonstrated in the "Singing Revolution" of 1989 | 70 |
| Nation that dissolved in 1991 | 29 |
| Nation that divided in 2011 | 27 |
| Nation that finished fourth in the 2010 World Cup: Abbr. | 56 |
| Nation that launched the first satellite | 40 |
| Nation that lost to Arg. in the 2010 World Cup | 46 |
| Nation that owns Easter Island | 30 |
| Nation that provides cradle-to-grave services | 45 |
| Nation that says it's "Not Your Fault"? | 53 |
| Nation that shares Lake Titicaca | 32 |