| Central African Republic The former French colony of Ubangi-Shari became the Central African R ...Earth |
| Oman In 1970, QABOOS bin Said Al Said ousted his father and has ruled as s ...Earth |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon First settled by the French in the early 17th century, the islands re ...Earth |
| Marshall Islands After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost ...Earth |
| Honduras Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an ...Earth |
| Isle of Man Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century ...Earth |
| Jan Mayen This desolate, mountainous island was named after a Dutch whaling cap ...Earth |
| Bulgaria The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slav ...Earth |
| Dominica Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Eur ...Earth |
| Western Sahara Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara ( ...Earth |