Countries

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It is amazing the different titles of countries that are used on this planet. I was looking through a book on flags* and noticed the variety of how countries name themselves. Some of them because of where they began and some are named by the government structure, they are still just land and politics and people wanting water, food and a reasonable since of security.

There are

Republics,

Principalities,

Kingdoms,

Colonies,

Federal Republics,

Grand Duchies,

Confederations,

States,

Hashemite Kingdoms,

Sultanates,

Authorities,

Emirates,

Islamic States,

People’s Republic,

Territories,

Decorticate Social Republics,

Federations, Unions,

Socialist Republics,

People’s Democratic Republics,

Arab Republics,

Socialist People’s Republics,

Federal Islamic Republics,

Commonwealths,

Co-operative Republics,

Eastern Republics,

And of course United States.

* Flags are banners we all follow. In sports or war or national pride, we follow the colors of our nation.