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[edit] Description
This field is a part of ReleaseEvent and describes the country in which an album was released. ReleaseCountryStyle discusses MusicBrainz' policy regarding which country to choose.
[edit] What a Release Country is not
- The manufacturing country: A release country is NOT the same as a country where the physical medium has been manufactured or the cover printed.
[edit] Exhaustive List
The list includes countries from ISO 3166-1, some important historical countries from ISO 3166-3, and special purpose entries [Worldwide], Europe, and [Unknown Country]. The codes listed in the first column are 3166-1 codes; for historical countries and special purpose entries, reserved codes are used (and marked in italics) rather than the four-character 3166-3 codes.
| ISO Code | Name | Additional Info
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| AF | Afghanistan |
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| AX | Åland Islands |
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| AL | Albania |
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| DZ | Algeria |
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| AS | American Samoa |
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| AD | Andorra |
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| AO | Angola |
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| AI | Anguilla |
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| AQ | Antarctica |
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| AG | Antigua and Barbuda |
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| AR | Argentina |
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| AM | Armenia |
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| AW | Aruba |
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| AU | Australia |
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| AT | Austria |
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| AZ | Azerbaijan |
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| BS | Bahamas |
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| BH | Bahrain |
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| BD | Bangladesh |
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| BB | Barbados |
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| BY | Belarus |
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| BE | Belgium |
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| BZ | Belize |
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| BJ | Benin |
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| BM | Bermuda |
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| BT | Bhutan |
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| BO | Bolivia |
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| BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| BW | Botswana |
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| BV | Bouvet Island |
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| BR | Brazil |
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| IO | British Indian Ocean Territory |
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| BN | Brunei Darussalam |
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| BG | Bulgaria |
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| BF | Burkina Faso |
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| BI | Burundi |
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| KH | Cambodia |
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| CM | Cameroon |
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| CA | Canada |
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| CV | Cape Verde |
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| KY | Cayman Islands |
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| CF | Central African Republic |
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| TD | Chad |
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| CL | Chile |
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| CN | China |
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| CX | Christmas Island |
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| CC | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
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| CO | Colombia |
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| KM | Comoros |
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| CG | Congo |
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| CD | Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
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| CK | Cook Islands |
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| CR | Costa Rica |
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| CI | Cote d'Ivoire |
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| HR | Croatia |
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| CU | Cuba |
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| CY | Cyprus |
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| XC | Czechoslovakia | Historical, October 1918 - January 1992 (3166-3 CSHH)
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| CZ | Czech Republic |
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| DK | Denmark |
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| DJ | Djibouti |
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| DM | Dominica |
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| DO | Dominican Republic |
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| XG | East Germany | Historical, 1949 - 1990 (3166-3 DDDE)
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| EC | Ecuador |
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| EG | Egypt |
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| SV | El Salvador |
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| GQ | Equatorial Guinea |
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| ER | Eritrea |
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| EE | Estonia |
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| ET | Ethiopia |
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| XE | Europe | for European releases where specific country unknown
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| FK | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
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| FO | Faroe Islands |
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| FJ | Fiji |
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| FI | Finland |
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| FR | France |
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| GF | French Guiana |
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| PF | French Polynesia |
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| TF | French Southern Territories |
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| GA | Gabon |
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| GM | Gambia |
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| GE | Georgia |
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| DE | Germany |
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| GH | Ghana |
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| GI | Gibraltar |
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| GR | Greece |
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| GL | Greenland |
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| GD | Grenada |
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| GP | Guadeloupe |
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| GU | Guam |
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| GT | Guatemala |
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| GG | Guernsey |
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| GN | Guinea |
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| GW | Guinea-Bissau |
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| GY | Guyana |
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| HT | Haiti |
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| HM | Heard and Mc Donald Islands |
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| HN | Honduras |
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| HK | Hong Kong |
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| HU | Hungary |
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| IS | Iceland |
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| IN | India |
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| ID | Indonesia |
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| IR | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
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| IQ | Iraq |
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| IE | Ireland |
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| IM | Isle of Man |
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| IL | Israel |
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| IT | Italy |
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| JM | Jamaica |
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| JP | Japan |
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| JE | Jersey |
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| JO | Jordan |
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| KZ | Kazakhstan |
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| KE | Kenya |
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| KI | Kiribati |
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| KP | Korea (North), Democratic People's Republic of |
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| KR | Korea (South), Republic of |
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| KW | Kuwait |
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| KG | Kyrgyzstan |
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| LA | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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| LV | Latvia |
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| LB | Lebanon |
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| LS | Lesotho |
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| LR | Liberia |
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| LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
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| LI | Liechtenstein |
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| LT | Lithuania |
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| LU | Luxembourg |
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| MO | Macau |
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| MK | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
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| MG | Madagascar |
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| MW | Malawi |
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| MY | Malaysia |
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| MV | Maldives |
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| ML | Mali |
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| MT | Malta |
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| MH | Marshall Islands |
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| MQ | Martinique |
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| MR | Mauritania |
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| MU | Mauritius |
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| YT | Mayotte |
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| MX | Mexico |
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| FM | Micronesia, Federated States of |
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| MD | Moldova, Republic of |
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| MC | Monaco |
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| MN | Mongolia |
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| ME | Montenegro |
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| MS | Montserrat |
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| MA | Morocco |
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| MZ | Mozambique |
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| MM | Myanmar |
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| NA | Namibia |
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| NR | Nauru |
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| NP | Nepal |
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| NL | Netherlands |
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| AN | Netherlands Antilles |
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| NC | New Caledonia |
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| NZ | New Zealand |
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| NI | Nicaragua |
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| NE | Niger |
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| NG | Nigeria |
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| NU | Niue |
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| NF | Norfolk Island |
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| MP | Northern Mariana Islands |
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| NO | Norway |
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| OM | Oman |
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| PK | Pakistan |
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| PW | Palau |
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| PS | Palestinian Territory |
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| PA | Panama |
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| PG | Papua New Guinea |
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| PY | Paraguay |
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| PE | Peru |
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| PH | Philippines |
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| PN | Pitcairn |
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| PL | Poland |
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| PT | Portugal |
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| PR | Puerto Rico |
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| QA | Qatar |
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| RE | Reunion |
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| RO | Romania |
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| RU | Russian Federation |
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| RW | Rwanda |
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| BL | Saint Barthélemy
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| SH | Saint Helena |
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| KN | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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| LC | Saint Lucia |
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| MF | Saint Martin |
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| PM | Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
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| VC | Saint Vincent and The Grenadines |
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| WS | Samoa |
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| SM | San Marino |
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| ST | Sao Tome and Principe |
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| SA | Saudi Arabia |
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| SN | Senegal |
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| RS | Serbia |
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| CS | Serbia and Montenegro | Historical, February 2003 - June 2006 (3166-3 CSXX)
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| SC | Seychelles |
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| SL | Sierra Leone |
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| SG | Singapore |
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| SK | Slovakia |
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| SI | Slovenia |
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| SB | Solomon Islands |
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| SO | Somalia |
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| ZA | South Africa |
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| GS | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
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| SU | Soviet Union | Historical, 1922 - 1991 (3166-3 SUHH)
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| ES | Spain |
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| LK | Sri Lanka |
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| SD | Sudan |
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| SR | Suriname |
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| SJ | Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
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| SZ | Swaziland |
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| SE | Sweden |
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| CH | Switzerland |
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| SY | Syrian Arab Republic |
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| TW | Taiwan |
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| TJ | Tajikistan |
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| TZ | Tanzania, United Republic of |
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| TH | Thailand |
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| TL | Timor-Leste |
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| TG | Togo |
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| TK | Tokelau |
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| TO | Tonga |
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| TT | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| TN | Tunisia |
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| TR | Turkey |
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| TM | Turkmenistan |
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| TC | Turks and Caicos Islands |
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| TV | Tuvalu |
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| UG | Uganda |
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| UA | Ukraine |
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| AE | United Arab Emirates |
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| GB | United Kingdom |
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| US | United States |
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| UM | United States Minor Outlying Islands |
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| XU | [Unknown Country] |
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| UY | Uruguay |
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| UZ | Uzbekistan |
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| VU | Vanuatu |
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| VA | Vatican City State (Holy See) |
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| VE | Venezuela |
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| VN | Viet Nam |
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| VG | Virgin Islands, British |
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| VI | Virgin Islands, U.S. |
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| WF | Wallis and Futuna Islands |
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| EH | Western Sahara |
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| XW | [Worldwide] |
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| YE | Yemen |
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| YU | Yugoslavia | Historical, 1918 - 2003 (3166-3 YUCS)
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| ZM | Zambia |
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| ZW | Zimbabwe |
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