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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. independent country IndependentCountry A collection of geopolitical entities and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> is a distinct, independent geopolitical entity generally recognized by the international community. An independent country typically has a relatively stable government, enforced borders, its own currency, laws, and culture. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj4PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Germany</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Liberia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZUBd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mongolia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Honduras</a>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland autonomous country autonomous countries lands states autonomous nation independent nations autonomous nations independent countries state independent nation land The collection of nation-states whose territory is solely in Europe. European country EuropeanCountry South American country The collection of nation-states whose territory is solely in South America. SouthAmericanCountry The collection of nation-states whose territory is solely in Central and South America. Latin American country LatinAmericanCountry A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtx6jdMTtEdaAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">RogueNation</a> is a country that shows disregard for international law, has a tendency to be hostile, is a threat to its region, and/or scoffs at international consensus. Contrast with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4FYDQMTtEdaAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">LawAbidingNation</a>. RogueNation rogue state Superpower The collection of the world's most dominant countries. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaJ7ipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superpower</a> is very powerful both politically and militarily around the world. Throughout history countries have tended to align themselves with a superpower. world power A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. Each instance is a countries occupying the Asian continent. Asian country AsianCountry city state CityState The collection of geopolitical entities that are cities and states. Currently a singleton in Cyc, its unique element being <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVign5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VaticanCity</a>. law-abiding nation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4FYDQMTtEdaAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">LawAbidingNation</a> is a country that shows regard for international law and consensus. Contrast with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtx6jdMTtEdaAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">RogueNation</a>. LawAbidingNation The collection of nation-states whose territory is solely in Africa. African country AfricanCountry Liberia: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. Liberia Liberia Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan is a medium-size <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Pakistan is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a>, southeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Afghanistan</a>, and west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>, and it has an eastern border with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Pakistan throughout time. Rwanda Rwanda: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Rwanda Vietnam The nation of Vietnam as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects. Vietnam Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is a large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the central part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Kazakhstan is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJf4cpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkmenistan</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdiyI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Uzbekistan</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYz5eZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tajikistan</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwAIS1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kyrgyzstan</a>, west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a>, and south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Russia</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Kazakhstan throughout time. Kazakhstan NewZealand New Zealand New Zealand, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> on two large islands in the south <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a>, southeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a>. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is New Zealand as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in &quot;dualist&quot; microtheories). RepublicOfSouthAfrica South Africa A country in southern Africa. Bhutan Bhutan: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rMH__9phpQdiGoqh69-34gg" class="cyc_term">SouthAsianCountry</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r9q9Azm2vEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Monarchy</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Bhutan Dominica Dominica physical and political aspects of the Caribbean nation/island group as it has existed thru time The People's Republic of China, i.e., mainland China and its government. Formerly an empire, China is a large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the east of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>; it is the most populous country in the world. Its government has occupied <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRbQbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tibet</a> and claims <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a>, mountain areas in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>, and numerous disputed islands in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjWxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SouthChinaSea</a>. This constant includes the geographical and physical China for all time periods. China China-PeoplesRepublic Gabon The nation of Gabon as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects Gabon Island group nation of South Pacific Kiribati Kiribati Thailand Thailand, a medium-sized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> situated east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwqnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Burma</a> and west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj1UJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Laos</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cambodia</a>. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUD5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thailand</a> as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in &quot;dualist&quot; microtheories). Thailand Japan Japan Japan, a medium-sized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> consisting of four islands off the east coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>, with several island possessions. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is Japan as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in &quot;dualist&quot; microtheories). Qatar Qatar <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Qatar</a> is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEast_Region</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Peninsula</a> off of the east coast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Qatar</a> is northeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a> and southeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bahrain</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Qatar</a> throughout time. Syria is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEast_Region</a>. Syria is northeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViLeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lebanon</a>, south of eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a>, and northwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Jordan_TheNation</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iraq</a>. Syria is on the east coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Syria throughout time. Syria Syria Mexico: a populous <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, bordering the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0XZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Guatemala</a>. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is Mexico as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in &quot;dualist&quot; microtheories). Mexico Mexico The nation of Swaziland as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects Swaziland Swaziland Central African Republic Central African Republic: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. CentralAfricanRepublic Papua New Guinea PapuaNewGuinea Papua New Guinea, an island-group nation of the SW Pacific. Until the 1950s it was administered by neighbouring <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a>, but it is now an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is Papua New Guinea as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in &quot;dualist&quot; microtheories). The nation of Singapore as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects. Singapore Singapore Senegal Senegal Senegal: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. Nauru Nauru: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. Nauru Lesotho: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r9q9Azm2vEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Monarchy</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Lesotho Lesotho Eritrea is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeastern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>. Eritrea is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ethiopia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Djibouti</a>, and east of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sudan</a>. It is on the southwestern coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Eritrea throughout time. Eritrea Eritrea Yemen (the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjt7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a>, west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Oman</a>, on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a>. Yemen possesses the island of Socotra off the horn of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Somalia</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of Yemen throughout time. Yemen Yemen Sierra Leone: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. Sierra Leone SierraLeone aspects of the island group as it has existed thru time Barbados Barbados Island group nation of western Pacific Philippines the Philippines UnitedArabEmirates the United Arab Emirates The nation of United Arab Emirates, including its bophysical and its political aspects. It includes the following emirates (each ruled by a hereditary <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViZ-pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Amir_HeadOfState</a>): <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgxOrZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AbuDhabi_Emirate</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsJFw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dubai_Emirate</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYwgspwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sharjah_Emirate</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPUKzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ajman_Emirate</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3nql5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RasAlKhaimah_Emirate</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyfP2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UmmAlGawain_Emirate</a> all on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwFI1kZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Fujairah_Emirate</a> on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a>. Djibouti Djibouti is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeastern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>. Djibouti is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ethiopia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Somalia</a>, and south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzpyaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Eritrea</a>. It is on the western coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a> at the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BabElMandeb_Strait</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Djibouti throughout time. Djibouti Australia, the country that occupies the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9tl95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAustralia</a> (and also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH75wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TasmaniaIslandAustralia</a>) dividing the eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a> from the southwestern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a>. In the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnCA15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DualistGeopoliticalMt</a>, this constant includes both physical and political aspects of Australia. Australia Australia Angola Angola The nation of Angola as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects Burma (more recently known as &quot;Myanmar&quot;), a medium-sized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> situated east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a> and west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUD5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thailand</a>. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwqnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Burma</a> as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in &quot;dualist&quot; microtheories). Burma Myanmar The Gambia The Gambia: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. Gambia Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan is a medium-size <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Afghanistan is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a>, northwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi2-ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pakistan</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJf4cpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkmenistan</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYz5eZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tajikistan</a>, and it has a small eastern border with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Afghanistan throughout time. Jamaica physical and political aspects of the island nation of the West Indes as it has existed thruout time Jamaica AntiguaAndBarbuda Antigua and Barbuda The nation of Antigua and Barbuda as it has existed throughout time as a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>. For its territorial extent use either (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYkdfpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TerritoryFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0RJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AntiguaAndBarbuda</a>) or make assertions in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WorldGeographyDualistMt</a> or a submicrotheory. Mali: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Mali Mali Jordan (the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southwest of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>; Jordan is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Syria</a>, west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iraq</a> and north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a>. Jordan-TheNation Jordan <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv22k6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Georgia_TheNation</a> is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southwest part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>; Georgia is south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Russia</a>, west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a>, north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBjg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Armenia</a> and east of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlackSea</a>. Georgia Georgia-TheNation Niger Niger The nation of Niger as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects. Equatorial Guinea: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. EquatorialGuinea Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Ethiopia: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Ethiopia Maldives Maldives physical and political aspects of the island group nation of the Indian Ocean as it has existed thruout time Mauritania Mauritania: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. Mauritania Island group nation of South Pacific Fiji Fiji Mozambique: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. Mozambique Mozambique NorthKorea The country of NorthKorea, both physical and political. North Korea The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a> of Grenada as a British colony and then as an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. Grenada Grenada Oman <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Oman</a> (the Sultante of Oman) is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjt7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a>. The bulk of it is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFjZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedArabEmirates</a>, on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjr45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GulfOfOman</a>. A small part of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Oman</a> is north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFjZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedArabEmirates</a> (north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3nql5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RasAlKhaimah_Emirate</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwFI1kZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Fujairah_Emirate</a>) directly on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StraitOfHormuz</a>. Oman physical and political aspects of the island nation of the western Indian Ocean as it has existed thruout time Madagascar Madagascar The country of Indonesia, which occupies 13500 islands. Includes both political and, in a "dualist" microtheory, physical aspects. Indonesia-TheNation Indonesia Armenia Armenia is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Armenia is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv22k6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Georgia_TheNation</a>, southwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a>, and east of eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Armenia throughout time. Armenia The Ivory Coast: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. the Ivory Coast IvoryCoast Azerbaijan is a small, currently independent, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> in the southern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Azerbaijan is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Russia</a>, and east of northern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBjg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Armenia</a> (and surrounds southern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBjg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Armenia</a> on the east and west (but not north or south), <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv22k6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Georgia_TheNation</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a> is on the western coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaspianSea</a>. This constant includes political (and in a &quot;dualist&quot; microtheory the physical) aspects of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a> of Azerbaijan throughout time. Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Laos Laos The nation of Laos as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects. Trinidad and Tobago TrinidadAndTobago Trinidad&Tobago throughtout time, both political and physical aspects. physical and political aspects of the island nation on Borneo as it has existed thruout time Brunei Brunei Somalia is a medium-size <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeastern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>. Somalia is northeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kenya</a>, east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ethiopia</a>, and has a small border area southeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Djibouti</a>. It is on the western coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a> and on the southeastern coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrW5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GulfOfAden</a> as far the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BabElMandeb_Strait</a>. Somalia includes the Horn of Africa, but not the island of Socotra (which is a possession of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPbFVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Yemen</a>). This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Somalia throughout time. Somalia Somalia SouthKorea South Korea The country of SouthKorea, both physical and political. Kuwait Kuwait is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southwest part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>, on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a>, north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a> and south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iraq</a>. Kuwait Kyrghyzstan Kyrgyzstan Kyrghyzstan: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rMH__9phpQdiGoqh69-34gg" class="cyc_term">SouthAsianCountry</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Kenya Kenya A country in eastern Africa. SolomonIslands-TheNation the Solomon Islands island-group nation of the South Pacific ConfederateStatesOfAmerica The Confederate States Of America was the country formed by the 11 Southern States of the U.S. after their secession from the Union in 1861. Confederate States Of America Nigeria The nation of Nigeria as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects. Nigeria Bahrain Bahrain Bahrain is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEast_Region</a>, which occupies an island in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1p7fZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bahrain_TheIsland</a>). Bahrain is northeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a> and northwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Qatar</a>. Bahrain is off the east coast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a>. Sri Lanka: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rMH__9phpQdiGoqh69-34gg" class="cyc_term">SouthAsianCountry</a> and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. Sri Lanka SriLanka the Soviet Union UnionOfSovietSocialistRepublics The Soviet Union as it has been throughout time, both political and physical. SaintLucia Saint Lucia physical and political aspects of the island group nation of Caribbean as it has existed thruout time Togo Togo The nation of Togo as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects Turkmenistan is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Turkmenistan is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Afghanistan</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv15sU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kazakhstan</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdiyI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Uzbekistan</a>, and it is on the eastern coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaspianSea</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Uzbekistan throughout time. Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Micronesia-FederatedStatesOf Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. Iraq Iraq Iraq is a medium-sized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southwest of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>; <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iraq</a> is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kuwait</a>, east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Syria</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Jordan_TheNation</a>, south of western <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a>, and southwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a>. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is Iraq as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in &quot;dualist&quot; microtheories). physical and political aspects of the island nation of the West Indes as it has existed thruout time Haiti Haiti WesternSamoa Island group nation of South Pacific Samoa Republic of the Congo: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_GQSom24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PeoplesRepublic</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rRh4l5m29EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Republic</a>. Republic of the Congo Congo-Brazzaville Namibia as it has existed throughout history, political and physical. Namibia Namibia Seychelles Seychelles physical and political aspects of the island group nation of the Indian Ocean as it has existed thruout time Cuba Cuba: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4qVlEJhnQdidKY2g0ysmcA" class="cyc_term">NorthAmericanCountry</a>. Cuba Sudan The Sudan is a large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeastern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>. The Sudan is west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ethiopia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzpyaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Eritrea</a>, north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kenya</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViLXpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Uganda</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCMypwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo</a>, east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Chad</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCN6ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAfricanRepublic</a>, southeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, and south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Egypt</a>. It is also on the Western coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of the Sudan throughout time. Sudan Vanuatu Vanuatu island-group nation of the South Pacific The nation of Cambodia as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects. Cambodia Cambodia Malaysia, a medium-sized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> situated partly on a peninsula (south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUD5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thailand</a>), and partly on an island (north of Indonesia). As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVibmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Malaysia</a> as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in &quot;dualist&quot; microtheories). Malaysia Malaysia Mongolia Mongolia The nation of Mongolia as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects. Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rMH__9phpQdiGoqh69-34gg" class="cyc_term">SouthAsianCountry</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Chad Chad The country of Chad, as it has existed throughout time, in various political and The nation of Cameroon as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects. Cameroon Cameroon Burkina Faso BurkinaFaso The nation of BurkinaFaso as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects Tonga Tonga island-group nation of the South Pacific Canada Canada: a large country in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj4gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfNorthAmerica</a>, north and east of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, northwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjm6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StPierreAndMiquelon</a>, and west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj6dpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Greenland_Polity</a>. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is Canada as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in &quot;dualist&quot; microtheories). Canada Saint Vincent and the Grenadines physical and political aspects of the island group nation of Caribbean as it has existed thruout time StVincentAndTheGrenadines Tajikistan: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rMH__9phpQdiGoqh69-34gg" class="cyc_term">SouthAsianCountry</a>, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Tajikistan Tajikistan Cape Verde physical and political aspects of the island group nation of the Atlantic as it has existed thruout time CapeVerde SaoTomeAndPrincipe physical and political aspects of the island group nation of the Atlantic as it has existed thruout time Sao Tome and Principe Egypt Egypt Egypt is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeast part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>; Egypt is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sudan</a>, south of the eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4qVlEJhnQdidKY2g0ysmcA" class="cyc_term">NorthAmericanCountry</a> and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. SaintKitts-Nevis Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Bangladesh Bangladesh, a medium-sized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> near the eastern end of the Indian subcontinent, separated from <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViuPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nepal</a> by a narrow corridor of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>, and sharing part of its border with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwqnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Burma</a>. It was considered a part of India's territory during the period of British colonial rule. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkBc5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bangladesh</a> as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in &quot;dualist&quot; microtheories) Bangladesh Guinea Guinea Guinea: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. Comoros-TheNation Comoros physical and political aspects of the island group nation of the Indian Ocean as it has existed thruout time Marshall Islands Marshall Islands: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. MarshallIslands-TheNation Ghana: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. Ghana Ghana The nation of Benin as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects. Benin Benin physical and political aspects of the Atlantic island group as it has existed thru time the Bahamas Bahamas EastTimor East Timor: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ruRZJFJhqQdiShaBlhJfSFA" class="cyc_term">SoutheastAsianCountry</a> and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. East Timor Saudi Arabia SaudiArabia Saudi Arabia is a medium-sized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjt7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a>; it is south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Jordan_TheNation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iraq</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kuwait</a>, north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPbFVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Yemen</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Oman</a>, and southwest of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFjZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedArabEmirates</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Qatar</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bahrain</a>. Malawi Malawi: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Malawi Iran Iran Iran a medium-sized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southwest of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>; Iran is northwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iraq</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a>, east of eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBjg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Armenia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaspianSea</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJf4cpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkmenistan</a>, and west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Afghanistan</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi2-ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pakistan</a>. Iran claims <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvpvXbJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AbuMusaIsland</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwVIO8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TumbsIslands</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a>, and claims territory controlled by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iraq</a>. This constant includes the country of Iran, both physical and political. Iran is adajacent to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StraitOfHormuz</a>. Cyprus-TheCountry is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> that occupies the southern part of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTlV0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cyprus_TheIsland</a>. Its de jure territory is the complete island, however <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a> has occupied the northern part of the country and has set up a protectorate called the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYJw4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TurkishRepublicOfNorthernCyprus</a>. Cyprus Cyprus-TheCountry Lebanon is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEast_Region</a>. Lebanon is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a> and west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Syria</a>. Lebanon is on the east coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Lebanon throughout time. Lebanon Lebanon India India An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a> is a country in southern Asia whose territory constitutes most of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXW_opwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianSubcontinent</a> (q.v.). <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a> is bounded on the north by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvbLpP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bhutan</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRbQbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tibet</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a>, on the northwest by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi2-ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pakistan</a>, on the east by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwqnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Burma</a>, on the southeast by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtDJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BayOfBengal</a>, and on the southwest by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjBHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianSea</a>. Democratic Republic of the Congo DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo Democratic Republic of the Congo: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. Zambia Zambia Zambia: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Israel is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEast_Region</a>; Israel is northeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Egypt</a>, west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Jordan_TheNation</a>, southwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Syria</a> and south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViLeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lebanon</a>. Israel is on the east coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>. This constant includes both physical and political aspects of the nation Israel throughout time. Israel Israel Uganda Uganda Uganda: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTpvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandlockedGeopoliticalEntity</a>. Nepal Nepal Nepal, a medium-sized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> situated north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViuPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nepal</a> as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in &quot;dualist&quot; microtheories) Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau A country in western Africa. The nation of Botswana as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects Botswana Botswana physical and political aspects of the Caribbean nation/island group as it has existed thru time DominicanRepublic Dominican Republic Taiwan, a country which claims to be the government of all of China. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a> also makes this claim. The government of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1aZ05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">controls</a> Taiwan Province on the island of Formosa (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJQd-pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Formosa_Island</a>) off the southeast coast of China in the far western <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKRZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QuemoyIsland</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViih5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MatsuIsland</a> of Fujian Province a few kilometers off the coast, and Pratas Island in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjWxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SouthChinaSea</a>. It claims several disputed islands in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjWxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SouthChinaSea</a>. The territory controlled by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a> is between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj6aJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EastChinaSea</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjWxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SouthChinaSea</a>. De facto, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a> are two separate independent countries each with its own territory, while de jure there is a single <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> of China, but two governments with separate regions of control. Taiwan-RepublicOfChina Taiwan Palau Palau: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. Palau The nation of Burundi as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects Burundi Burundi Tanzania: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQXRcnuoYQdeERLuWRKMEFw" class="cyc_term">AfricanCountry</a>. Tanzania Tanzania Mauritius physical and political aspects of the island nation of the Indian Ocean as it has existed thruout time Mauritius Tuvalu island-group nation of the South Pacific Tuvalu A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> is a nation-state having its own territory, population, and government, whether or not it is fully independent. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scotland</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>, even though it is a part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedKingdomOfGreatBritainAndNorthernIreland</a>. See also the important specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. country Country NonAbducibleCollection The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roVp5xVzKEdiLrQAH6RYvVA" class="cyc_term">NonAbducibleCollection</a> is a sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SetOrCollection</a>. Abductive inferences sometimes involve hypothesizing the existence of entities as part of the explanation of some assertion or set of assertions. Cyc will not hypothesize the existence of instances of the collections that are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roVp5xVzKEdiLrQAH6RYvVA" class="cyc_term">NonAbducibleCollection</a>. Roughly, abductive inferences consume conceptual / theoretical knowledge rather than produce it. So, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roVp5xVzKEdiLrQAH6RYvVA" class="cyc_term">NonAbducibleCollection</a> because Cyc should be employing existing theoretical knowledge about instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> rather than hypothesizing new instances. non abducible collection non-overlapping geopolitical entity GeopoliticalEntityTypeByNonOverlappingJurisdiction A collection of collections. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rPJJhlM0SQdeDhsNnnhQekw" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntityTypeByNonOverlappingJurisdiction</a> are subcollections of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a> members of which have jurisdictions that do not overlap. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString independent country A collection of geopolitical entities and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> is a distinct, independent geopolitical entity generally recognized by the international community. An independent country typically has a relatively stable government, enforced borders, its own currency, laws, and culture. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj4PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Germany</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Liberia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZUBd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mongolia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Honduras</a>. IndependentCountry geopolitical entities geography topic GeopoliticalEntities-Geography-Topic independent country A collection of geopolitical entities and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> is a distinct, independent geopolitical entity generally recognized by the international community. An independent country typically has a relatively stable government, enforced borders, its own currency, laws, and culture. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj4PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Germany</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Liberia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZUBd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mongolia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Honduras</a>. IndependentCountry independent country A collection of geopolitical entities and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> is a distinct, independent geopolitical entity generally recognized by the international community. An independent country typically has a relatively stable government, enforced borders, its own currency, laws, and culture. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj4PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Germany</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Liberia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZUBd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mongolia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Honduras</a>. IndependentCountry independent organization IndependentOrganization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrlgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentOrganization</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrlgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentOrganization</a> is an organization which is not affiliated with any instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChainOrganization</a> (q.v.), and is not a sub-organization of any other <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. An independent organization is neither the top-level organization of a chain, nor a lower level organization in a chain, nor is it an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChainOrganization</a>. Note, however, that an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrlgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentOrganization</a> may have several locations within a small geographical region; e.g., Texas French Bread (a single, independent business) has multiple locations in Austin, TX. international agent IndependentCountryOrTerroristGroup A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. This collection is by definition (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTvAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">rewriteOf</a>) the union of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV7MhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TerroristGroup</a>. It is the collection of all agents who may be considered to be &quot;players&quot; or &quot;agents&quot; in the scenarios generated by Cyc's scenario generation technology. (CollectionUnionFn (TheSet IndependentCountry TerroristGroup)) international agent independent country A collection of geopolitical entities and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> is a distinct, independent geopolitical entity generally recognized by the international community. An independent country typically has a relatively stable government, enforced borders, its own currency, laws, and culture. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj4PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Germany</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Liberia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZUBd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mongolia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Honduras</a>. IndependentCountry independent country A collection of geopolitical entities and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> is a distinct, independent geopolitical entity generally recognized by the international community. An independent country typically has a relatively stable government, enforced borders, its own currency, laws, and culture. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj4PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Germany</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Liberia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZUBd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mongolia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Honduras</a>. IndependentCountry