Many countries are known by long formal names, such as the United States of America or the United Arab Emirates. Less widely recognized is that a surprising number of sovereign nations have names made ...

Plenty of countries are known for having long, quite formal names, such as the United States of America or the United Arab Emirates. But a fact that is less commonly talked about, is that a surprising ...

The Earth is home to a total of 195 countries. 193 are member countries of the United Nations, and two—Vatican City and Palestine—are recognized as independent nations. Out of all these nations, just ...