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Country | Number | - | What I would like to see - in this order (AABAB repeat down each column)
Afghanistan | 1 | - | Afghanistan
Albania | 2 | - | Albania
Algeria | 3 | - | 1
Andorra | 4 | - | Algeria
Angola | 5 | - | 2
[NAME] and [NAME] | 6 | - | Andorra
Argentina | 7 | - | Angola
Armenia | 8 | - | 3
Australia | 9 |  | [NAME] and [NAME]
Austria | 10 |  | 4
Austrian Empire* | 11 |  | And so on down each A and B column to 5000 in depth
Azerbaijan | 12
Baden* | 13
Bahamas, The | 14
Bahrain | 15
Bangladesh | 16
Barbados | 17
Bavaria* | 18
Belarus | 19
Belgium | 20
Belize | 21
Benin (Dahomey) | 22
Bolivia | 23
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24
Botswana | 25
Brazil | 26
Brunei | 27
Brunswick and Lüneburg | 28
Bulgaria | 29
[NAME] (Upper Volta) | 30
Burma | 31
Burundi | 32
Cabo Verde | 33
Cambodia | 34
Cameroon | 35
Canada | 36
Cayman Islands, The | 37
Central African Republic | 38
Central American Federation* | 39
Chad | 40
Chile | 41
China | 42
Colombia | 43
Comoros | 44
Congo Free State, The* | 45
Costa Rica | 46
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 47
Croatia | 48
Cuba | 49
Cyprus | 50
Czechia | 51
Czechoslovakia | 52
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 53
Denmark | 54
Djibouti | 55
Dominica | 56
Dominican Republic | 57
Duchy of Parma, The* | 58
East Germany (German Democratic Republic)* | 59
Ecuador | 60
Egypt | 61
El Salvador | 62
Equatorial Guinea | 63
Eritrea | 64
Estonia | 65
Eswatini | 66
Ethiopia | 67
Federal Government of Germany (1848-49)* | 68
Fiji | 69
Finland | 70
France | 71
Gabon | 72
Gambia, The | 73
Georgia | 74
Germany | 75
Ghana | 76
Grand Duchy of Tuscany, The* | 77
Greece | 78
Grenada | 79
Guatemala | 80
Guinea | 81
Guinea-Bissau | 82
Guyana | 83
Haiti | 84
Hanover* | 85
Hanseatic Republics* | 86
Hawaii* | 87
Hesse* | 88
Holy See | 89
Honduras | 90
Hungary | 91
Iceland | 92
India | 93
Indonesia | 94
Iran | 95
Iraq | 96
Ireland | 97
Israel | 98
Italy | 99
Jamaica | 100
Japan | 101
Jordan | 102
Kazakhstan | 103
Kenya | 104
Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia* | 105
Kiribati | 106
Korea | 107
Kosovo | 108
Kuwait | 109
Kyrgyzstan | 110
Laos | 111
Latvia | 112
Lebanon | 113
[NAME] | 114
Lew Chew (Loochoo)* | 115
Liberia | 116
Libya | 117
[NAME] | 118
Lithuania | 119
Luxembourg | 120
Madagascar | 121
[NAME] | 122
Malaysia | 123
Maldives | 124
[NAME] | 125
Malta | 126
Marshall Islands | 127
Mauritania | 128
[NAME] | 129
[NAME] | 130
Mecklenburg-Strelitz* | 131
Mexico | 132
[NAME] | 133
Moldova | 134
Monaco | 135
Mongolia | 136
Montenegro | 137
Morocco | 138
Mozambique | 139
Namibia | 140
Nassau* | 141
Nauru | 142
Nepal | 143
Netherlands, The | 144
New Zealand | 145
Nicaragua | 146
[NAME] | 147
Nigeria | 148
North German Confederation* | 149
North German Union* | 150
North Macedonia | 151
Norway | 152
Oldenburg* | 153
Oman | 154
Orange Free State* | 155
Pakistan | 156
Palau | 157
Panama | 158
Papal States* | 159
[NAME] | 160
Paraguay | 161
Peru | 162
Philippines | 163
Piedmont-Sardinia* | 164
Poland | 165
Portugal | 166
Qatar | 167
Republic of Genoa* | 168
Republic of Korea (South Korea) | 169
Republic of the Congo | 170
Romania | 171
Russia | 172
Rwanda | 173
[NAME] Nevis | 174
[NAME] | 175
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 176
Samoa | 177
[NAME] | 178
Sao Tome and Principe | 179
Saudi Arabia | 180
Schaumburg-Lippe* | 181
Senegal | 182
Serbia | 183
Seychelles | 184
Sierra Leone | 185
Singapore | 186
Slovakia | 187
Slovenia | 188
[NAME], The | 189
Somalia | 190
South Africa | 191
South Sudan | 192
Spain | 193
[NAME] | 194
Sudan | 195
Suriname | 196
Sweden | 197
Switzerland | 198
Syria | 199
Tajikistan | 200
Tanzania | 201
Texas* | 202
Thailand | 203
Timor-Leste | 204
Togo | 205
Tonga | 206
Trinidad and Tobago | 207
Tunisia | 208
Turkey | 209
Turkmenistan | 210
Tuvalu | 211
Two Sicilies* | 212
Uganda | 213
Ukraine | 214
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics* | 215
United Arab Emirates, The | 216
United Kingdom, The | 217
Uruguay | 218
Uzbekistan | 219
[NAME] | 220
Venezuela | 221
Vietnam | 222
Württemberg* | 223
Yemen | 224
Zambia | 225
Zimbabwe | 226
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