Republic of Benin
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~ a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control
Republic of Djibouti
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~ a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997
Republic of Madagascar
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~ a republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960
Republic of India
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~ a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
Republic of Bolivia
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~ a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain
Republic of Cuba
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~ a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
Republic of Botswana
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~ a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s
Republic of Peru
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~ a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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~ a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims
Republic of China
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~ a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
Republic of Chile
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~ a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
Republic of Moldova
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~ a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991
Republic of Kenya
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~ a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya
Republic of Liberia
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~ a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves
Republic of Malawi
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~ a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
Republic of Korea
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~ a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948
republic
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~ a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president"
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
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~ a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
Republic of Angola
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~ a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990
Republic of Maldives
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~ a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965