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51Low Countries — the lowland region near the North Sea, forming the lower basin of the Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt rivers, divided in the Middle Ages into numerous small states: corresponding to modern Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. * * * Coastal region …
52List of countries that border only one other country — This is a list of countries that have a land border with only one other country. The list does not include de facto independent disputed areas or unrecognised countries. Some of these countries may be said to have several neighbours by sea . As… …
53Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries — This article gives the general understanding of naming conventions in the Russian language as well as in languages affected by Russian linguistic tradition. This regards modern Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. For exact rules, differences and… …
54Romance-speaking African countries — Latin Africa, historically those countries in North Africa, from Morocco to Egypt, which were part of the Roman Empire. Some exclude Egypt, as there the dominant language of administration and business was Greek rather than Latin. The region… …
55List of fictional countries — is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, etc.). Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as we know it mdash; as… …
56Civil service reform in developing countries — Civil service reform is a deliberate action to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, professionalism, representativity and democratic character of a civil service, with a view to promoting better delivery of public goods and services, with… …
57Former countries in Europe after 1815 — This article gives an overview of countries (including puppet countries) that existed in Europe after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. For each country, information is given about the period of existence and what has happened to the territory… …
58Low Countries — For information about the confusion beetween the Low Countries and the Netherlands, see Netherlands (terminology). The Low Countries as seen from space The Low Countries (Dutch: De Lage Landen) are the historical lands around the low lying delta… …
59Community of Portuguese Language Countries — Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa Community of Portuguese Language Countries …
60List of countries by Human Development Index — World map by quartiles of Human Development Index in 2011 …
