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Of the eight countries which include the word "democratic" in their conventional long form name, three are dictatorships: North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) and the Democratic republic of the Congo.

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Libya’s full name is the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

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Peru’s national bird is the Andean cock of the rock (Rupicola peruviana).

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Nepal’s flag isn’t square or rectangular. It’s a double triangle.

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NationMaster.com is now 40 times the size of the CIA World Factbook!

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Libya is the only country with a single-coloured flag.

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