1.1 Countries

META ZONES (2)

All 175 countries would be classified into two meta zones including Afro-Asia and Euro-America.

Afro-Asia (100 Countries):

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Euro-America (75 countries):

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela,

ZONES (3)

All 175 countries can be classified into three zones including Asia, Africa and Euro-America. Asia and Africa belong to meta zone "Afro-Asia".

Africa (42 Countries):

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Asia (58 Countries):

Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Fiji, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Libya, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Euro-America (75 Countries):

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

CONTINENTAL REGIONS (10)

All 175 countries can be classified into 10 continental regions including 5 regions from Asia, 1 from Africa and 4 from Euro-America.

North America Region (2 Countries):

Canada, United States

Latin America Region (28 Countries):

Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Western Europe Region (22 Countries):

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Eastern Europe Region (23 Countries):

Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine

Africa Region (42 Countries):

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Arab World Region (23 Countries):

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

West Asia Region (9 Countries):

Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Islamic Rep., Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

South Asia Region (8 Countries):

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

East Asia Region (11 Countries):

Brunei, Cambodia, ٖFiji, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

North Asia Region (7 Countries):

China, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Macao, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea

SUB-REGIONS (40)

All 175 countries can be classified into 40 continental sub-regions including 15 regions from Asia, 5 from Africa and 20 from Euro-America.

(1) NORTH AMERICA (2 Sub-Regions & 2 Countries)

(1) United States: United States

(2) Canada: Canada

(2) LATIN AMERICA (6 Sub-Regions & 28 Countries)

(3) Brazil: Brazil

(4) Argentina: Argentina

(5) Rest of South America: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

(6) Mexico: Mexico

(7) Other Central American: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

(8) Caribbean: Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic Haiti, amaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago

(3) WESTERN EUROPE (8 Sub-Regions & 22 Countries)

(10) Germany: Germany

(11) France: France

(12) Italy: Italy

(13) Rest of Northwestern European: Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland

(14) Rest of Southern European: Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Spain

(15) Scandinavian Europe: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden

(16) Australasia: Australia, New Zealand

(9) United Kingdom: United Kingdom

(4) EASTERN EUROPE (4 Sub-Regions & 23 Countries)

(17) Russian Federation: Russian Federation

(18) South Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia

(19) Central Eastern Europe: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic

(20) Former Soviet Eastern Europe: Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine

(5) AFRICA (5 Sub-Regions & 42 Countries)

(21) South Africa: South Africa

(22) Rest of South Africa: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

(23) Nigeria and rest of West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

(24) Kenya and rest of East African: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

(25) DR Congo and rest of Central African: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Rep., Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda

(6) ARAB WORLD (4 Sub-Regions & 23 Countries)

(26) North and East African Arab: Algeria,Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia

(27) Iraq and rest of Middle Eastern Arab: Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic

(28) Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia

(29) Rest of Gulf and Peninsular Arab: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

(7) WEST ASIA (3 Sub-Regions & 9 Countries)

(30) Turkey: Turkey

(31) Iran, Afghanistan: Afghanistan, Iran, Islamic Rep.

(32) Central Asian: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

(8) SOUTH ASIA (2 Sub-Regions & 8 Countries)

(33) India: India, Pakistan

(34) Rest of South Asian: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka

(9) EAST ASIA (2 Sub-Regions & 10 Countries)

(35) Indonesia: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

(36) Rest of ASEAN: Brunei, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

(10) NORTH ASIA (4 Sub-Regions & 8 Countries)

(37) China: China

(38) Japan: Japan

(39) South Korea: South Korea

(40) Rest of North and East Asian: Fiji, Hong Kong, China, Macao, Mongolia, North Korea