Countries: A very simple concept

[No Maam]

Basicly you take a piece of paper and try to write down all the names of countries you remember off the top of your head. The see what you missed. I've been doing this for years on and off and have never managed to get it right.

Note: You may want to include a list of countries that factualy exist but have no legal recognition (or almost none) : Somaliland, Transnistria, N. Cyprus,Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Taiwan, South Ossetia.

Of course there's no way I can tell if you've been cheating or not but try to attempt this seriously, kay ?

[Nobodyman]

Simple, just learn Yakko's World.

And then, of course, update it and fix all the crap he messed up.

[Dryish]

The fun thing about this thread is that once someone gets it down the entire thing becomes more or less obsolete, unless people want to exercise their memory or play weird games with the names of countries.

You or me, Zeph? I can't do all the microstates and quasi-independent countries, but you could probably fill me in.
Or do you want to reign as the map nerd supreme?

[Robby]

@Nobodyman:

Simple, just learn Yakko's World.

Sadly, that is exactly what I have done.

And then, of course, update it and fix all the crap he messed up.

Which is why it's so sad.

I can only do them in a specific sequence, to a very specific beat, I can't quite point to them on a map, and a lot of it is outdated and wrong.

On the other hand, I never truly learned all 50 US states and their capitols, so, sorry Wakko.

[No Maam]

About the states of the US, I know all the names but I suddenly get non-state names of US locations cropping up when I'm about 30 states in and I get real confused and whatnot.

Thing is this is just for people to talk about stuff related to this and see how far they can get, though I miss alot of shit all the time. I can sorta visualise Europe but Africa's a whole different can of worms.

And I almost always forget Fiji.

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@Dryish:

The fun thing about this thread is that once someone gets it down the entire thing becomes more or less obsolete, unless people want to exercise their memory or play weird games with the names of countries.

You or me, Zeph? I can't do all the microstates and quasi-independent countries, but you could probably fill me in.
Or do you want to reign as the map nerd supreme?

How so ? This isn't a contest, it's to see if you can do it or not.

And is totally honour bound and based entirely on your guys' word.

[Gliblord]

There's a Sporcle test for world countries that's rather fun

http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world

[Robby]

I can also do Model of a Modern Major General. Original, Animaniacs, AND ReBoot versions!

[Crossword]

I tried this once last year when talking to a roommate about an upcoming test he was studying for. I could name almost fifty countries off the top of my head.

[Cyan D. Funk]

! USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Dom. Republic, Trinidad & Tobago, Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France, Monaco, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, San Marino, the Vatican, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Moldova, Romania, Croata, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro, Albania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Malta, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Zambia, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Angola, Rep. Congo, Shithole Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Mauritania, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, Crazy Korea, Normal Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Bangladesh, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Columbia, Ghana

I think I missed a Guinea or twenty.

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I do this every time I have spare room on my test paper lol

This and write random things in Phoenician

[Nobodyman]

@RobbyBevard:

On the other hand, I never truly learned all 50 US states and their capitols, so, sorry Wakko.

I forget exactly why, but at some point in my childhood I really dedicated myself to learning all the states and their capitols. Today, if you pointed out a state on the map, I could name it and more than likely name its capitol.

As for countries though, it's pretty much a crapshoot.

[No Maam]

@Cyan:

This and write random things in Phoenician

What ?

[fedcom]

Eh, why not

! Americas
Canada, USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Cuba, Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Jamaica, Saint Kitts, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay
! Europe
Ireland, UK, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, San Marino, Monaco, Andorra, Italy, The Vatican, Austria, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovenia, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo?, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta,
! Middle East
Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Palestine?, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
! Africa
Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Equitorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Western Sahara?, Mali, Senegal, Guinea, Gambia, Burkina Fhaso, Togo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Sierra Leone, Liberia, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Malawi, Angola, Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, Mauritius
! Asia and Pacific
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, North and South Koreas, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor l'este, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Palau, Micronesia, Samoa,

176/194

Had to learn all the African countries and their capitals for a school quiz. Glad to know I still retain some of it.

[Monkey King]

@Dryish:

The fun thing about this thread is that once someone gets it down the entire thing becomes more or less obsolete, unless people want to exercise their memory or play weird games with the names of countries.

You or me, Zeph? I can't do all the microstates and quasi-independent countries, but you could probably fill me in.
Or do you want to reign as the map nerd supreme?

Countries?
What's your score on this?
http://www.sporcle.com/games/darinh/2500-largest-world-cities–map-quiz-

[cooldud]

Let's see, from the top left corner of the standard map:

! North America: United States, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Kitt's and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
Africa: Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, Liberia, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Djibouti
Europe: Iceland, Ireland, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City
Asia: Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, East Timor, Brunei, Philippines, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, South Korea, North Korea, Japan
Oceania: Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu, Fiji, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Marshall Islands
Phew. West Africa is my glaring Achilles heel.

[Dryish]

@Monkey:

Countries?
What's your score on this?
http://www.sporcle.com/games/darinh/2500-largest-world-cities–map-quiz-

Meh, doesn't load for me. I doubt I could enter more than a couple hundred cities, though. Countries and flags are a piece of cake, but large cities and demographic maps in general are something I haven't studied that much (as of yet). Lol, I'm still at that stage where I keep coming across Chinese cities whose names I have never heard of before and then start gasping for air when I find out they have populations larger than that of Finland.

Think you can get more than a fifth of them?

[cooldud]

@Monkey:

http://www.sporcle.com/games/darinh/2500-largest-world-cities–map-quiz-

Fun question. What word would give you the most simultaneous answers on that?

[Gliblord]

@Monkey:

Countries?
What's your score on this?
http://www.sporcle.com/games/darinh/2500-largest-world-cities–map-quiz-

Damn, I can't get the flash map to work

[Nobodyman]

@Monkey:

Countries?
What's your score on this?
http://www.sporcle.com/games/darinh/2500-largest-world-cities–map-quiz-

A got about 70 in 20 minutes. Not too bad I guess, considering I know fug-all about geography/international culture.

[Noqanky]

In my prime I was able to do all the countries in the world, started by missing four every now and then until I committed them to memory (Mauritania … for some reason, you weren't that memorable.)

But nowadays I bet I would have trouble remembering a lof of the smaller African states and Pacific Islands.

[fedcom]

@Noqanky:

In my prime I was able to do all the countries in the world, started by missing four every now and then until I committed them to memory (Mauritania … for some reason, you weren't that memorable.)

But nowadays I bet I would have trouble remembering a lof of the smaller African states and Pacific Islands.

Well here's something memorable; the last country on earth to have widespread slavery. Something like 20% of the population are slaves, held as private property by other Mauritanians!

[Wooden_Giraffe]

Got a 169/197 on the sporcle quiz, not as many as I'd hoped but I'll chalk it up to being rusty and stupid name changes. i used to have this obsession with atlases…

[Gliblord]

Ugh, I only got 127 this time around, I started blanking out with 5 minutes left, and spent a ton of time trying in vain to spell French Guiana lol

[Nobodyman]

Got 97/197 countries on the sporcle test.

You know, just so you all feel better about your scores.

[Monkey King]

@Dryish:

Meh, doesn't load for me. I doubt I could enter more than a couple hundred cities, though. Countries and flags are a piece of cake, but large cities and demographic maps in general are something I haven't studied that much (as of yet). Lol, I'm still at that stage where I keep coming across Chinese cities whose names I have never heard of before and then start gasping for air when I find out they have populations larger than that of Finland.

Think you can get more than a fifth of them?

My record is somewhere right over two fifths.

There's so many Chinese and Indian cities I don't know, and I'm really bad on Latin America.

[No Maam]

174 myself though I chalk this up to maps being there to provide aid and also not knowing they recognise Palestine as a state.

[Wagomu]

Pangea is my One True Country.

[No Maam]

Got 185 on the online test now, and it's not only a numerical improvement, but also in the sense that all the ones I missed now are ones I usualy get, so this might actualy be for the better.

Except for Bolivia which I have failed to remember each and every time.

[taboo]

i know all 50 states in alphabetical order but i was never much good at countries

i learned them all in highschool (along with all the presidents) but once i didn't need to know it for a test, the knowledge kind of melted away lol

[No Maam]

I hope Alina comes into this thread so I can ask her how many of Russia's federal subjects she knows by heart.

A story related to that: I have this 2001-ish edition of a world atlas. And it's chock full of errors. Not just typoes or whatnot but there's dozens of times where charts for religious or ethnic division will either end (most of the time with huge empty gaps at the bottom of the table) with there being tens and dozens of percent missing to a 100, and sometimes amounting to like 200 %.

Sometimes it' shitty formating, other times the table goes

• Muslim 70 %
• Christian 30 %
• Other 2 %

Then there's times where a person's date of birth changes between the country box and their profile a page later and then

There's Russia.

Or specificaly a table of the Russian republics where each number on the map is actualy one off then the one it should be based on the table. Not a one was right.

And this is not accounting for the very likely chance that their factual information (export,import, Growth etc.) are completely wrong as well.

[Mr M]

Man you guys make me feel stupid …all the goddamn time

[Monkey King]

@No:

I hope Alina comes into this thread so I can ask her how many of Russia's federal subjects she knows by heart.

A story related to that: I have this 2001-ish edition of a world atlas. And it's chock full of errors. Not just typoes or whatnot but there's dozens of times where charts for religious or ethnic division will either end (most of the time with huge empty gaps at the bottom of the table) with there being tens and dozens of percent missing to a 100, and sometimes amounting to like 200 %.

Sometimes it' shitty formating, other times the table goes

• Muslim 70 %
• Christian 30 %
• Other 2 %

Then there's times where a person's date of birth changes between the country box and their profile a page later and then

There's Russia.

Or specificaly a table of the Russian republics where each number on the map is actualy one off then the one it should be based on the table. Not a one was right.

And this is not accounting for the very likely chance that their factual information (export,import, Growth etc.) are completely wrong as well.

I wonder if I could name more Russia Fed Subj's than her lol.

[Cruithne]

@taboo:

i know all 50 states in alphabetical order

[Monkey King]

@Cruithne:

CT, fucking up attempts at lyrics for 237 years.

[taboo]

@Cruithne:

[Monkey King]

lol at every state being worth a salute or whatever

TEXAS HAS THE OIL AND COWBOYS
NEW YORK HAS THE BIG APPLE
CALIFORNIA HAS HOLLYWOOD AND SAN JOSE
DELAWARE HAS UMMMRRMEMMMM STUFF

[Cyan D. Funk]

These are all the States:

• New York
• Connecticut
• New Jersey
• Florida
• Texas
• California
• Michigan

That's it, those are all the states

[Wagomu]

@Cyan:

These are all the States:

• New York City
• Florida
• Texas
• California

That's it, those are all the states

Fixed. You're welcome.

[Gliblord]

Do we HAVE to claim Florida

[Nobodyman]

What the average American thinks of every state:

! Alabama - Redneck central
Alaska - Cold as shit, and where Sarah Palin lives
Arizona - Hot as shit, and the Grand Canyon
Arkansas - Eh, I dunno
California - Hollywood and earthquakes
Colorado - Mountains and Skiing
Connecticut - Urban and, uh…
Delaware - Umm...stuff?
Florida - Beaches, retirement, and Disney World!
Georgia - Classy country
Hawaii - Where to go on vacation
Idaho - Booooooring
Illinois - Chicago
Indiana - Jones/polis 500?
Iowa - You sure this is a state?
Kansas - "I have a feeling we're not in..."
Kentucky - That's where Fort Knox is, right?
Louisiana - Cajuns, blacks, and Mardi Gras
Maine - Cold and where Stephen King sets all his books
Maryland - Baltimore
Massachusetts - Gay marriage
Michigan - Lakes and shit
Minnesota - Whatever
Mississippi - More rednecks
Missouri - Poor as shit
Montana - Uh...more mountains?
Nebraska - Corn
Nevada - Las Vegas
New Hampshire - heh, sounds like hamster
New Jersey - New York Jr.
New Mexico - Damn Immigrants!
New York - Big Apple
North Carolina - Hickish
North Dakota - Where Fargo was set
Ohio - Cleveland, I guess?
Oklahoma - Tornadoes and shit
Oregon - huh?
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Rhode Island - LOL, tiny
South Carolina - Slightly more hickish
South Dakota - Mt. Rushmore
Tennessee - Where Elvis hung out
Texas - Oil and cowboys
Utah - Mormons
Vermont - Cheese
Virginia - Slightly less hickish
Washington - Wait, there's another Washington?
West Virginia - It's all relative
Wisconsin - Where fat people live
Wyoming - the fuck?

[Wagomu]

@Gliblord:

Do we HAVE to claim Florida

Three words: Tampa Death Metal.

[taboo]

tbh i really only think of crazy florida man and disney world when i think of florida

[trappedolphin]

@Nobodyman:

What the average American thinks of every state:

! Alabama - Redneck central
Alaska - Cold as shit, and where Sarah Palin lives
Arizona - Hot as shit, and the Grand Canyon
Arkansas - Eh, I dunno
California - Hollywood and earthquakes
Colorado - Mountains and Skiing
Connecticut - Urban and, uh…
Delaware - Umm...stuff?
Florida - Beaches, retirement, and Disney World!
Georgia - Classy country
Hawaii - Where to go on vacation
Idaho - Booooooring
Illinois - Chicago
Indiana - Jones/polis 500?
Iowa - You sure this is a state?
Kansas - "I have a feeling we're not in..."
Kentucky - That's where Fort Knox is, right?
Louisiana - Cajuns, blacks, and Mardi Gras
Maine - Cold and where Stephen King sets all his books
Maryland - Baltimore
Massachusetts - Gay marriage
Michigan - Lakes and shit
Minnesota - Whatever
Mississippi - More rednecks
Missouri - Poor as shit
Montana - Uh...more mountains?
Nebraska - Corn
Nevada - Las Vegas
New Hampshire - heh, sounds like hamster
New Jersey - New York Jr.
New Mexico - Damn Immigrants!
New York - Big Apple
North Carolina - Hickish
North Dakota - Where Fargo was set
Ohio - Cleveland, I guess?
Oklahoma - Tornadoes and shit
Oregon - huh?
Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Rhode Island - LOL, tiny
South Carolina - Slightly more hickish
South Dakota - Mt. Rushmore
Tennessee - Where Elvis hung out
Texas - Oil and cowboys
Utah - Mormons
Vermont - Cheese
Virginia - Slightly less hickish
Washington - Wait, there's another Washington?
West Virginia - It's all relative
Wisconsin - Where fat people live
Wyoming - the fuck?

I can identify with um maybe a quarter of these. Although I think I like Wagomu's list the most.~

[No Maam]

@Monkey:

I wonder if I could name more Russia Fed Subj's than her lol.

All I know off the top of my head is Chechnya, Ingushetia and Tuva.

I know Ossetia's there too but not sure what status it has.

[Monkey King]

@No:

All I know off the top of my head is Chechnya, Ingushetia and Tuva.

I know Ossetia's there too but not sure what status it has.

North Ossetia.
The Ossetia region is in both Russia and Georgia.

[No Maam]

@Monkey:

North Ossetia.
The Ossetia region is in both Russia and Georgia.

On the subject of the Ossetias (and Abkhazias) I do think that they could very well be granted international recognition, Abkhazia was a historic kingdom after all, but Putin's stamp over the whole thing seems to be turning people off, as it would. As noted, if it's not ancient history destroying fucks like the pricks in Mali, I don't mind places like Somaliland, S. Ossetia, Abkhazia, North Cyprus or even Transnistria to be greanted wide scale international recognition.

The very notion that a fully sovereign state like Somaliland, with it's own goverment, administration, money, courts, laws, trade etc. should be universaly ignored in geography and history class just because the UN doesn't want us to is kinda abstract.

Mostly cause nowadays a new state comming into being is at least a decade long process, compared to previous eras where a state existed by just being, not because a couple guys in an utterly detached board room magicly wave it in and out of existence.

Also on the test I went up to 193, and this time I forgot things I usualy get, namely Costa Rica, the Bahamas, Belarus (which I miss sometimes) and….freaking Canada. Though to my defense I just kinda assumed I already had it, as I was way too busy focusing on Africa which, for the first time ever I think, I actualy got all of.

[CCC]

@taboo:

tbh i really only think of crazy florida man and disney world when i think of florida

Is this the Florida Man you mean?

https://twitter.com/_FloridaMan

[Monkey King]

@No:

On the subject of the Ossetias (and Abkhazias) I do think that they could very well be granted international recognition,

South Ossetia is seeking independence, North Ossetia isn't. Both are in essence controlled by Russia, probably South Ossetia would join with Russia in reality.
Russia's doing nothing more than hanging on to every piece of it's dead empire it can. On one side of the mountains it supports secession, on THEIR side they violently crush it.

Abkhazia was a historic kingdom after all,

Abkhazia should never be given recognition ever. It's one of the most horrible cases of genocide since the holocaust, those fucks should be left in international limbo hell till the end of time for what they did.

As noted, if it's not ancient history destroying fucks like the pricks in Mali, I don't mind places like Somaliland, S. Ossetia, Abkhazia, North Cyprus or even Transnistria to be greanted wide scale international recognition.

Somaliland has a very good case for a wide variety of reasons.
S. Ossetia should come to a fair agreement with Georgia about what to do. Which will take a long time.
Transnistria same.
North Cyprus should absolutely not be given international recognition, it's like Abkhazia without the hellish orgy of violence. 100% of Cyprus belongs to 100% of Cypriots. They need to come to a deal on reunification, which means Turkey fucking off first and foremost.

Abkhazia being recognized is basically giving the green light for "Hey! If you want to murder, rape-murder, and terrify one large demographic into a massive exodus from your desired new state, that's fine by the world!"

[No Maam]

@Monkey:

Abkhazia should never be given recognition ever. It's one of the most horrible cases of genocide since the holocaust, those fucks should be left in international limbo hell till the end of time for what they did.

You're reffering to what happened in the 90's ?

Just making sure there's nothing more recent I'm missing.

Still saying that if the people want it, they shouldn't be penalised for the crimes of their past leadership.

[Monkey King]

@No:

You're reffering to what happened in the 90's ?

Just making sure there's nothing more recent I'm missing.

Still saying that if the people want it, they shouldn't be penalised for the crimes of their past leadership.

The 90's are not ancient history, the people involved and the situation involved are nowhere near sorted out.
You're talking about an area that lost 50% of it's population to what went on. This is not on the forgive and forget level, this is a massive war crime event that would essentially be rewarded for it's very literally evil efforts to be given recognition.
It's not some tragic tit for tat ethnic strife like in Ossetia or Cyprus, it was savage outright genocide.
The way those people can rejoin the international community should be by confronting that "past", turning over war criminals, and entering talks with Georgia about what to do. Oh and as in the case of North Cyprus, Russia needs to fuck off.

[No Maam]

@Monkey:

The way those people can rejoin the international community should be by confronting that "past", turning over war criminals, and entering talks with Georgia about what to do. Oh and as in the case of North Cyprus, Russia needs to fuck off.

I'm not saying it's ancient history, just wanted to know if there was something else going on afterwards that I wasn't aware of.

Also I do agree with that solution.