From the CIA World Factbook. Parenthesized expressions are dropped in the adjective.

(No change): Bangladesh, Burundi, Czech (Republic), Guadeloupe, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Seychelles, Singapore.

+AN: Belize, Brunei, Cape Verde, Chile, Djibouti, Fiji, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Paraguay, Salvador (El), Sao Tome (and Principe), Sierra Leone, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe.

+ANIAN: Guam.

+BE: Burkina.

+ER: Norfolk Island.

+ESE: Benin, Bhutan, Gabon, Japan, Marshall (Islands), Nepal, Reunion, Senegal, Sudan, Vietnam.

+I: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Yemen.

+IAN: Belarus, Brazil, Cameroon, Cayman (Islands), Chad, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Iran, Jordan, Kitts (Saint), Montserrat, Nevis, Saint Vincent (and the Grenadines,) Trinidad.

+IC: Greenland, Iceland.

+IEN: Niger.

+LESE: Congo, Togo.

+N: Albania, Algeria, America (= United States), American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Barbuda, Bolivia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, French Polynesia, Gambia (The), Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Herzegovinia, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea (North), Korea (South), Latvia, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Micronesia (Federated States Of), Moldova, Mongolia, Namibia, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Syria, Tanzania, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Venezuela, Western Samoa, Zambia.

+NIAN: Panama, Tobago.

+SE: Faroe (Islands), Suriname.

+VIAN: Peru.

+WIAN: Sahara (Western.)

+X: Man (Isle of.)

-A: Somalia.

-A+E: Argentina.

-A+ESE: Burma, China, Guyana, Malta.

-A+IAN: Bermuda, Canada, Grenada, St. Helena.

-AIN+ISH: Britain (Great (= United Kingdom)).

-AL+UESE: Portugal.

-ANCE+ENCH: France.

-AND+ISH: Poland.

-ATES+IAN: Emirates (United Arab).

-AY+EGIAN: Norway.

-BOTSWANA+BATSWANA: Botswana (plural form).

-BOTSWANA+MOTSWANA: Botswana (singular form).

-CE+K: Greece.

-DAGASCAR+LAGASY: Madagascar.

-E+AIS: Martinique.

-E+IAN: Ukraine, Zaire.

-ELAND+ISH: Ireland.

-EN+ISH: Sweden.

-ENMARK+ANISH: Denmark.

-ES+IAN: Maldives.

-EY+ISH: Turkey.

-IA: Slovakia.

-IN+NISH: Spain.

-IRE+RIAN: Ivoire (Cote d'.)

-ISTAN: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

-KIRIBATI+IKIRIBATI: Kiribati.

-LAND: Swaziland, Thailand.

-LAND+NISH: Finland.

-LESOTHO+BASOTHO: Lesotho.

-NETHERLANDS+DUTCH: Netherlands.

-NMARINO+MMARINESE: San Marino.

-O+AN: Mexico, Morocco, Monaco.

-O+IN: Montenegro.

-ON+ESE: Lebanon.

-OS+AN: Comoros.

-OS+IAN: Barbados.

-QUE+CAN: Mozambique.

-REPUBLIC: Central African Republic, Dominican Republic.

-S: Falkland Islands, Laos, Philippines.

-S+ER: British Virgin Islands, Cook Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Solomon Islands, Virgin Islands.

-S+IAN: Bahamas (The), Netherlands Antilles.

-S+N: Honduras.

-STAN: Kyrgyzstan.

-TAIWAN+CHINESE: Taiwan.

-TZERLAND+SS: Switzerland.

-UM+AN: Belgium.

-US+AN: Mauritius.

-US+IOT: Cyprus.

-Y: Germany.

-Y+IAN: Hungary, Italy.

-YOTTE+HORAN: Mayotte.

David Moews ( dmoews@fastmail.fm)

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