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|There is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia one country], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia one Canadian province], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C. one U.S federal district] named Columbia. The name comes from a Latin feminized form of the name [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus Christopher Columbus]
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|{{flag|Imperial Truidence}}
|English
|Named by a random name generator.
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|{{flag|Gigachadtopia}}
|English
|Named after [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gigachad Gigachad].
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|{{flag|Pacem}}
|Latin
|Translates to "peace" in the accusative (direct object) case.
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|{{flag|Hjaltland}}
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|{{flag|Gensokyo}}
|Japanese
|Comes from the name of [https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Gensokyo the primary setting] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project ''Touhou Project'']. Gensokyo is variously translated as "[https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Lotus_Land_Story Lotus Land]", "land of dreams" and "Wonderland".
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|{{flag|Sussex}}
|English
|Named after Sussex Courthouse, in keeping with former land occupant [[Appomattox]], similarly named after a courthouse.
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|{{flag|Cortesia Del Mar}}
|Spanish
|Translates to "Courtesy of the Sea".
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|{{flag|Lambat}}
|Tagalog (Filipino)
|Translates to "fishing net", in an [https://discord.com/channels/810436686021394492/846374210979758100/890490336047161394 undisclosed reference].
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|{{flag|Nro'Meagh}}
|[[Jevokro'uv]]
|Translates roughly to "highland villages" in [[Nro'Meagh]]ev conlang.
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|{{flag|Beretia}}
|English
|Named for [[Beretism]], the state religion.
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|{{flag|Mount September}}
|English
|[[Mount Augusta]] plus one month.
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|{{flag|Confederation of Socialist Augusta}}
|English
|Name describes its nature ("Augusta" in the name refers to [[Geographical Regions#Greater Augusta|the Augustan region]])
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|{{flag|South Augusta}}
|English
|Name describes its location ("Augusta" in the name refers to [[Geographical Regions#Greater Augusta|the Augustan region]])
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|{{flag|Gabon}}
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|Combination of the name of [[SinjoroJoCrafter]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Texas Arlington, Texas].
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|{{flag|Nyasaland}}
|English
|Comes from the name of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyasaland British colony] that is currently the nation of Malawi.
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|Exact etymology unknown.
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|Greek
|Comes from the writings of Plato.
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