What
is
a
country
,
and
how
is
a
country
____________________
?
When
people
ask
how
many
countries
there
are
in
the
world
,
they
____________________
a
simple
____________________
After
all
,
we've
____________________
the
____________________
planet
,
we
have
international
travel
,
satellite
navigation
and
plenty
of
global
organizations
like
the
United
Nations
,
so
we
should
really
know
how
many
countries
there
are
!
____________________
,
the
answer
to
the
question
varies
____________________
to
whom
you
ask
.
Most
people
say
there
are
192
countries
,
but
others
point
out
that
there
could
be
more
like
260
of
them
.
So
____________________
isn't
there
a
____________________
answer
?
The
problem
____________________
because
there
isn't
a
universally
agreed
definition
of
'country'
and
because
,
for
political
____________________
some
countries
____________________
it
convenient
to
____________________
or
____________________
recognize
____________________
countries
.
For
example
,
Taiwan
claims
to
be
a
country
,
but
China
states
that
Taiwan
is
just
another
part
of
China
.
The
consequence
is
that
the
USA
,
that
doesn't
want
to
upset
China
,
doesn't
recognize
Taiwan
as
a
country
.
____________________
from
the
end
of
the
Second
World
War
,
the
Soviet
Union
____________________
the
countries
of
Estonia
,
Latvia
and
Lithuania
but
the
USA
continued
to
regard
them
as
independent
countries
that
were
'occupied'
because
it
didn't
really
____________________
on
with
the
USSR
.
So
,
how
do
governments
define
what
makes
a
country
?
