From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 2:53:44 PM UTC-5, Erland Sommarskog wrote:   
   > This is not a quiz. There is only one question, and it is not suitable    
   > for a quiz, since there more than one "depends on what you mean".    
   >    
   > But still, post your answers - without checking sources - and I will    
   > try to summarise this on Sunday.    
   >    
   > So this is the question: Of the independent countries that exist today,    
   > existed also 500 years ago, in some shape or form, and has existed    
   > in these 500 years without interruption?    
      
   Without researching it, here are my 9 candidates:   
      
   China   
   France   
   Iran   
   Japan   
   San Marino   
   Spain   
   Sweden   
   Switzerland   
   Thailand   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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