From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   swp (stephen.w.perry@gmail.com) writes:   
      
   These are not correct:   
      
   > greece   
      
   Part of Ottoman Empire. Independence fronm 1830.   
      
   > iraq   
      
   Part of Ottoman Empire.   
      
   > mongolia   
      
   Independent in 1523, but conquered by Qing China. Independent   
   again in 1911 or so.   
      
   > norway   
      
   In union with Denmark 1523, later it becaome a single kingdom.   
   A few weeks of independence in 1814, before forced into a union   
   with Sweden until 1905.   
      
   > portugal   
      
   See my other post.   
      
   > I don't count france, germany, poland and   
   > several others because of world war ii   
   > territorial disputes.   
      
   While Vichy France was a puppet state, it was still France. But in   
   any csae, I tend to overlook shorttime interruptions in war time   
   that were enacted through a peace treaty.   
      
   But as I noted, the question is open-ended.   
      
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