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Countries by earliest date of nationhood, as listed on wikipedia:List of countries by date of nationhood. (this means only the earliest date is used)

Uses current country boundaries which in many cases are different to the historical boundaries of the country.(due to treaty's, wars, etc.)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:05, 9 July 2011	1,357 × 628 (71 KB)	Lemonade100	Changed UK to 1707 colour as that is concidered its date of formation. Added Newly independent South Sudan Changed Zimbabwe to 1980 <-- the date of its independence.
	01:19, 6 June 2011	1,357 × 628 (80 KB)	H2ppyme	Changed the Baltic states - see "State continuity of the Baltic States"
	11:21, 12 May 2011	1,357 × 628 (85 KB)	IgnorantArmies	Reverted to version as of 11:19, 12 May 2011
	11:20, 12 May 2011	1,357 × 628 (85 KB)	IgnorantArmies	Didn't upload for some reason?
	11:19, 12 May 2011	1,357 × 628 (85 KB)	IgnorantArmies	Used dates of independence, not nationhood. Countries are listed by the last date in which they became independent.
	22:58, 9 March 2011	1,357 × 628 (55 KB)	Qertis	Czechia corrected
	11:07, 27 November 2006	1,357 × 628 (56 KB)	Roke~commonswiki
	09:43, 5 June 2006	1,357 × 628 (67 KB)	Roke~commonswiki	rm black lines around microstates, change black to grey, rm hong kong
	03:20, 30 March 2006	1,357 × 628 (67 KB)	Roke~commonswiki	add russia
	14:35, 22 March 2006	1,357 × 628 (67 KB)	Roke~commonswiki	Countries by earliest date of nationhood, as listed on wikipedia:List of countries by date of nationhood. (this means only the earliest date is used) Uses current country boundaries which in many cases are different to the historical boundaries of th