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Root Terms (terms without parents)

Afghanistan (AF, AFG, 4)
Albania (AL, ALB, 8)
Algeria (DZ, DZA, 12)
American Samoa (AS, ASM, 16) - 2 children
Andorra (AD, AND, 20)
Angola (AO, AGO, 24)
Anguilla (AI, AIA, 660)
Antarctica (AQ)
Antigua and Barbuda (AG, ATG, 28) - 8 children
Argentina (AR, ARG, 32) - 24 children
Armenia (AM, ARM, 51)
Aruba (AW, ABW, 533)
Australia (AU, AUS, 36) - 8 children
Austria (AT, AUT, 40)
Azerbaijan (AZ, AZE, 31)
Bahamas (BS, BHS, 44) - 32 children
Bahrain (BH, BHR, 48)
Bangladesh (BD, BGD, 50)
Barbados (BB, BRB, 52) - 11 children
Belarus (BY, BLR, 112)
Belgium (BE, BEL, 56)
Belize (BZ, BLZ, 84) - 6 children
Benin (BJ, BEN, 204)
Bermuda (BM, BMU, 60)
Bhutan (BT, BTN, 64)
Bolivia (BO, BOL, 68) - 9 children
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA, BIH, 70)
Botswana (BW, BWA, 72)
Bouvet Island (BV)
Brasil (BR, BRA, 76) - 27 children
Brazil (BR, BRA, 76) - 27 children
British Indian Ocean Territory (IO)
Brunei Darussalam (BN, BRN, 96)
Bulgaria (BG, BGR, 100)
Burkina Faso (BF, BFA, 854)
Burundi (BI, BDI, 108)
Cambodia (KH, KHM, 116)
Cameroon (CM, CMR, 120)
Canada (CA, CAN, 124) - 14 children
Canary Islands (IC) - 8 children
Cape Verde (CV, CPV, 132)
Cayman Islands (KY, CYM, 136)
Central African Republic (CF, CAF, 140)
Chad (TD, TCD, 148)
Chile (CL, CHL, 152) - 15 children
China (CN, CHN, 156)
Christmas Island (CX)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CC)
Colombia (CO, COL, 170) - 33 children
Comoros (KM, COM, 174)
Congo (CG, COG, 178)
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the (CD, COD, 180)
Cook Islands (CK, COK, 184)
Costa Rica (CR, CRI, 188) - 7 children
Cote D'Ivoire (CI, CIV, 384)
Croatia (HR, HRV, 191)
Cuba (CU, CUB, 192) - 16 children
Cyprus (CY, CYP, 196)
Czech Republic (CZ, CZE, 203)
Denmark (DK, DNK, 208)
Djibouti (DJ, DJI, 262)
Dominica (DM, DMA, 212) - 10 children
Dominican Republic (DO, DOM, 214) - 32 children
Ecuador (EC, ECU, 218) - 24 children
Egypt (EG, EGY, 818) - 27 children
El Salvador (SV, SLV, 222) - 14 children
Equatorial Guinea (GQ, GNQ, 226)
Eritrea (ER, ERI, 232)
Estonia (EE, EST, 233)
Ethiopia (ET, ETH, 231)
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (FK, FLK, 238)
Faroe Islands (FO, FRO, 234)
Fiji (FJ, FJI, 242)
Finland (FI, FIN, 246) - 1 children
France (FR, FRA, 250)
French Guiana (GF, GUF, 254) - 2 children
French Polynesia (PF, PYF, 258)
French Southern Territories (TF)
Gabon (GA, GAB, 266)
Gambia (GM, GMB, 270)
Georgia (GE, GEO, 268)
Germany (DE, DEU, 276) - 26 children
Ghana (GH, GHA, 288) - 2 children
Gibraltar (GI, GIB, 292)
Greece (GR, GRC, 300)
Greenland (GL, GRL, 304)
Grenada (GD, GRD, 308) - 6 children
Guadeloupe (GP, GLP, 312)
Guam (GU, GUM, 316)
Guatemala (GT, GTM, 320) - 22 children
Guinea (GN, GIN, 324)
Guinea-Bissau (GW, GNB, 624)
Guyana (GY, GUY, 328) - 10 children
Haiti (HT, HTI, 332) - 10 children
Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands (HM)
Holy See (Vatican City State) (VA, VAT, 336)
Honduras (HN, HND, 340) - 18 children
Hong Kong (HK, HKG, 344)
Hungary (HU, HUN, 348)
Iceland (IS, ISL, 352)
India (IN, IND, 356) - 3 children
Indonesia (ID, IDN, 360)
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR, IRN, 364)
Iraq (IQ, IRQ, 368)
Ireland (IE, IRL, 372)
Israel (IL, ISR, 376) - 7 children
Italy (IT, ITA, 380)
Jamaica (JM, JAM, 388) - 14 children
Japan (JP, JPN, 392) - 1 children
Jordan (JO, JOR, 400)
Kazakhstan (KZ, KAZ, 398) - 1 children
Kenya (KE, KEN, 404)
Kiribati (KI, KIR, 296)
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (KP, PRK, 408)
Korea, Republic of (KR, KOR, 410)
Kuwait (KW, KWT, 414)
Kyrgyzstan (KG, KGZ, 417)
Lao People's Democratic Republic (LA, LAO, 418)
Latvia (LV, LVA, 428)
Lebanon (LB, LBN, 422)
Lesotho (LS, LSO, 426)
Liberia (LR, LBR, 430)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LY, LBY, 434)
Liechtenstein (LI, LIE, 438)
Lithuania (LT, LTU, 440)
Luxembourg (LU, LUX, 442)
Macao (MO, MAC, 446)
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of (MK, MKD, 807)
Madagascar (MG, MDG, 450)
Malawi (MW, MWI, 454)
Malaysia (MY, MYS, 458)
Maldives (MV, MDV, 462)
Mali (ML, MLI, 466)
Malta (MT, MLT, 470)
Marshall Islands (MH, MHL, 584)
Martinique (MQ, MTQ, 474) - 4 children
Mauritania (MR, MRT, 478)
Mauritius (MU, MUS, 480)
Mayotte (YT)
Mexico (MX, MEX, 484) - 32 children
Micronesia, Federated States of (FM, FSM, 583)
Moldova, Republic of (MD, MDA, 498)
Monaco (MC, MCO, 492)
Mongolia (MN, MNG, 496)
Montserrat (MS, MSR, 500)
Morocco (MA, MAR, 504)
Mozambique (MZ, MOZ, 508)
Myanmar (MM, MMR, 104)
Namibia (NA, NAM, 516)
Nauru (NR, NRU, 520)
Nepal (NP, NPL, 524) - 14 children
Netherlands (NL, NLD, 528) - 1 children
Netherlands Antilles (AN, ANT, 530) - 6 children
New Caledonia (NC, NCL, 540)
New Zealand (NZ, NZL, 554)
Nicaragua (NI, NIC, 558) - 17 children
Niger (NE, NER, 562)
Nigeria (NG, NGA, 566)
Niue (NU, NIU, 570)
Norfolk Island (NF, NFK, 574)
Northern Mariana Islands (MP, MNP, 580)
Norway (NO, NOR, 578)
Oman (OM, OMN, 512)
Pakistan (PK, PAK, 586)
Palau (PW, PLW, 585)
Palestinian Territory, Occupied (PS)
Panama (PA, PAN, 591) - 9 children
Papua New Guinea (PG, PNG, 598)
Paraguay (PY, PRY, 600) - 19 children
Peru (PE, PER, 604) - 25 children
Philippines (PH, PHL, 608)
Pitcairn (PN, PCN, 612)
Poland (PL, POL, 616) - 1 children
Portugal (PT, PRT, 620)
Puerto Rico (PR, PRI, 630)
Qatar (QA, QAT, 634)
Reunion (RE, REU, 638)
Romania (RO, ROM, 642)
Russian Federation (RU, RUS, 643)
Rwanda (RW, RWA, 646)
Saint Helena (SH, SHN, 654)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN, KNA, 659) - 2 children
Saint Lucia (LC, LCA, 662) - 11 children
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (PM, SPM, 666)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VC, VCT, 670) - 6 children
Samoa (WS, WSM, 882)
San Marino (SM, SMR, 674)
Sao Tome and Principe (ST, STP, 678)
Saudi Arabia (SA, SAU, 682)
Senegal (SN, SEN, 686)
Serbia and Montenegro (CS)
Seychelles (SC, SYC, 690)
Sierra Leone (SL, SLE, 694)
Singapore (SG, SGP, 702)
Slovakia (SK, SVK, 703)
Slovenia (SI, SVN, 705) - 1 children
Solomon Islands (SB, SLB, 90)
Somalia (SO, SOM, 706)
South Africa (ZA, ZAF, 710)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GS)
Spain (ES, ESP, 724) - 19 children
Sri Lanka (LK, LKA, 144) - 1 children
Sudan (SD, SDN, 736)
Suriname (SR, SUR, 740) - 10 children
Svalbard and Jan Mayen (SJ, SJM, 744)
Swaziland (SZ, SWZ, 748)
Sweden (SE, SWE, 752) - 2 children
Switzerland (CH, CHE, 756)
Syrian Arab Republic (SY, SYR, 760)
Taiwan, Province of China (TW, TWN, 158)
Tajikistan (TJ, TJK, 762)
Tanzania, United Republic of (TZ, TZA, 834)
Thailand (TH, THA, 764) - 77 children
Timor-Leste (TL)
Togo (TG, TGO, 768)
Tokelau (TK, TKL, 772)
Tonga (TO, TON, 776)
Trinidad and Tobago (TT, TTO, 780) - 2 children
Tunisia (TN, TUN, 788)
Turkey (TR, TUR, 792)
Turkmenistan (TM, TKM, 795)
Turks and Caicos Islands (TC, TCA, 796)
Tuvalu (TV, TUV, 798)
Uganda (UG, UGA, 800)
Ukraine (UA, UKR, 804)
United Arab Emirates (AE, ARE, 784)
United Kingdom (GB, GBR, 826)
United States (US, USA, 840) - 77 children
United States Minor Outlying Islands (UM)
Uruguay (UY, URY, 858) - 19 children
USA → United States
Uzbekistan (UZ, UZB, 860)
Vanuatu (VU, VUT, 548)
Venezuela (VE, VEN, 862) - 24 children
Viet Nam (VN, VNM, 704)
Virgin Islands, British (VG, VGB, 92) - 4 children
Virgin Islands, U.s. (VI, VIR, 850) - 3 children
Wallis and Futuna (WF, WLF, 876)
Western Sahara (EH, ESH, 732)
Yemen (YE, YEM, 887)
Zambia (ZM, ZMB, 894)
Zimbabwe (ZW, ZWE, 716)