Name a nation.

[Rain Man]

One nation per post, and please name a country that hasn't already been named previously. I'm testing a theory. Thanks in advance, and in thanks I present to you a picture of Jamaal Charles making a Bronco eat dirt.

(I'll share my theory when I get 100 or so nations. I can't share it now or it would ruin the experiment.)

http://footballsickness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Jamaal-Charles1.jpg

[Pablo]

India.

[SNR]

Germany

[BoneKrusher]

China

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

Botswana

[R8ers]

Czech Republic

[Setsuna]

Gator Nation. Done and done.

[DeezNutz]

Pakistan.

[Bugeater]

Uzbekistan.

[R8ers]

El Salvador

[-King-]

Vatican City

[R8ers]

Norway

[R8ers]

Nicaragua

[AndChiefs]

Zambia

[R8ers]

New Zealand

[plbrdude]

Slovackia

[Rain Man]

Doing good, doing good. Keep 'em coming.

[R8ers]

Netherlands

[Talisman]

Wales

[BoneKrusher]

Canada

[mnchiefsguy]

Canada.

[Dave]

Qatar

[Pablo]

Zambia.

[R8ers]

Marshall Islands

[tredadda]

Swaziland

[milkman]

Brazil

[R8ers]

Malaysia

[Pablo]

Chile.

[RippedmyFlesh]

Italy

[R8ers]

Monaco

[Pablo]

Mongolia.

[R8ers]

Paraguay

[milkman]

United States

[tredadda]

Lichtenstein

[BoneKrusher]

Japan

[Bugeater]

Kazakhstan.

[R8ers]

Peru

[johnny961]

Japan

[DeezNutz]

Spain.

[R8ers]

Portugal

[|Zach|]

Sierra Leone.

[Dave]

Lichtenstein

[-King-]

Kenya

[KC Tattoo]

Brazil

[CoMoChief]

Texas

[Bugeater]

Myanmar.

[The Pedestrian]

United States.

Is your theory that people don't read previous posts? :hmmm:

[R8ers]

Serbia

[KS Smitty]

U.S. of A.

[DeezNutz]

North America.

[mnchiefsguy]

Well, Bonekrusher...I guess great minds think alike!

[Dr. Gigglepants]

Iraq

[SNR]

Bulgaria

[R8ers]

Zimbabwe

[JoeyChuckles]

Peru

[Joe Seahawk]

Austria

[KS Smitty]

Leichtenstein (sp)

[milkman]

South Africa

[Joe Seahawk]

Leichtenstein (sp)

q

[KC Tattoo]

Niger

[milkman]

Jordan

[R8ers]

Switzerland

[wheeler08]

Iran!

[KS Smitty]

Argentina

[R8ers]

SWEDEN

[milkman]

Chile

[JoeyChuckles]

Australia.

[BoneKrusher]

Well, Bonekrusher...I guess great minds think alike!

:thumb:

[Bugeater]

Leichtenstein (sp)
Repostenstien.

[JoeyChuckles]

Niger

Racist.

[KS Smitty]

q

:mad:

[BoneKrusher]

Raider Nation?

[Bugeater]

Racist.
Reported.

[KS Smitty]

Repostenstien.

It wasn't when I started typing. :p

[Rain Man]

Keep 'em coming, keep 'em coming. My theory is panning out, I think, but I won't know for sure until I get some more.

[R8ers]

Raider Nation?
REP!

[Setsuna]

Lithuania bitches!

[KS Smitty]

Peru

[Dave]

Georgia

[KS Smitty]

China

[milkman]

Honduras

[BoneKrusher]

France

[KS Smitty]

Vietnam

[TrebMaxx]

Belgium

[JoeyChuckles]

South Africa.

[KS Smitty]

Russia

[Bugeater]

Afghanistan.

[Setsuna]

Manchuria hoes!

[KS Smitty]

Australia

[JoeyChuckles]

United Nation

[Bugeater]

Kuwait

[KS Smitty]

Turkey

[Setsuna]

Bangladesh whores!

[Bugeater]

United Arab Emirates.

[KS Smitty]

Syria

[KC Tattoo]

Racist.

http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii574/KCTattoo58/mnigert.gif


it's a country

[Bugeater]

Madagascar.

[KS Smitty]

Italy

[milkman]

Argentina

[Bugeater]

http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii574/KCTattoo58/mnigert.gif


it's a country
You'll be taking a 3 day vacation there.

[|Zach|]

Repostenstien.

LMAO

[KS Smitty]

Greenland

[Setsuna]

Carthage?

[JoeyChuckles]

Thanks all for taking my mind off the KU game.

Jamaica.

[KS Smitty]

Canaduh

[Crush]

Republic of China (Taiwan)

[milkman]

Mexico

[KS Smitty]

Panama

[Mi_chief_fan]

Palestine

[Crush]

North Korea

[KS Smitty]

Guatamala

[Crush]

South Korea

[TrebMaxx]

Monaco

[Setsuna]

Sudan

[Crush]

Mongolia

[plbrdude]

Liberia

[KS Smitty]

Jamaica

[Crush]

Ukraine

[KS Smitty]

Samoa

[Crush]

Czech Republic

[KS Smitty]

Phillipines

[Crush]

Slovakia

[Setsuna]

Milkman has South American fever.

Malaysia

[Bugeater]

Kenya

[Crush]

Belgium

[JoeyChuckles]

Monaco?

[Crush]

Congo

[whoman69]

Sierra Leone

[Crush]

Austria

[JoeyChuckles]

Wales.

[Crush]

Hungary

[KS Smitty]

Haiti

[Bugeater]

Luxembourg.

[Crush]

Estonia

[Crush]

Lithuania

[Bugeater]

Cuba.

[KS Smitty]

England

[Crush]

Nepal

[KS Smitty]

Ireland

[Bugeater]

Albania.

[Dave]

United Arab Emirates

[Setsuna]

Balkans

[KS Smitty]

Scotland

[KC Tattoo]

Petoria

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn229/youngblood181/edited%20photos/th_Family-Guy-family-guy-626939_102-1.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/image/family guy petoria/youngblood181/edited photos/Family-Guy-family-guy-626939_102-1.jpg?o=0)

[KS Smitty]

Norway

[Bugeater]

Armenia.

[Crush]

Tajikistan

[JoeyChuckles]

Phillipines

[Bugeater]

Grand Duchy of Fenwick.

[Crush]

Georgia

[Crush]

Belarus

[Crush]

Kazakhstan

[AndChiefs]

French Guiana

[Bugeater]

Lebanon

[Setsuna]

Dominican Republic fools!

[Rain Man]

Okay, I'll share my theory now. The main crux was proven, I think, and the tertiary crux was possibly proven, but maybe not.

I read alnorth's thread about the soccer protest in Turkey, and I was thinking, "do people pay much attention to Turkey"? It seems like a country that is more or less off the radar of most Americans.

Turkey is the 17th most populous country in the world. I was wondering if you had Americans start listing countries, where would Turkey show up? Unless I missed an earlier reference, it looks like ks smitty mentioned it in Post 92.

So that's pretty low visibility. However, it's not necessarily proven that Turkey is ultra-low, because I think it was mentioned before the Philippines and Nigeria unless I missed them, and those countries have larger populations.

But the main crux of my theory is proven. I was pondering what country might have lower visibility relative to its size than Turkey, and the country that popped into my mind was Indonesia. No one ever talks about Indonesia, and it is the 4th most populous nation on the planet, ranked behind China, India, and the U.S. As I'm typing this, no one has yet mentioned Indonesia.

I expect that small countries like Moldova and the Central African Republic will be low visibility, but Indonesia is huge. And no one, including myself, ever pays attention to it. Interesting.

[-King-]

Tanzania.

[Bugeater]

United Kingdom.

[Bugeater]

Huh, I thought Indonesia was listed.

[-King-]

Indonesia :)

[JoeyChuckles]

It's over? I need another distraction from KU.

[scott free]

Mauritania

[Dave]

I was trying to think of the most obscure countries.

[alnorth]

Burkina Faso, booyah!

(Saw thread, saw 11 pages, thought "oh crap, what is the most obscure country I know, which no one ever remembers? Hmmm.... oh yeah!")

[Otter]

Belly Button

[Bugeater]

I was trying to think of the most obscure countries.
Same here, less chance of reposting that way.

[KS Smitty]

Okay, I'll share my theory now. The main crux was proven, I think, and the tertiary crux was possibly proven, but maybe not.

I read alnorth's thread about the soccer protest in Turkey, and I was thinking, "do people pay much attention to Turkey"? It seems like a country that is more or less off the radar of most Americans.

Turkey is the 17th most populous country in the world. I was wondering if you had Americans start listing countries, where would Turkey show up? Unless I missed an earlier reference, it looks like ks smitty mentioned it in Post 92.

So that's pretty low visibility. However, it's not necessarily proven that Turkey is ultra-low, because I think it was mentioned before the Philippines and Nigeria unless I missed them, and those countries have larger populations.

But the main crux of my theory is proven. I was pondering what country might have lower visibility relative to its size than Turkey, and the country that popped into my mind was Indonesia. No one ever talks about Indonesia, and it is the 4th most populous nation on the planet, ranked behind China, India, and the U.S. As I'm typing this, no one has yet mentioned Indonesia.

I expect that small countries like Moldova and the Central African Republic will be low visibility, but Indonesia is huge. And no one, including myself, ever pays attention to it. Interesting.

So do I win a prize?

[milkman]

I was trying to think of the most obscure countries.

Same here, less chance of reposting that way.

I stuck with the more obvious, knowing that over half of you dumbasses would be doing this.

[Rain Man]

Huh, I thought Indonesia was listed.

Nope. Just did a search to confirm.

So what makes a country high visibility? It seems to me like the main reasons are:

1) projecting power on the world stage (e.g., Russia, the USA, UK).
2) tourism (France, Italy, Maldives)
3) having problems (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria)
4) maybe being part of the Anglo-American club (e.g., Australia, Canada) or being "western"/white (e.g., Hungary, Sweden)
5) maybe being industrialized (e.g., Japan, Taiwan)

Indonesia doesn't really work in any of those areas other than maybe Bali as a tourist destination. It makes me wonder whey they don't try to project power in their region.

Turkey is a bit of the same, though I tend to think of Turkey as being reasonably active on the international front.

[JoeyChuckles]

So do I win a prize?

Nope, but you are a jive Turkey.

[ghak99]

Oman

[Talisman]

Not sure a theory of which countries come to mind first works on a BB where some people are trying to pick the most obscure country they can think of (or find on a list of countries they got from Google).

It is odd that I just came from the thread about strange soccer fans in Turkey and didn't think of Turkey at all. I'll give you that.

[Bugeater]

I stuck with the more obvious, knowing that over half of you dumbasses would be doing this.
You still didn't win.

[Rain Man]

So do I win a prize?

Trip to Turkey? But not the nice part. Too expensive.

[Bowser]

MADA-FREAKING-GASCAR

[KS Smitty]

Trip to Turkey? But not the nice part. Too expensive.

It's because I outed you and DaFace being in Machu Pichu isn't it.

[milkman]

I do think it's a flawed experiment, since people are going to try to think outside the box, so to speak.

I mean, think about it.

The U.S isn't mentioned until post 34.

[Rain Man]

Not sure a theory of which countries come to mind first works on a BB where some people are trying to pick the most obscure country they can think of (or find on a list of countries they got from Google).

It is odd that I just came from the thread about strange soccer fans in Turkey and didn't think of Turkey at all. I'll give you that.

Admittedly, implementation wasn't perfect, but at the same time it seems like with a large number of people some would've started with big countries. And China and India were named right off the bat.

I think we as a BB should make an effort to learn more about Indonesia. We would all be better as a result.

[Talisman]

You think about different things than I do.

I was thinking about whether to watch some more Breaking Bad on Netflix or fire up the 360 for a game of something.

But the country visibilitilization thingie is cool too.

[Rain Man]

I do think it's a flawed experiment, since people are going to try to think outside the box, so to speak.

I mean, think about it.

The U.S isn't mentioned until post 34.

Yeah, it's feasible that obscure countries were getting more play, but at the same time most of the biggies were indeed hit too. In my list of reasons to think of a country top of mind, we could add a sixth one in this exercise, which is "obscurity". But Indonesia apparently doesn't rise to the top for that measure, either. It's like the country is invisible.

1) projecting power on the world stage (e.g., Russia, the USA, UK).
2) tourism (France, Italy, Maldives)
3) having problems (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria)
4) maybe being part of the Anglo-American club (e.g., Australia, Canada) or being "western"/white (e.g., Hungary, Sweden)
5) maybe being industrialized (e.g., Japan, Taiwan)

[Rain Man]

You think about different things than I do.

I was thinking about whether to watch some more Breaking Bad on Netflix or fire up the 360 for a game of something.

But the country visibilitilization thingie is cool too.

Have you considered reading about the history and geography of Indonesia?

[Aries Walker]

I think the point better made is that people either don't follow instructions, or they don't read the thread before they post.

[Talisman]

Have you considered reading about the history and geography of Indonesia?

No, but I did find this list of video games supposedly set (at least in part) in Indonesia:

Delta Force: Land Warrior
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

[scott free]

I kinda like Turkey, name the last big Turkish terrorist... they seem like a modern thinking, practical people.

[AustinChief]

Admittedly, implementation wasn't perfect, but at the same time it seems like with a large number of people some would've started with big countries. And China and India were named right off the bat.

I think we as a BB should make an effort to learn more about Indonesia. We would all be better as a result.

Weird thing is.. Burundi is the first nation that popped into my head... zero clue why.

But yeah, for as big as Indonesia is, it's pretty much an afterthought.

[Dartgod]

I haven't read through all the responses, so I'll just throw these out there. Turkey and Indonesia.

[Great Expectations]

Syria, Egypt

[listopencil]

Off the top of my head, Sri Lanka.

[Mr. Kotter]

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic...FTW??? :hmmm:

[Silock]

Mauritius

[Thig Lyfe]

Peyton Manning

[WildTurkey]

Poland


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[Mr Luzcious]

Scandinavia not getting much play.

[CoMoChief]

The Moon

[Tribal Warfare]

Zimbabwe

[buddha]

How fascinating

[cdcox]

It's that 4th slot. According to the sign on the opening credits of "Welcome Back Kotter", Brooklyn is the 4th most populated city in the US. No one talks about Brooklyn.

[Hog Farmer]

Just so happens I made a Turkey sammich last night.

[Cornstock]

Saudi Arabia

[Cornstock]

Bahrain

[Cornstock]

Yemen

[Cornstock]

Azerbaijan

[Cornstock]

Kyrgyzstan

[Cornstock]

Tajikistan

[Cornstock]

West Bank

[Cornstock]

Palestine

[Cornstock]

Democratic Republic of the Congo

[Cornstock]

Angola

[Cornstock]

The region of Kashmir would recognize itself as its own nation, but is not recognized as autonomous by India, Pakistan, or the US.

And for your enjoyment (You'll have to settle for the link because the embed won't work):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc