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  "name": "Angola",
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  "continent": "Africa",
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  "name": "Antigua and Barbuda",
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  "name": "Bahamas",
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  "iso3": "BHS",
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  "capital": [
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  "name": "Belarus",
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  "iso3": "BLR",
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  "aliases": [
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  "name": "Belgium",
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   "Belgique",
   "Bruxelles"
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   "Cotonou"
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  "name": "Brunei",
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  "name": "Bulgaria",
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  "name": "Comoros",
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  "name": "Haiti",
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   "Nyasaland"
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  "capital": [
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   "The Marshall Islands"
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  "name": "Mauritius",
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 },
 {
  "name": "Mexico",
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  "capital": [
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   "Mexico",
   "México",
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  "continent": "Europe",
  "capital": [
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   "Chișinău",
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  "capital": [
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  "aliases": [
   "Principality of Monaco",
   "Monte Carlo"
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   "Outer Mongolia"
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