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Rules & what counts
Countries of Europe Quiz — Rules & What Counts
Forty-five countries, one continent, and a map where the microstates will make or break your run. This is the Europe-only cut of our world quiz: type every European country and watch the continent fill in.
Europe is deceptively hard to finish. Most players sweep the big EU states in a minute, then stall in the Balkans and forget at least one of the six microstates.
Our dataset counts Kosovo and Vatican City as European countries and files Russia under Europe — the judgment calls are spelled out below.
How to play
Type country names in any order; correct answers light up instantly on the map of Europe.
Lenient spelling plus alternate names: Czechia and the Czech Republic both work, and Holland is accepted for the Netherlands.
Microstates like Monaco and San Marino are drawn as circles so they're visible at continent scale.
The clock counts up, and giving up reveals everything you missed.
What counts in this quiz
45 countries, including all six microstates — from Andorra down to Vatican City.
Kosovo counts: it declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and is recognized by most of Europe.
Russia counts as Europe here — its capital and roughly three quarters of its population sit west of the Urals, so that's where the dataset groups it.
What's not included — and why
Turkey, Cyprus, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan are grouped under Asia in this quiz — each lies wholly or mostly on the Asian side, and every country lives in exactly one continent group. You'll find them all in the Asia quiz.
Non-sovereign places — the Faroe Islands (Denmark), Gibraltar (UK), and the UK's constituent nations England, Scotland, and Wales — aren't separate answers; typing England credits the United Kingdom.
Good to know
Vatican City, the world's smallest country, would fit inside New York's Central Park about eight times.
Ukraine is the largest country located entirely within Europe.
The breakup of Yugoslavia ultimately produced six UN member states — seven countries if you count Kosovo.