Joe, I meant that I did well with the "stans" because they were all clustered together. I'd written a column or two about Afghanistan some years ago and had researched the map back then. I was incorrect in thinking Iraq was west of Iran, though; had that switched.:-)
KT, thanks for the link. I did really well on South American, but the one of Europe was difficult...mostly because of eastern Europe...I have not kept up with all of the changes since the USSR broke apart.