Whackpacking A Double Century Of Real Countries: Fakes Sifted Out

“Some might say that sunshine follows thunder. Go and tell it to the man who cannot shine” – Noel Gallagher.

You might have read (or most likely might not, as nobody needs to care) how I am trying to whackpack my way to 200 real life countries before 30th March 2021 – it’s a huge challenge. If I do it, I will also have written at least one article (normally multiple, in Poland, England, Australia, Northern Ireland and China’s case – over 100 articles) per country. As a strong nationalist, separatist and peaceful idealist, I love the idea of more countries rather than less. I hate when a brace of countries blur into one. I don’t like dual currencied nations, nor borders without barriers, nor refusal to get passport stamps.

Hence why places like Uzupis, Podjistan and French Guyana will always be more real as countries to me than Germany, Slovakia or Belgium, a hat-trick all ‘enjoying’ the same currency and some kind of false wacaday wannabe left-winged freedom. Bulldog to that, I’m on a mission to a double century. In order, I tried to list every country I have been to that I personally recognise but it was tough. I think this is the correct list to go alongside these list:

1.Countries I visited the most times. (Australia for example is only on 3, third bottom!)
2.Countries I spent the most time in. (Australia for example is on 20 months, fifth top)
3.Countries I recognise (there are 629).
4.Countries I have been to by flag.
5.Places I have been to by country, city, region, village, settlement.
6.Countries I was so close to, but didn’t visit.
7.40 Craziest Countries I visited.

Here is the list of personally recognised countries or separate entities that I have been to:

1.Northern Ireland
2.Republic of Ireland
3.Portugal
4.Scotland
5.England
6.Wales
7.Cornwall
8.France
9.Brittany
10.Greece
11.Netherlands
12.Spain
13.United States of Mexico
14.Canada
15.Germany
16.Poland
17.Austria
18.Denmark
19.Switzerland
20.Liechtenstein
21.New Zealand
22.China
23.Russia
24.Belarus
25.Czechia
26.Luxembourg
27.Belgium
28.Latvia
29.Iceland
30.Sweden
31.Slovakia
32.Italy
33.Slovenia
34.San Marino
35.Hungary
36.Guernsey
37.Jersey
38.Sark
39.Herm
40.Taiwan
41.Malaysia
42.Singapore
43.Australia
44.Chile
45.Argentina
46.Antarctica
47.Uruguay
48.Brazil
49.Paraguay
50.Bolivia
51.Peru
52.Ecuador
53.Panama
54.Colombia
55.Venezuela
56.Trinidad and Tobago
57.Suriname
58.South Africa
59.Swaziland
60.Botswana
61.Qatar
62.Hong Kong
63.Thailand
64.South Korea
65.Philippines
66.Indonesia
67.United Arab Emitrates
68.Japan
69.Macau
70.Laos
71.Cambodia
72.Vietnam
73.Brunei Darussalam
74.Myanmar
75.Tanzania
76.Maasai Tribe
77.Ethiopia
78.North Korea
79.Jordan
80.Israel
81.Druze People
82.Palestine
83.Georgia
84.Azerbaijan
85.Armenia
86.Nagorno Karabakh
87.Turkey (including Kurdistan)
88.Iran (also including Kurdistan)
89.Iraqi Kurdistan
90.East Timor
91.French Guyana
92.Guyana
93.Southern Mexico (Mexico)
94.Guatemala
95.El Salvador
96.Honduras
97.Belize
98.Nicaragua
99.Costa Rica
100.Catalonia
101.Andorra
102.Romania
103.Moldova
104.Transnistria
105.Bulgaria
106.Northern Macedonia
107.Kosovo
108.Montenegro
109.Lithuania
110.Uzupis
111.Estonia
112.Finland
113.Christiania
114.Norway
115.Austenasia
116.Frestonia
117.Vatican City State
118.Tunisia
119.Algeria
120.Basque Country
121.Gibraltar
122.Kuwait
123.Bangladesh
124.Bahrain
125.Ladonia
126.Faroe Islands
127.Podjistan
128.Lagoan Isles
129.Adammia
130.Ukraine
131.Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
132.Kyrgyzstan
133.Tajikistan
134.Gorno Badakhshan
135.Uzbekistan
136.Afghanistan
137.Karakalpakstan
138.India
139.Andaman Islands
140.Bavaria
141.Lovely
142.Monaco
143.Kashubia
144.Kaliningrad
145.Serbia
146.Republic of Srpska
147.Bosnia
148.Herzegovina
149.Croatia
150.Mongolia
151.Krolestwo Dreamlandu
152.Narnia
153.Don’t Stop Living
154.Malta
155.Sovereign Military Order of Malta
156.Nedland
157.Romkerhall
158.Morocco
159.Western Sahara
160.Cyprus
161.Northern Cyprus
162.Ivory Coast
163.Saudi Arabia
164.Oman
165.Turkmenistan
166.Autistan
167.Togo
168.Benin
169.Lebanon
170.Uganda
171.Rwanda
172.DR Congo
173.Burundi
174.Kenya
175.Fiji
176.Marshall Islands
177.Nauru
178.Kiribati
179.Solomon Islands
180.Papua New Guinea
181.Kugelmugel
182.Wallachia
183.Egypt
184.Namibia
185.Angola
186.Zimbabwe
187.Zambia
188.Lesotho
189.Left Out For Legal Reasons
190.Albania
191.The Seychelles
192.Barbados
193.Grenada
194.Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
195.Saint Lucia
196.Dominika
197.Guadeloupe
198.Sint Marteen
199.Saint Martin
200.Antigua And Barbuda
201.British Virgin Islands
202.The Azores
203.Cape Verde Islands
204.Alderney
205.Isle Of Man
206.Canary Islands
207.Mauritania
208.Cuba
209.Dominican Republic
210.Jamaica
211.Curucao
212.Haiti
213.The Bahamas
214.Madagascar
215.Malawi
216.Mozambique
217.Reunion Island
218.Mauritius
219.Pakistan
220.Nepal
221.Guinea
222.Guinea-Bissau
223.Sierra Leone
224.Gagauzia
225.Cameroon
226.Gabon
227.Sao Tome E Principe
228.Venice
229.Seborga