Kids' country bagging

His Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State requests and requires in the Name of His Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.

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Countries

Gabriel

Julia

Thomas

Ruby

at Austria

au Australia

be Belgium

kh Cambodia

ca Canada

cl Chile

cn China

co Colombia

fr France

de Germany

is Iceland

it Italy

id Indonesia

lu Luxembourg

my Malaysia

nl Netherlands

nz New Zealand

pa Panama

pl Poland

qa Qatar

sg Singapore

sk Slovakia

se Sweden

ch Switzerland

tr Turkey

th Thailand

ae United Arab Emirates

gb United Kingdom

us United States

vn Vietnam

Overall

	Gabriel			Julia			Thomas			Ruby
Overall total	7 countries 5 overnights 5 capitals			19 countries 18 overnights 9 capitals			9 countries 6 overnights 1 capitals			10 countries 8 overnights 5 capitals

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Key

• have set foot on or passed through country on land-based transport
• have stayed within the country for a continuous 24 hour period
• set foot in the city centre of the country's capital city

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Infrequently asked questions

Can I count countries visited in the womb?

No. You need to be born first.

Who started this stupid game?

You can blame our parents.

Can I count England, Scotland, Wales, Hong Kong, Easter Island (...) separately?

No. Dependencies, territories, subdivisions etc are counted as part of their "parent" countries, for example Hong Kong to China, Wales to United Kingdom and Easter Island to Chile.

Can I count Kosovo, Palestine, Taiwan, South Ossetia...?

We recognise all UN member states (193), UN observer states (Vatican City and Palestine), and states recognised by at least 10 UN member states (Kosovo, Western Sahara, Taiwan).

What about former countries, like East Germany or Czechoslavakia?

We use current boundaries, so if you visited Bratislava in 1981, this currently counts as a bag of Slovakia. If you visited both East and West Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall, you now only get the single bag of Germany.

What if I visit Crimea?

A lively argument will ensue.

Does it count if I'm just changing planes at an airport?

For countries, provided you get off the plane, yes. For capitals, no.

But that's unfair and illogical! You haven't seen a country properly if you just see the airport.

Nobody claimed this game was fair or logical.

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Maps

A "hexagonal visualisation" of this page is also available. Each country is represented by a hexagon of equal size: here are the maps for Gabriel and Julia and Thomas and Ruby.