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ALBANIA
Albania is a small mountainous isolated country in the south eastern part of Europe situated on the Balkin Peninsula.  The maximum length is about 215 miles from north to south and the width varies from 50 miles to 90 miles east to west. It is bounded by Yugoslavia (Croatia) to the north, Greece to the south and the Adriatic Sea on the west.  The only island belonging to Albania is Sazan or Saseno.
ANDORRA
France and Spain surround Andorra.  It has been an independent principality since the middle ages.  Two co-princes the President of France and the Bishop of Urgel in Spain rule it jointly.
AUSTRIA
Austria is a country in central Europe with Czechoslavakia to the north and Yugoslavia (Croatia) to the south.  Austria was formally under the Hapsburg Monarch and was the head of this extensive empire that was a major power in Europe. Vienna which was the imperila capital, is still one of the world's greatest cities, famous for its elegance, its splendid Baroque architecture and its music and drama.  At the end of WW1 the multinational empire headed by Austria was split up into seperate national states.
Austria became a land locked republic.  Austria is about 360 miles from east to west and at its widest 160 miles from north to south.
BELGIUM
Belgium is a country in north western Europe bordering on the North Sea.  Together with the Netherlands and Luxembourg.  Belgium lies in an area known for much of its history as the Low Countries.  Over the centuries Austria, Spain and France ruled Belgium at different times.
BOHEMIA
Bohemia was a major power in the late middle ages.  The thirty year war saw Bohemia lose its independence.  A program of forced Germanization was introduced in the 17th and 18th century.
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