Click the Countries on the Map — Rules & What Counts
This is the reverse of the typing quiz: we name a country, and you have to find and click it on the world map. No spelling required — this mode is purely about knowing where every country actually is.
It sounds easier than typing 197 names. It isn't. Everyone knows roughly where France is; the game is decided by the likes of Burundi, Moldova, and the scatter of Pacific island states.
How to play
The country to find is shown at the top — click it on the map to score it.
Wrong clicks are remembered: finish with every country right on the first try for a flawless run (that's the Perfect Clicker achievement).
Zoom and pan freely — precision matters more than speed on the small ones.
Countries come in random order, so every run is different. Give up at any time to reveal the rest.
What counts in this quiz
169 of the 197 countries — the 28 map-circle microstates (Monaco, Singapore, and friends) sit out the click modes because their circles would give them away.
You click the country's actual territory, so tiny-but-clickable states like Luxembourg and Lebanon are still in play.
What's not included — and why
Territories and dependencies — Greenland belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark, Puerto Rico is a US territory, and Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, so none of them are answers.
Constituent countries — Curaçao is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and England, Scotland, and Wales are parts of the United Kingdom, not sovereign states. Typing England or Scotland is credited to the United Kingdom.
Unrecognized claimants beyond Taiwan and Kosovo — places like Somaliland or Transnistria lack broad international recognition, so they are not counted.
Good to know
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world at about 0.44 square kilometers — the entire nation is smaller than many golf courses.
South Sudan is the newest widely recognized country, gaining independence from Sudan in 2011.
Kiribati is the only country that sits in all four hemispheres — it straddles both the equator and the 180th meridian.