swap_horiz Bhutan Alternatives

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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia consisting of four main islands—Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku—alongside t...

Asia Archipelago Island Mountainous

9.5 Brilliant

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Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked federal republic in the Alps of Central Europe; Bern serves as the seat of the federal gover...

Europe Alpine Mountainous Federation

8.7 Great

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Austria

Austria is a landlocked federal republic in Central Europe with Vienna as its capital. For centuries it was the center o...

Europe Alpine Mountainous Landlocked

8.5 Great

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia with Bangkok as its capital...

Asia Coastal Tropical Monarchy

8.5 Great

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Vietnam

Vietnam is a socialist republic in Southeast Asia bordering China, Laos, and Cambodia, with Hanoi as its capital and Ho...

Asia Coastal Tropical Mountainous

8.5 Great

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China

China is a country in East Asia with territory ranging from the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayan region to deserts, river p...

Asia Coastal Desert Mountainous

8.4 Great

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, occupies the southern part of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia and inclu...

Asia Coastal Mountainous Unesco Heritage

8.4 Great

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India

India is a federal republic in South Asia extending from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean and including landscapes such...

Asia Tropical Mountainous Federation

8.4 Great

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Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia with a densely populated western plain, a mountainous interior, and climates ranging fr...

Asia Coastal Island Mountainous

7.9 Good

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Nepal

Nepal is a landlocked federal republic in the Himalayas between India and China, with Kathmandu as its capital. It conta...

Asia Alpine Mountainous Landlocked

7.7 Good

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Russia

Russia is the largest country in the world by land area, spanning roughly 17 million square kilometers and eleven time z...

Europe Asia Arctic Mountainous

7.2 Good

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Oman

Oman is a sultanate on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, with its capital at Muscat and an Ibadi Muslim m...

Coastal Desert Monarchy Middle East

7.2 Good

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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia whose western border fo...

Asia Tropical Landlocked Unesco Heritage

7.1 Good

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Slovakia

Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe that became independent in 1993 following the peaceful dissolution of...

Europe Mountainous Landlocked Wine Producing

7.1 Good

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Bolivia

Bolivia is a landlocked country in South America that lost its Pacific coastline to Chile in the War of the Pacific (187...

Rainforest South America Mountainous Landlocked

6.9 Fair

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Armenia

Armenia is a landlocked, mountainous country in the South Caucasus with its capital at Yerevan, founded in the eighth ce...

Asia Mountainous Landlocked

6.4 Fair

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a landlocked country in south-central Asia, bordered by Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikis...

Asia Mountainous Landlocked

6.4 Fair

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Tajikistan

Tajikistan is a landlocked Central Asian country bordered by Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, with Dushan...

Asia Alpine Mountainous Landlocked

6.0 Fair

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Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked Central Asian country bordered by Kazakhstan, China, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, with Bishkek...

Asia Alpine Mountainous Landlocked

5.9 Mediocre

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Eswatini

Eswatini, renamed from Swaziland in 2018, is a landlocked kingdom in southern Africa bordered entirely by South Africa a...

Monarchy Africa Mountainous Landlocked

5.6 Mediocre