Use for: Rhodesia

• Use for events before May 1997, otherwise, use "Congo DR".

• Use for events before 4 February 2003. Otherwise, use Serbia and Montenegro.

• For events after September 1997, use Samoa.

Use for: Spanish Sahara

Use for: Viet Nam

Use for: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Use for: New Hebrides

• Use for events after 1991.

• Use for events before 1991.

Use for: UAE

• Use for events before 1991.

• Use for events after 1991.

Use for: Soviet Union

• Use for events between 1922 and 1991.

Use for: United States of America, US

Use for: England, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Wales

Use for: Ellis Islands

• Use for events before 1991, otherwise, use Turkmenistan.

Use for: Portuguese Timor, East Timor

Use for: Macedonia, Ancienne république yougoslave de Macédoine

Use for: United Republic of Tanzania

• Use for events after 1991.

• Use for events before 1991.

Use for: Syria, Syrian AR

Use for: Ceylon

• Use for events after 9 July 2011. For earlier events use Sudan.

• Use for events after 1992.

Use for: Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

• Use for events after 10 October 2010. For earlier events use Netherlands Antilles.

• Use for events between 4 February 2003 and 3 June 2006. For earlier events, use Yugoslavia.

• Use for events after 3 June 2006. For events between 4 February 2003 and 3 June 2006, use Serbia and Montenegro. For earlier events, use Yugoslavia.

• For events before September 1997, use Western Samoa.

Use for: Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis

• Use for events between 1917 and 1991.

Use for: Fédération russe

• Use for events after 1991.

• Use for events before 1917.

Use for: État du Qatar

Use for: Savage

• Use for events before 10 October 2010. For later events, use as appropriate, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, or Netherlands.