• Use for events before 1991.

• Use for events before 1991.

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

• Use for events before 1991.

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

Use for: Soviet Union

• Use for events between 1922 and 1991.

• Use for events after 1991.

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

Use for: Macedonia, Ancienne république yougoslave de Macédoine

• Use for events after 1992.

• 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.

• Use for events between 1917 and 1991.

• Use for events before 1917.

Use for: Fédération russe

• Use for events after 1991.

• 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.

• Use for events before 1991, otherwise, use Moldova R.

Use for: Republic of Moldova

• Use for events after 1991. For earlier events, use Moldavian SSR.

• Use for events before 1991.

• Use for events before 1991.

• Use for events after 1991.

• Use for events before 1991.

• Use for events before 1991.

Use for: Eire

Use for: Vatican

• Use for events between 1949 and 1990.

Use for: Use for events before 1949 and after October 1990.

• Use for events between 1949 and 1990.

• Use for events before 1991.

• Use for events after 1991

• Use for events before 1991.

• Use for events before 1992.

Use for: Czechia

• Use for events after 1992.

• Use for events before 1991, otherwise, use 'Belarus'.

• Use for events after 1991. Otherwise, use Byelorussian SSR.

• Use for events before 1991.

• Use for events before 1991.

• Use for events before 20 Dec. 1999. Otherwise, use Macao, China

• Use for events before 1948.

Use for: Persian Gulf States

Use for: Lao PDR, Laos

• Use for events before 1979. Otherwise use Iran, Islamic Republic.

• Use for events before 1 July 1997. Otherwise, use Hong Kong China.

Use for: Syria, Syrian AR

Use for: Burma

• For events after September 1997, use Samoa.

Use for: Viet Nam

Use for: New Hebrides

• Use for events after 1991.

Use for: UAE

Use for: Ellis Islands

Use for: Portuguese Timor, East Timor

• Use for events after 1991.