Farflung Answers · Expedition #13 (2026-10-17)

Prompt 1 of 5

Pin a country with more sheep than people

Ruling note: A country counts all its land, so the Falklands’ half a million sheep leave the United Kingdom far short. Iceland counts for its summer flock.

Gem note: The herders of the Sahel keep vast flocks: Chad has more than two sheep for each person, and Mauritania nearly three.

11 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
New Zealand	Common	53.2%
Australia	Uncommon	19.9%
Mongolia	Uncommon	10.6%
Uruguay	Rare	5.3%
Kazakhstan	Rare	2.7%
Turkmenistan	Elusive	2%
Mauritania	Farflung	1.6%
Chad	Farflung	1.3%
Iceland	Elusive	1.2%
Libya	Elusive	1.1%
South Sudan	Elusive	1.1%

Prompt 2 of 5

Pin a country where a Pixar film is set

Ruling note: Any country where a feature or a short sets part of its story, so Cars 2’s races and its stop in Paris count. Brave’s Scotland is the United Kingdom, and the Himalayas that Monsters, Inc. sends Mike and Sulley to count for Nepal. Cars 2’s Porto Corsa, drawn from Monte Carlo and its Grand Prix, counts for Monaco. Every country whose landmarks Cars 2’s end credits visit counts too, which adds Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Egypt, India and China.

Gem note: The film says only South America, but its makers climbed Venezuela’s tepuis in 2004 to draw the house’s last stop.

18 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
United States	Common	34.9%
France	Uncommon	16.3%
Australia	Uncommon	14%
United Kingdom	Rare	7%
Italy	Rare	7%
Mexico	Rare	7%
Canada	Rare	4.7%
Japan	Rare	3.5%
China	Elusive	1.2%
Venezuela	Farflung	1.2%
Spain	Elusive	0.7%
Nepal	Elusive	0.6%
Monaco	Elusive	0.5%
Switzerland	Elusive	0.3%
Germany	Elusive	0.3%
Egypt	Elusive	0.3%
India	Elusive	0.3%
Russia	Elusive	0.3%

Prompt 3 of 5

Pin a country with north, south, east or west in its name (in English or its own language)

Ruling note: A name in English or the country's own language counts, in full or by its roots: Australia comes from the Latin for southern. Western Sahara counts by its name, though it is disputed ground. Northern Cyprus counts as a historical exception by its own name; the rest of Cyprus and Turkey do not.

Gem note: Timor comes from timur, Malay for east, so Timor-Leste says east twice. Greece has a region called Macedonia, hence the North.

17 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
South Africa	Common	53%
South Korea	Uncommon	17.7%
North Korea	Uncommon	14.1%
South Sudan	Rare	5.3%
Australia	Elusive	1.4%
Norway	Elusive	1.1%
Austria	Elusive	0.9%
Western Sahara	Elusive	0.9%
United Kingdom	Elusive	0.9%
Vietnam	Elusive	0.9%
Northern Cyprus	Elusive	0.6%
Morocco	Elusive	0.5%
North Macedonia	Farflung	0.5%
Timor-Leste	Farflung	0.5%
Tonga	Elusive	0.5%
Uruguay	Elusive	0.5%
Yemen	Elusive	0.5%

Prompt 4 of 5

Pin a country with no army today

Ruling note: Japan counts as a close call: its constitution renounces land forces, though its Ground Self-Defense Force is an army in all but name. The Bahamas counts: its only force is a navy.

Gem note: Grenada had an army until 1983. It was disbanded after the United States and Caribbean allies invaded.

25 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
Costa Rica	Common	38.3%
Iceland	Uncommon	14.9%
Panama	Rare	7.5%
Liechtenstein	Rare	5.3%
Monaco	Rare	5.3%
Vatican City	Rare	5.3%
Andorra	Rare	4.3%
San Marino	Rare	4.3%
Japan	Rare	2.1%
Mauritius	Elusive	1.7%
Solomon Islands	Elusive	1.6%
Samoa	Elusive	1.6%
Palestine	Elusive	1.5%
Vanuatu	Elusive	1.5%
Grenada	Farflung	0.5%
Bahamas	Farflung	0.4%
Dominica	Farflung	0.4%
Micronesia	Farflung	0.4%
Kiribati	Farflung	0.4%
Saint Lucia	Farflung	0.4%
Marshall Islands	Farflung	0.4%
Nauru	Farflung	0.4%
Palau	Farflung	0.4%
Tuvalu	Farflung	0.4%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Farflung	0.4%

Prompt 5 of 5

Pin a country Britain has never invaded

Ruling note: A country counts if no British force ever went in by force: no war, raid, landing or occupation without consent. Coming by treaty or invitation, as in Tonga and Bahrain, is not an invasion, nor are peacekeepers, shelling from the sea or troops arriving after a surrender. Ukraine, Finland and Fiji count as exceptions, because the fighting on their land came before their independence, and the United Kingdom counts as itself.

Gem note: Sweden declared war on Britain in 1810, but not a shot was fired before peace came in 1812.

69 accepted answers
Country	Tier	Pick share
Mongolia	Common	13.2%
Switzerland	Uncommon	9.9%
Luxembourg	Rare	5.9%
Vatican City	Rare	4.9%
Liechtenstein	Rare	4.6%
Andorra	Rare	3.9%
Bolivia	Rare	3.9%
Monaco	Rare	3.9%
Paraguay	Rare	3.3%
Belarus	Rare	2.6%
United Kingdom	Rare	2.6%
Kyrgyzstan	Elusive	2%
Tajikistan	Elusive	2%
Uzbekistan	Elusive	2%
Central African Republic	Elusive	1.3%
Czechia	Elusive	1.3%
Hungary	Elusive	1.3%
Kazakhstan	Elusive	1.3%
Mali	Elusive	1.3%
Poland	Elusive	1.3%
Sweden	Farflung	1.3%
Chad	Elusive	1.3%
Finland	Elusive	1.3%
Ukraine	Elusive	1.3%
Armenia	Elusive	1%
Chile	Elusive	1%
Georgia	Elusive	1%
Burundi	Elusive	0.8%
Republic of the Congo	Elusive	0.8%
Bulgaria	Elusive	0.7%
Ivory Coast	Elusive	0.7%
Ecuador	Elusive	0.7%
Estonia	Elusive	0.7%
Guatemala	Elusive	0.7%
Lithuania	Elusive	0.7%
Moldova	Elusive	0.7%
Marshall Islands	Elusive	0.7%
Singapore	Elusive	0.7%
Serbia	Elusive	0.7%
Slovakia	Elusive	0.7%
Slovenia	Elusive	0.7%
Fiji	Elusive	0.5%
Latvia	Elusive	0.5%
Romania	Elusive	0.5%
São Tomé and Príncipe	Elusive	0.5%
Turkmenistan	Elusive	0.5%
Kosovo	Elusive	0.5%
Bahrain	Elusive	0.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Elusive	0.4%
Cambodia	Elusive	0.4%
Laos	Elusive	0.4%
Maldives	Elusive	0.4%
Qatar	Elusive	0.4%
Liberia	Elusive	0.3%
Rwanda	Elusive	0.3%
Tonga	Elusive	0.3%
Benin	Elusive	0.3%
Burkina Faso	Elusive	0.3%
Djibouti	Elusive	0.3%
Gabon	Elusive	0.3%
Kiribati	Elusive	0.3%
Mauritania	Elusive	0.3%
Niger	Elusive	0.3%
Timor-Leste	Elusive	0.3%
Antigua and Barbuda	Elusive	0.2%
Micronesia	Elusive	0.2%
Nauru	Elusive	0.2%
Palau	Elusive	0.2%
Tuvalu	Elusive	0.2%