<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by hnechets:
I don't know how far down you want to go, but maybe this link to 317 countries will help:
http://www.travelerscenturyclub.org/countries.html
<<Edited to add: Oops. Not all of these are recognized by the UN. Maybe it's a start, though>>
[This message has been edited by hnechets (edited Mar 02, 2004).]</font>
Last I remember is that there are just over 200 recognized countries, including the Palestinian Authority. The UN has 195 or so members, with 10 non-members and observing states (Palestinians, etc)
Only "country" not recognized by the UN is Taiwan.
[This message has been edited by civicmon (edited Mar 03, 2004).]