Land-Locked Countries

--Africa: 13


Armenia
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Malawi
Mali
Niger
Ruwanda
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Zambia

--Asia: 13


Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
Bhutan
Chechnia
Kazakhstan
Kirghistan
Laos
Mongolia
Nepal
Taijikistan
Tibet
Turkmenistan
Uzbekhistan


--Europe: 10

Andorra
Austria
Belorus
Bosnia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Slovakia
Switzerland


--North America: 0

[none]


--South America: 2

Bolivia
Paraguay


1) Almost 1/5 of these begin with the letter (and corresponding sound) 'B'.

2) Almost one-third of these begin with either the letter 'B' or the letter 'A'.

3) The longer the 'resident continent' has had hominids, the more official countries there are.

4) The newer the 'sweep' of 'civilized' countries, the fewer the official countries there are.