An Atlas of Extinct Countries Spooky Every throw counts

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An Atlas of Extinct Countries Spooky Every throw countsPrisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated and timely history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist.Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. Theyre all equally implausible once you get up closeCountries die. Sometimes its murder, sometimes its by accident, and sometimes its because they were so ludicrous they didnt deserve to exist in the first place.