Iraq is a large country in the Middle East.
As it has been frequently in the news for the past 25 years, I assume you never let 'news' skew your view of the world.
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Listed from smallest to largest, they are city > county > state > country
Singapore is a sovereign city-state country. A city-state is a country that consists of a single city.
Tokyo is state city. It is the capital city of Japan.
It is an independent country - a city/state - the smallest country in the world.
A city is Springfield, the state is Illinois, the country is the United States of America.
Carson City is in the state of Nevada in the country of the United States.
It is the name of a country, a state and a city.
It is a city state
Singapore is a sovereign city-state country. A city-state is a country that consists of a single city.
Singapore's capital city is Singapore (the entire country is the city-state itself).The city of Singapore is the capital of the Republic of Singapore.
A city-state is a city that is also a country, like Singapore or Vatican City.