Brazil
Hungary is the European country which uses forint as its currency. One forint is worth 100 fillers. You won't by much for it, though! The capitol is Budapest, the two parts of it is Buda and Pest. Pest is the more industrialised part.
Italia
Certainly not. France is a sovereign European country with a long history . Much of the present day United States was once a territory of France.
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Portugal Portugal
Denmark
The Spanish Empire qualifies as such.
Berlin
Texas was once a country known as the Republic of Texas before it joined the United States in 1845.
Alustrallia
Texas was once an independent country before joining the United States as a state.