| EASTTIMOR | Asian country independent since 2002 |
| BANGLADESH | Asian country, independent since 1971 (10) |
| GHANA | West African country, independent since 1957 (5) |
| NAMIBIA | African country, independent since 1990 (7) |
| MOROCCO | African country independent since 1956, previously a French protectorate (7) |
| KENYA | African country, independent since 1963, with Swahili and English as its official languages (5) |
| NIGERIA | African country independent from Britain since 1960 |
| TUVALU | Polynesian country, independent from the UK since 1978, formerly the Ellice Islands (6) |
| STLUCIA | Caribbean country, independent of the UK since 1979 (2,5) |
| INDIA | Commonwealth country, independent in 1947 (5) |
| NORTH | +15 Across. East European country, independent since 1991, making its debut at the Euro in 2021 (5,9) |
| TIMOR | East ___ (independent country since 2002) |
| TIMORLESTE | Asian nation since 2002 |
| SHANIA | - Twain, Canadian-born country-pop diva, first studio album since 2002 was 2017's Now (6) |
| PELOSI | House minority leader since 2002 |
| TSA | Inits. on many uniforms since 2002 |
| IDOL | Fox juggernaut since 2002, familiarly |
| EMMA | Top-10 baby name since 2002 |
| LESTE | Timor-___ (UN member since 2002) |
| KOS | Daily ___ (liberal blog since 2002) |
