Croatia
controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea
and Turkish Straits
Cuba
largest country in Caribbean and westernmost island of the
Greater Antilles
Cyprus
the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after
Sicily and Sardinia)
Czech Republic
landlocked; strategically located astride some of
oldest and most significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is
a traditional military corridor between the North European Plain and
the Danube in central Europe
Denmark
controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking
Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in
greater Copenhagen
Dhekelia
British extraterritorial rights also extended to several
small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus
Djibouti
strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and
close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia;
mostly wasteland; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in
Africa
Dominica
known as "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" due to its
spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected
by an extensive natural park system; the most mountainous of the
Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks are cones of lava craters and
include Boiling Lake, the second-largest, thermally active lake in
the world
Dominican Republic
shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti
East Timor
Timor comes from the Malay word for "East"; the island of
Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and
easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands