Faroe Islands
none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing
overseas administrative division of Denmark); there are no
first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US
Government, but there are 34 municipalities
Fiji
4 divisions and 1 dependency*; Central, Eastern, Northern,
Rotuma*, Western
Finland
20 regions (maakunnat, singular - maakunta (Finnish);
landskapen, singular - landskapet (Swedish)); Aland (Swedish),
Ahvenanmaa (Finnish); Etela-Karjala (Finnish), Sodra Karelen
(Swedish) [South Karelia]; Etela-Pohjanmaa (Finnish), Sodra
Osterbotten (Swedish) [South Ostrobothnia]; Etela-Savo (Finnish),
Sodra Savolax (Swedish) [South Savo]; Kanta-Hame (Finnish),
Egentliga Tavastland (Swedish); Ita-Uusimaa (Finnish), Ostra Nyland
(Swedish) [East Newland]; Kainuu (Finnish), Kajanaland (Swedish);
Keski-Pohjanmaa (Finnish), Mellersta Osterbotten (Swedish) [Central
Ostrobothnia]; Keski-Suomi (Finnish), Mellersta Finland (Swedish)
[Central Finland]; Kymenlaakso (Finnish), Kymmenedalen (Swedish);
Lappi (Finnish), Lappland (Swedish); Paijat-Hame (Finnish),
Paijanne-Tavastland (Swedish); Pirkanmaa (Finnish), Birkaland
(Swedish) [Tampere]; Osterbotten (Swedish), Pohjanmaa (Finnish)
[Ostrobothnia]; Pohjois-Karjala (Finnish), Norra Karelen (Swedish)
[North Karelia]; Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (Finnish), Norra Osterbotten
(Swedish) [North Ostrobothnia]; Pohjois-Savo (Finnish), Norra
Savolax (Swedish) [North Savo]; Satakunta (Finnish and Swedish);
Uusimaa (Finnish), Nyland (Swedish) [Newland]; Varsinais-Suomi
(Finnish), Egentliga Finland (Swedish) [Southwest Finland]
France
26 regions (regions, singular - region); Alsace, Aquitaine,
Auvergne, Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy), Bourgogne (Burgundy),
Bretagne (Brittany), Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse (Corsica),
Franche-Comte, Guadeloupe, Guyane (French Guiana), Haute-Normandie
(Upper Normandy), Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin,
Lorraine, Martinique, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la
Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur,
Reunion, Rhone-Alpes
note: France is divided into 22 metropolitan regions (including the
"territorial collectivity" of Corse or Corsica) and 4 overseas
regions (including French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and
Reunion) and is subdivided into 96 metropolitan departments and 4
overseas departments (which are the same as the overseas regions)
French Polynesia
none (overseas lands of France); there are no
first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US
Government, but there are five archipelagic divisions named Archipel
des Marquises, Archipel des Tuamotu, Archipel des Tubuai, Iles du
Vent, Iles Sous-le-Vent
French Southern and Antarctic Lands none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are five administrative districts named Iles Crozet, Iles Eparses, Iles Kerguelen, Ile Saint-Paul et Ile Amsterdam; the fifth district is the "Adelie Land" claim in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US
Gabon
9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie,
Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, Woleu-Ntem
Gambia, The
5 divisions and 1 city*; Banjul*, Central River, Lower
River, North Bank, Upper River, Western
Georgia
9 regions (mkharebi, singular - mkhare), 1 city (k'alak'i),
and 2 autonomous republics (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom
respublika)
regions: Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti,
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti,
Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli
city: Tbilisi
autonomous republics: Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is Avtonomiuri
Respublika (Sokhumi), Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri Respublika
(Bat'umi)
note: the administrative centers of the two autonomous republics are
shown in parentheses
Germany
16 states (Laender, singular - Land); Baden-Wurttemberg,
Bayern (Bavaria), Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen
(Hesse), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania),
Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Nordrhein-Westfalen (North
Rhine-Westphalia), Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Saarland,
Sachsen (Saxony), Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt),
Schleswig-Holstein, Thueringen (Thuringia); note - Bayern, Sachsen,
and Thueringen refer to themselves as free states (Freistaaten,
singular - Freistaat)