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States of United States of America:
DC	District of Columbia, Washington, Capital of USA.

AL	Alabama
AK	Alaska
AZ	Arizona
AR	Arkansas
CA	California
CO	Colorado
CT	Connecticut
DE	Delaware
FL	Florida
GA	Georgia
HI	Hawaii
ID	Idaho
IL	Illinois
IN	Indiana
IA	Iowa
KS	Kansas
KY	Kentucky
LA	Louisiana

 
ME	Maine
MD	Maryland
MA	Massachussetts
MI	Michigan
MN	Minnesota
MS	Mississippi
MO	Missouri
MT	Montana
NE	Nebraska
NV	Nevada
NH	New Hampshire
NJ	New Jersey
NM	New Mexico
NY	New York
NC	North Carolina
ND	North Dakota


 
OH	Ohio
OK	Oklahoma
OR	Oregon
PA	Pennsylvania
RI	Rhode Island
SC	South Carolina
SD	South Dakota
TN	Tenesse
TX	Texas
UT	Utah
VT	Vermont
VA	Virginia
WA	Washington
WV	West Virginia
WI	Wisconsin
WY	Wyoming






North America, States and Provinces, from North to South:
West Coast
 
Rocky Mountains
Colorado Basin
 
Hudson Bay
Great Lakes and
Mississippi Basin
 
East Coast
AK	Alaska
YT	Yukon Territory
BC	British Columbia
WA	Washington
ID	Idaho
OR	Oregon
CA	California
NV	Nevada

 
AB	Alberta
Northwest Territories
MT	Montana
WY	Wyoming
UT	Utah
CO	Colorado
NM	New Mexico
AZ	Arizona

 
SK	Saskatchewan
MB	Manitoba
ON	Ontario
ND	North Dakota
MN	Minnesota
SD	South Dakota
WI	Wisconsin
MI	Michigan
NE	Nebraska
IA	Iowa
IL	Illinois
IN	Indiana
OH	Ohio
KS	Kansas
MO	Missouri
KY	Kentucky
OK	Oklahoma
AR	Arkansas
TN	Tenesse
TX	Texas
LA	Louisiana
MS	Mississippi
AL	Alabama

 
PQ	Québec
NF	Newfoundland
NB	New Brunswick
NS	Nova Scotia
PE	Prince Edward Island
ME	Maine
NH	New Hampshire
VT	Vermont
NY	New York
MA	Massachussetts
RI	Rhode Island
CT	Connecticut
PA	Pennsylvania
NJ	New Jersey
MD	Maryland
DE	Delaware
WV	West Virginia
VA	Virginia
NC	North Carolina
SC	South Carolina
GA	Georgia
FL	Florida





Carolingian Empire or Carlovingian, Holy Roman Empire
Charlemagne (d. 814), Carlus Magnus, Karl der Grosse,
second Frankisch dynasty


Links:
World Map
Map of Europe
Map of Old France
Map of France
Map of the 96 Departments of France
Map of Austria
Map of Switzerland
Map of Germany
Map of Italy

Countries: Liechtenstein, Monaco, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Andorra, San Marino, Vatican City

Kantons of Switzerland (Länder):
French and german speaking:
JU	Jura
NE	Neuenburg, Neuchâtel
FR	Fribourg, Freiburg
VD	Waadt, Vaud
GE	Genf, Genève
VS	Wallis, Valais
Italian, rumantsch and german speaking:
GR	 Graubünden, Grischun
TI	Tessin, Ticino
German speaking:
BE	Bern
SO	Solothurn
AG	Aargau
UR	Uri
SZ	Schwyz
LU	Luzern
ZG	Zug
GL	Glarus
ZU	Zürich
SG	Sankt Gallen
TG	Thurgau
SH	Schaffhausen

Half Kantons:
NW	Nidwalden
OW	Obwalden
AI	Appenzell Innerrhoden
AR	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
BS	Basel Stadt
BL	Basel Land


Länder of Austria
Vorarlberg
Tirol
Ober- Österreich
Wien
Nieder- Österreich
Salzburg
Osttirol
Kärnten
Steiermarkt
Burgenland



Regioni of Italy:
Liguria, Piemonte, Valle d'Aosta, Lombardia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige
Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, Toscana, Marche
Abruzzi, Lazio, Molise, Campania, Basilicata, Puglia, Calabria
Sardegna, Sicilia 


Länder of Germany:
West- Deutschland Ost- Deutschland
Elbe Basin
Schleswig-Holstein
Stadt Hamburg
Stadt Bremen
Niedersachsen
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Rheinland-Pfalz
Saarland
Hessen
Baden- Württemberg
Frei Staat Bayern

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Stadt Berlin
Brandenburg
Sachsen-Anstalt
Thüringen
Sachsen



Provinces of France:
22 regions: Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Bourgogne,
Bretagne, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Franche-Comte, Haute-Normandie,
Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrenees,
Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, 
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Rhone-Alpes
Corse (two Departments)
Bretagne Basse- Normandie Haute- Normandie Picardie Nord- Pas- de- Calais Champagne- Ardenne

Côtes D'Armor
Finistère
Morbihan
Ille- et- Vilaine


Orne
Calvados
Manche


Seine- Maritime
Eure



Oise
Somme
Aisne


Pas- de- Calais
Nord


Aube
Haute- Marne
Marne
Ardenne

Lorraine Alsace Bourgogne Franche- Comté Rhône- Alpes Languedoc- Roussilion

Meurthe- et- Moselle
Moselle
Meuse
Vosges


Haut- Rhin
Bas- Rhin


Côte- Dor
Yonne
Nièvre
Saône et- Loire


Haute- Saône
Terr. de Belfort
Doubs
Jura


Loire
Savoie
Haute- Savoie
Ain
Ardeche
Rhône
Drôme
Isère


Gard
Lozére
Hérault
Aude
Pyrénnées Orientales

Midi- Pyrénées Poipou- Charentes Pays de la Loire Centre Limousin Auvergne

Ariege
Hautes- Pyrénnées
Haute- Garonne
Aveyron
Gers
Tarn
Tarn- Garonne
Lot


Charente
Charente- Maritime
Vienne
Deux- Sévres


Vendée
Loire- Atlantique
Maine- et- Loire
Sarthe
Mayenne


Indre
Cher
Indre- et- Loire
Loir- et- Cher
Loiret
Eure et- Loir


Corrèze
Haute- Vienne
Creuse


Cantal
Puy- de- Dôme
Allier
Haute- Loire

Île- de- France Provence- Alpes- Côte d'Azur Aquitaine

Esonne
Val- de- Marne
Yvelines
Paris
Seine- Saint- Denis
Hauts- de- Seine
Val- D'oise
Seine- et- Marne


Alpes- Maritime
Alpes- de- Haute- Provence
Hautes- Alpes
Var
Vaucluse
Bouches- du- Rhône


Pyrénnées Atlantiques
Gironde
Dordogne
Lot- et- Garonne
Landes




[Countries TLDs]:

EDU		US Educational
COM		US Commercial
MIL		US Military
GOV		US Governmental
NET		US Network Centers and Resources
ORG		US Non-Profit Organizations
INFO		US Information
BIZ		US Business
ARPA		Old style Arpanet (arpa)
INT		International
NAME	Family Names
EU		European Union


AF 		Afghanistan
AL 		Albania
DZ		Algeria
AS		American Samoa
AD 		Andorra
AO 		Angola
AI 		Anguilla
AQ 		Antarctica
AG 		Antigua and Barbuda
AR 		Argentina
AM 		Armenia
AW		Aruba, Caribean
AC		Ascension Island
AU 		Australia
AT 		Austria
AZ		Azerbaijan
BH		Bahrain
BS 		Bahamas
BD		Bangladesh
BB 		Barbados
BE 		Belgium
BZ 		Belize
BJ		Benin
BM 		Bermuda
BT		Bhutan
BA   		Bosnia and Herzegovina
BO 		Bolivia
BW 		Botswana
BV		Bouvet Island
BR 		Brazil
IO		British Indian Ocean Territory
BN		Brunei Darussalam
BG 		Bulgaria
BI		Burundi
BF 		Burkin Faso
BY 		Byelorussian  SSR, Belarus, Belarussian
CM 		Cameroon
KH		Cambodia
CA 		Canada
CV		Cap Verde
KY		Cayman Islands
CF		Central African Republic
TD		Chad
CL 		Chile
CN 		China, People's Rep.
CX		Christmas Island
CC		Cocos (Keeling) Islands
CO 		Colombia
KM		Comoros
CD		Congo, Democratic Republic of the
CG 		Congo, Republic of
CK		Cook Islands
CR 		Costa Rica
CI 		Cote d'Ivoire
HR 		Croatia, Hrvatska
CU 		Cuba
CY 		Cyprus
CZ 		Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia
DK 		Denmark
DJ		Djibouti
DM 		Dominica
DO 		Dominican Republic
TP		East Timor
EC 		Ecuador
EG 		Egypt
SV		El Salvador
GQ		Equatorial Guinea
ER		Eritrea
EE		Estonia, Baltic Republic, "Estland"
ET 		Ethiopia
FK		Falkland Island, Malvina
FO		Faroe Islands
FJ 		Fiji
FI 		Finland
FR 		France
GF 		French Guiana
PF 		French Polynesia
TF		French Southern Territories
DE 		Germany, "Deutschland"
GA		Gabon
GM		Gambia
GE		Georgia
GH 		Ghana
GI		Gibraltar
GR 		Greece
GL 		Greenland
GD 		Grenada
GP 		Guadeloupe
GU		Guam
GT 		Guatemala
GG		Guersey
GN		Guinea
GW		Guinea-Bissau
GY		Guyana
HT		Haiti
HM		Heard and McDonald Islands
HN		Honduras
HK 		Hong Kong
HU 		Hungary
IS 		Iceland
IN 		India
ID 		Indonesia
IQ		Iraq
IR		Iran, Islamic Republic of
IE 		Ireland
IL 		Israel
IM 		Isle of Man
IT 		Italy
JM 		Jamaica
JP 		Japan
JE		Jersey
JO		Jordan
KZ		Kazahstan
KE 		Kenya
KI		Kiribati
KN 		Kitts and Nevis
KP		Korea, Democratic People's Republic
KR 		Korea, Republic of
KW 		Kuwait
KG		Kyrgyzstan
LA		Lao People's Democratic Republic
LV 		Latvia, Baltic Republic, "Lettland"
LB		Lebanon
LS 		Lesotho
LR		Liberia
LY		Libya Arab Jamahiriya
LI 		Liechtenstein
LT 		Lithuania, Baltic Republic, "Litauen", "Lietuva"
LU 		Luxembourg
MO 		Macau
MK 		Macedonia
MG		Madagascar
MW		Malawi
MY 		Malaysia
MV		Maldives
ML 		Mali
MT 		Malta
MH		Marshall Islands
MQ 		Martinique
MR		Mauritania
MU		Mauritius
YT		Mayotte
MX 		Mexico
FM		Micronesia, Federal State of
MN		Mongolia
MS		Montserrat
MD		Moldova, Republic of
MC		Monaco
MA 		Morocco
MZ 		Mozambique
MM		Myanmar
NA 		Namibia
NR		Nauru
NP 		Nepal
NL 		Netherlands
AN 		Netherlands Antilles
NC 		New Caledonia
NZ 		New Zealand, Aotearoa
NI 		Nicaragua
NE 		Niger
NG		Nigeria
NU		Niue (American Samoa?)
NF		Norfolk Island
MP		Northern Mariana Islands
NO 		Norway
OM		Oman
PK		Pakistan
PW		Palau
PS		Palestinian Territories
PA 		Panama
PG 		Papua-New Guinea
PY 		Paraguay
PE 		Peru
PH 		Phillippines
PN		Pitcairn Island
PL 		Poland
PT 		Portugal
PR 		Puerto Rico
QA		Qatar
RE 		Reunion Island
RO 		Romania
RU		Russian Federation
RW		Rwanda
SH		Saint Helena
LC 		Saint Lucia
KN		Saint Kitts and Nevis
PM		Saint Pierre and Miquelon
VC		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
SM		San Marino
ST		Sao Tome e Principe
SA 		Saudi Arabia
SN 		Senegal
CS		Serbia and Montenegro
SC 		Seychelles
SL		Sierra Leone
SG 		Singapore
SK		Slovak Republic
SI 		Slovenia
SB		Solomon Islands
SO		Somalia
ZA 		South Africa
GS		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
ES 		Spain, España
LK 		Sri Lanka
SD		Sudan
SR 		Suriname
SJ		Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
SZ		Swaziland
SE 		Sweden, "Sverige"
CH 		Switzerland, Confoederatio Helvetica
SY		Syrian Arab Republic
TW 		Taiwan
TJ		Tajikistan
TZ 		Tanzania
TH 		Thailand
TG 		Togo
TK		Tokelau
TO		Tonga
TT 		Trinidad and Tobago
TN 		Tunisia
TR 		Turkey
TM		Turkmenistan
TC		Turks and Caicos Islands
TV		Tuvalu
SU 		USSR
UG		Uganda
UA 		Ukraine SSR
AE 		United Arab Emirates
UK 		United Kingdom
US 		United States
UY 		Uruguay
UM		US Minor Outlying Islands
UZ		Uzbekistan
VA		Vatican State, City, Holy See
VU 		Vanuatu
VE 		Venezuela
VN		Vietnam
VG 		Virgin Islands (British)
VI 		Virgin Islands (USA)
WF		Wallis and Futuna Islands
EH		Western Sahara
WS		Western Samoa
YE		Yemen
YU 		Yugoslavia, deleted
ZM		Zambia
ZW		Zimbabwe





Roman, Swiss, US and British ranks
Romans * Swiss US Army Royal Marines Royal Navy Royal Air Force
 
General of the Army General Admiral of the Fleet Marschal of the RAF
General General Lieutenant-General Admiral  
  Lieutenant General Major-General Vice-Admiral Air Chief Marschal
Divisionär Major General Brigadier Rear-Admiral Air Marschal
Legae Brigadier Brigadier General Colonel Commodore Air Vice Marschal
 
Tribunus Militum Laticlavius Oberst Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Captain Air Commodore
Primus Pilus Oberst-Lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel Major Commander Group Captain
Primi Ordines Major Major Captain Lieutenant-Commander Wing Commander
 
Centurion Hauptmann Captain Lieutenant Lieutenant Squadron Leader
Oberlieutenant 1st Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant
Chief Warrant Officer
2nd Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant Flying Lieutenant
Signifier Lieutenant Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Acting Sub-Lieutenant Flying Officer
Optio Sergeant Major Colour Sergeant   Pilot Officer
Tessarius Feldweibel
Fourier
Master Sergeant Sergeant Fleet Chief Petty Officer Warrant Officer
Custus Armorum Wachmeister     Chief Petty Officer Sergeant
Decurio Korporal Corporal Marine Petty Officer Corporal
Gefreiter Private 1st Class   Able Seaman Leading Aircraftman
Miles Soldat Private   Ordinary Seaman Aircraftman
The simple and flat Roman Legion Management may be better described with:
Miles, Decurio, Optio, Centurio, Prefect and Legae
Fleet Chief Petty Officer Fleet Chief Petty Officer Fleet Chief Petty Officer Fleet Chief Petty Officer Fleet Chief Petty Officer Fleet Chief Petty Officer