py_now

#Creating empty list
countries = []

#Creating variable that will control number of countries we can enter
count = 0
hateq = "q"

#Creating the while loop
while True: #This ensures that only five countries can be entered
       next = raw_input("Please enter a number: ")
       #If conditional statement to verify input
       if len(next) > 0 and next.isalpha():
              countries.append(next)
              count = count + 1
       else:
              print "I'm sorry, but I can't accept that input"
			  break
print countries