Holodomor Countries

nov2003 = 'Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nauru, Pakistan, Qatar, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America'
dec2013 = 'Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America'
dec2008 = 'Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Saint Lucia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America'
dec2018 = 'Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America'

all_countries = nov2003.split(', ') + dec2013.split(', ') + dec2008.split(', ') + dec2018.split(', ')
for counter in range(len(all_countries)):
    if all_countries[counter].startswith('the '): #if country name starts with "the ", remove it
        all_countries[counter] = all_countries[counter][4:] #remove "the "


all_countries = set(all_countries)  #remove duplicate names
all_countries = list(all_countries)
all_countries.sort()
print(all_countries)
>>['Albania', 'Australia', 'Austria', 'Azerbaijan', 'Bangladesh', 'Belarus', 'Belgium', 'Benin', 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', 'Bulgaria', 'Canada', 'Chile', 'Croatia', 'Czech Republic', 'Denmark', 'Egypt', 'Estonia', 'Finland', 'France', 'Georgia', 'Germany', 'Guatemala', 'Hungary', 'Iceland', 'Ireland', 'Israel', 'Jamaica', 'Kazakhstan', 'Latvia', 'Liechtenstein', 'Lithuania', 'Luxembourg', 'Malta', 'Moldova', 'Monaco', 'Mongolia', 'Montenegro', 'Nauru', 'Netherlands', 'Norway', 'Pakistan', 'Poland', 'Portugal', 'Qatar', 'Republic of Moldova', 'Russian Federation', 'Saint Lucia', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Slovenia', 'Spain', 'Sudan', 'Sweden', 'Switzerland', 'Syrian Arab Republic', 'Tajikistan', 'Timor-Leste', 'Ukraine', 'United Arab Emirates', 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland', 'United States of America']

print('The number of countries are ', len(all_countries) + 1)
>>The number of countries are  61

#I had to change the name of some in Tim's list, Syria was listed as "Syrian Arab Republic" in the UN Docs
tim_countries = 'Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nauru, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Netherlands, South Korea, Moldova, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan'
tim_countries = tim_countries.split(', ')
print("The number of Tim's countries are ", len(tim_countries) + 1)
>>The number of Tim's countries are  70

for c in tim_countries:
    if c not in all_countries:
        print(c)
>Iran
>Kuwait
>Kyrgyzstan
>Nepal
>Peru
>South Africa
>Macedonia
>South Korea
>Turkmenistan
>Uzbekistan