Though to be fair, I only watched about two hours of this years Olympics, and absently even then. I would have thought it a very simple rule: Everyone competes as a representative of their national government. Does this mean TX can have its own Olympic team, too? Because that would be AWESOME! 
which are not necessarily tied to a nation/country. See link
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/Sports: Medal Counts for obsolete states
- 14/08/2012 02:06:48 PM
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I am fairly certain the only people who miss the USSR are you and Putin.
- 14/08/2012 03:28:30 PM
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Duh. That's why I did it that way.
- 14/08/2012 05:11:40 PM
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To be more clear, I am 100% certain none of Americas "liberal media" did even in the early '90s.
- 15/08/2012 06:44:31 AM
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If you think Puerto Rico is bad, you must have missed the US Virgin Islands delegation.
- 14/08/2012 08:13:36 PM
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That I did.
- 15/08/2012 12:24:37 AM
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One needs a recognized National Olympic Committee
- 20/08/2012 08:26:18 PM
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One would think a sovereign nation a prerequisite for such a committee.
- 20/08/2012 09:24:24 PM
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I remember when I had that much free time. *NM*
- 14/08/2012 04:39:22 PM
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Seriously, how long do you think this takes? Adding the HTML codes was the most tedious part.
- 14/08/2012 05:14:45 PM
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No Mongol Empire?
- 14/08/2012 05:39:47 PM
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Nah. And that's why I leave them out.
- 14/08/2012 08:27:48 PM
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Kublai Khan would straight pour molten silver and gold into your eyes...
- 15/08/2012 01:20:53 AM
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Their western most extent was somewhere in Poland.
- 15/08/2012 12:58:44 PM
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But how much of that was ruling and how much was merely pillaging?
- 16/08/2012 12:56:12 PM
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If Kublai Khan counts as a Mongol, the USA is a colony of the Kenyan Empire.
- 16/08/2012 12:59:41 PM
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Israel won zero medals? That's a surprise.
- 14/08/2012 08:09:00 PM
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Yeah! Everyone knows how Jews dominate athletic competitions!
- 14/08/2012 08:35:20 PM
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Re: Yeah! Everyone knows how Jews dominate athletic competitions!
- 14/08/2012 08:51:06 PM
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I take it this doesn't take into account the sports with per country limits in finals?
- 15/08/2012 02:40:20 AM
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