# Dopers: what countries/continents don't we have represented? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401 "2005-07-27T13:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/41 "2005-07-31T15:51:03Z")
> [@Gymnopithys](#): > > Most of them appear to be expats. Do they represent their present country’s residence ? Speaking only for myself – while I was born in the U.S. (and so I am considered a citizen of the US, and even own a passport) I have been living in Israel since the age of 1 (except for 3 years spent in the US, all before the age of 20), and definitely consider myself an Israeli first, an American second. FWIW Dani ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/42 "2005-07-31T16:53:04Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > I know we have an Icelander here (not bj0rn, although he was always good for a ‘huh?’). Anyone from Vatican City? Hey! if anyone has the papal email, I’ll buy Pope Eggs Benedict a subscription! Only cause we need to know the truth behind the Vatican Porn and that St. Peter’s Door thingie. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/43 "2005-07-31T16:54:09Z")
I will also make the same offer to the Dalai Lama and a variety of other world leaders. Ought to make GD real interesting. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/44 "2005-07-31T19:20:56Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Uruguay, but there is somebody else from Argentina. **Estilicon**. As for me, since I have dual citizenship, put me as being from El Salvador. ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/45 "2005-07-31T20:33:10Z")
Another doper living in the Caribbean here, but I’m in Antigua. I’m originally from South Africa, but first found the SD when living in London. ---
**Author:** ![Opus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/858c86/32.png) [@Opus1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opus1)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/46 "2005-08-01T06:23:34Z")
It’s late, so I’m not going to search for it, but we had a thread on this same topic a few months back. Someone even made a map with Doped countries colored in. Find that, and combine it with this thread’s responses to get a fuller picture. ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/47 "2005-08-01T07:57:05Z")
> [@Gymnopithys](#): > > Most of them appear to be expats. Do they represent their present country’s residence ? I’m not an expat, and neither is GQ mod **xash**. ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/48 "2005-08-01T08:01:55Z")
I seem to remember someone mentioning that he was of Pakistani origin. I don’t know if he posts from there though. ---
**Author:** ![Arwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Arwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/49 "2005-08-01T12:25:04Z")
> [@Gymnopithys](#): > > Most of them appear to be expats. Do they represent their present country’s residence ? > > Gymnopithys is a naturalized US citizen residing abroad. How do you classify him ? I, for one, have lived in the Netherlands 30 of my 31 years (one year on exchange program with Sweden). I also know for sure that Maastricht is a ‘true’ Dutchie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/50 "2005-08-01T14:49:58Z")
I was going simply by what people noted as their location. I was thinking we were tracking where everyone was posting from, not their actual citizenship. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/51 "2005-08-02T09:22:22Z")
> [@Gymnopithys](#): > > Most of them appear to be expats. Do they represent their present country’s residence ? So I either represent Holland or Ireland. And I think **Mycroft Holmes** qualifies for Germany. ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401/52 "2013-01-14T17:46:55Z")
I’m back. Missed you all, Kiffa [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-what-countries-continents-dont-we-have-represented/314401.md?page=2)