Can you name the Country Code™? (#2)

Question

Given the country codes of 10 countries in the chart below, can you figure out the country code of Brazil?

Country	Country Code™
Russia	NSR
Sudan	GDA
United States	BIE
Argentina	EGS
Mongolia	BNM
Chile	CIS
South Korea	AUK
Mexico	CXS
United Kingdom	AIE
Italy	FAI
Brazil	???

CSV version:

Country,             Country Code™
Russia,              NSR
Sudan,               GDA
United States,       BIE
Argentina,           EGS
Mongolia,            BNM
Chile,               CIS
South Korea,         AUK
Mexico,              CXS
United Kingdom,      AIE
Italy,               FAI
Brazil,              ???

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Stiv · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-28T09:55:02.943

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This time, the country code of Brazil is:

JAP

This is because:

The first letter of each code is the letter in the alphabetical position (i.e. A1Z26) corresponding to the number of neighbouring countries on a map - for Brazil (10 neighbours: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela), this is the 10th letter of the alphabet, J.

The second letter of each code is the third letter of the country's name, as written in this list - for Brazil, this is A.

The third letter of the code is the first letter of the language chiefly spoken within that country - for Brazil this is Portuguese, hence P.

For a full explanation for each country in the original list, see the following table:

edited Apr 28 '20 at 09:55

answered Apr 28 '20 at 09:45

Stiv

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You're too quick :P – Beastly Gerbil Apr 28 '20 at 09:46
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argh! I got the last two letters already, but just got stumped by the first; well done – oAlt Apr 28 '20 at 09:46
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Wow, that was really fast! I have to wait 5 minutes to accept this as the answer. – DenverCoder1 Apr 28 '20 at 09:47
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@oAlt same :) Stiv just doesn't know the meaning of stumped :P – Beastly Gerbil Apr 28 '20 at 09:48
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@BeastlyGerbil Sorry guys! Geography's definitely my specialist subject - I even once confessed my love for it on national TV! :) – Stiv Apr 28 '20 at 09:56
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@oAlt Thanks, the giveaway for me on the first one was spotting that the UK and South Korea had the same letter, and then that Mongolia and the US did too, one further along than the others... – Stiv Apr 28 '20 at 10:01

Can you name the Country Code™? (#2)

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