Find The Country Answers - December 2023 Archive
Browse all 31 recorded daily solutions for December 2023, covering December 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. This monthly archive keeps each date and answer together with a map and geographic observations. Find a past puzzle in the dated rows.
Daily country answers for December 2023
The following table lists the answer used by Find The Country for each UTC date. Geography notes describe the reference coordinates used by the game. They are useful for understanding distance and direction clues, but do not describe the entire territory of a country.
| Puzzle date (UTC) | Answer | Geography note |
|---|---|---|
| Vanuatu (VU) | 15.4° S, 167.0° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Vatican City (VA) | 41.9° N, 12.5° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Venezuela (VE) | 6.4° N, 66.6° W; tropical reference point. | |
| Vietnam (VN) | 14.1° N, 108.3° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Yemen (YE) | 15.6° N, 48.5° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Zambia (ZM) | 13.1° S, 27.8° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Zimbabwe (ZW) | 19.0° S, 29.2° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Afghanistan (AF) | 33.9° N, 67.7° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Albania (AL) | 41.2° N, 20.2° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Algeria (DZ) | 28.0° N, 1.7° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Andorra (AD) | 42.5° N, 1.6° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Angola (AO) | 11.2° S, 17.9° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Argentina (AR) | 38.4° S, 63.6° W; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Armenia (AM) | 40.1° N, 45.0° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Australia (AU) | 25.3° S, 133.8° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Austria (AT) | 47.5° N, 14.6° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Azerbaijan (AZ) | 40.1° N, 47.6° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Bahamas (BS) | 25.0° N, 77.4° W; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Bahrain (BH) | 25.9° N, 50.6° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Bangladesh (BD) | 23.7° N, 90.4° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Barbados (BB) | 13.2° N, 59.5° W; tropical reference point. | |
| Belarus (BY) | 53.7° N, 28.0° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Belgium (BE) | 50.5° N, 4.5° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Belize (BZ) | 17.2° N, 88.5° W; tropical reference point. | |
| Benin (BJ) | 9.3° N, 2.3° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Bhutan (BT) | 27.5° N, 90.4° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Bolivia (BO) | 16.3° S, 63.6° W; tropical reference point. | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) | 43.9° N, 17.7° E; middle-latitude reference point. | |
| Botswana (BW) | 22.3° S, 24.7° E; tropical reference point. | |
| Brazil (BR) | 14.2° S, 51.9° W; tropical reference point. | |
| Brunei (BN) | 4.5° N, 114.7° E; tropical reference point. |
Where this month's countries are on the map
Blue dots mark each answer's stored reference point. The horizontal dashed line is the equator, and the vertical line is the prime meridian. This flat map helps compare locations; it is not an equal-distance projection. Use the table for accessible location descriptions and the live globe to inspect the world from different angles.
Of this month's 31 solutions, 22 reference points are in the Northern Hemisphere and 9 are in the Southern Hemisphere. 14 fall within the tropical latitude band, between 23.44° north and south. The month contains 31 distinct countries, with a different country in every recorded row.
Geography observations from December 2023
The northernmost reference point belongs to Belarus (53.71° latitude); the southernmost belongs to Argentina (-38.42°). Their separation in latitude is 92.1 degrees.
Belize has the westernmost reference longitude (-88.50°), while Vanuatu has the easternmost (166.96°). These are numeric longitude extremes, not the most distant pair: locations near opposite sides of the date line can be close together. Direction clues use an initial bearing on a sphere rather than a horizontal line across this map.
Nearby answer pairs to compare
- Armenia and Azerbaijan: about 216 km between their stored reference points, appearing on December 14, 2023 and December 17, 2023.
- Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina: about 369 km between their stored reference points, appearing on December 9, 2023 and December 28, 2023.
- Bangladesh and Bhutan: about 426 km between their stored reference points, appearing on December 20, 2023 and December 26, 2023.
These distances use the same spherical calculation as the game. A small gap between reference points is a reason to compare nearby guesses; it does not prove that two countries share a land border. Coastlines, islands, and large territories can make border distance very different from the number shown in a round.
Use the archive to improve your next round
Pick an answer from the table and imagine starting from a country you know. Consider whether the first arrow would point north, south, east, or west, then compare the location with a second guess. This exercise builds a mental map through active recall.
The puzzle resets at 00:00 UTC. The dates here follow that shared schedule rather than your device's local midnight. For the current solution, open today's answer and hints; to try the puzzle without spoilers, return to the Find The Country game. Read How to Play for the color, distance, and direction rules.