Comment The count rules are (Score 1) 958
1. The EU, for both logistics and economics shall be considered a single country.
2. Texas shall not be considered either a country or state, but a relative condition.
3. West Virginia can be considered either a separate reality or a WELL-discovered country ("The undiscovered country from whose bourn. No traveller returns" - so it can be counted.). It is strange.
3. Portions of Antarctica has various treaty recognitions, but there is no contiguous land mass that can be considered sovereign, so it is not a country.
4. A physical presence in a country, for any period of time, shall not be considered unless the body has touched soil, and the individual has had a local meal.
Based on these 'ground' rules, I have gone to the following countries
Argentina
Australia
Bahrain
Brazil
Canada
China - Hong Kong
China - Taiwan
Costa Rica
EU - four states
Haiti
Iceland - not part of the EU
Indonesia
Israel
Japan
Kenya
Kuwait
Liberia
Mexico
New Zealand
Panama
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Thailand
UAR
USA
West Virginia
In any case, I think that a more interesting question what have been, 'How many oceans and seas have you traveled on ?' No, I was NOT in the navy.