Geography
Random Country Picker
Spin for a random country — the whole world, or one continent at a time.
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Countries on the wheel
One entry per line. Paste a whole list at once and the wheel updates as you type.
Weighted mode is on: add *3 after an entry to give it three times the chance.
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The wheel starts on a world mix — sixteen countries spread across every continent, so the first spin can land anywhere.
The continent presets swap in a focused set instead: twenty European countries, sixteen Asian, sixteen African, sixteen from the Americas, eight from Oceania. That is what you want for a lesson on one region, or for narrowing a travel shortlist you have already thought about.
Every entry carries its flag, which makes the wheel readable at a glance and works nicely on a projector.
These are curated lists, not the full 195. A wheel with 195 slices is unreadable and, for teaching, less useful than a set sized to a lesson. Paste your own list if you need a specific set — the countries you are studying, the ones your class has visited, or the shortlist for your next trip.
Geography lessons
- Country of the day. Spin at the start of the lesson and spend five minutes on wherever it lands.
- Research assignments. Turn on remove-after-spin and go round the class — everyone gets a different country, nobody negotiates.
- Map work. Spin a country, find it on the map, name its capital and its neighbours.
- Flag recognition. The flags are on the slices, so the wheel doubles as a flag quiz before the name is read out.
- Language and culture. A random country as the prompt for a greeting, a dish or a tradition.
Pair it with the random student picker to choose who answers, or the random team generator for regional research groups.
Travel and games
Deciding where to go. The wheel is bad at this if you put 195 countries on it, and good at it if you put the six you are genuinely choosing between. Narrow it down yourself first — budget, season, time off — then spin the shortlist.
Geography games. Spin a country and guess the capital, the currency, the flag colours or the neighbours. Works as a warm-up, a quiz round or a car game.
Cooking night. Spin, then cook something from wherever it lands. This is where the "world mix" set earns its keep — it pushes you somewhere you would not have picked.
Language practice. A random country as the prompt for a conversation exercise.
Frequently asked questions
Does the wheel have every country?
No — it has curated sets by continent. A 195-slice wheel is unreadable and, for teaching, less useful than a set sized to a lesson. You can paste any list of countries you want.
Can I filter by continent?
Yes. The buttons above the country list swap in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas or Oceania, or a mixed world set.
Why do some flags show as two letters?
Flag emoji are rendered by your operating system. A few platforms — Windows in particular — do not ship flag glyphs and display the country's two-letter code instead. The country name next to it is always shown.
Can I add my own countries?
Yes. Type or paste any list, with or without flag emoji. It works for regions, states, cities or anything else.
Can everyone get a different country?
Turn on Remove the winner after each spin. Each country leaves the wheel once drawn, so a class of thirty gets thirty different ones.
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