I have had this additional information pointed out to me via email.
"The Western Sahara was a Spanish colony and when Spain gave it independence it got occupied by Morocco. A guerilla war then began but Morocco won that a long time ago so maybe it should just be made part of Morocco. Some countries still recognise the Saharan government in exile.
Svalbard is part of Norway. You would have a similar problem with it as you have with Alaska, it's a distance from the rest of Norway.
MORE COUNTRIES YOU MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE
Eswatini - it's between South Africa and Mozambique, used to be called Swaziland
Djibouti - it's on the coast between Somalia and Eritrea
Haiti - it's east of Cuba
Dominican Republic - it's east of Haiti
Qatar - it's on the coast north of the United Arab Emirates
Guinea Bissau - it's next to Guinea, on the west African coast
Surinam - it's between Guyana and French Guyana (it used to be Dutch Guyana, I worked with people from there in The Hague)
Trinidad and Tobago - it's two islands north of Venezuela
Sri Lanka - a big island country southeast of India
Seychelles - a multi island country east of Somalia
Taiwan - a big island country east of China (though China says it's part of China every other country has embassies there)
Tonga - a Pacific island country
Fiji - a Pacific island country
Cyprus - an island country south of Turkiye/Turkey
Israel - it's between Jordan and the sea
Bhutan - it's between India/Bangladesh and China
Cape Verde - a country of islands west of west Africa
Comoros - a country of islands off east Africa a bit northwest of Madagascar"
All of which is quite interesting.