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Nations & Places

1490 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 16 of 25.

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MuscatOMCapital of Oman; Gulf mediation hub and de facto gatekeeper of Hormuz transit since 2026.
Museum of TomorrowBRThe Museum of Tomorrow is a science museum in Rio de Janeiro used by the CBF as the setting for Brazil's 2026 World Cup squad announcement on 18 May.
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MV HondiusNLDutch-flagged Antarctic expedition cruise ship; site of the May 2026 Andes hantavirus cluster, 8 cases, 3 deaths.
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NabatiehLBSouth Lebanon governorate and capital; recurrent IDF target in every Lebanon war since 1978.
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Nabatieh al-FawqaLBSeparate Shia town adjoining Nabatieh city, struck by an Israeli drone that killed four civilians.
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NaganoJPCentral Japanese prefecture and city; approved for accommodation tax from June 2026, rate pending.
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NairobiKEKenya's capital and largest city, home to the UN Environment Programme's headquarters.
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NajafIQIraqi holy city revealed as site of covert Israeli special-forces base since late 2024.
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NajranSASaudi border city struck in an unclaimed attack that wounded eleven civilians.
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Naqadeh Central PrisonIRIranian central prison in Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan; site of 21 May 2026 dual Kurdish political execution.
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NAS North IslandUSNaval Air Station in Coronado, San Diego; home base of the helicopter squadron assigned to Orion recovery on Artemis II.
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Natanz Fuel Enrichment PlantIRIran's primary uranium enrichment complex in Isfahan Province, struck by US forces in 2025-26.
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Naval Station RotaESMajor US naval base in southern Spain; Spain refused US access during the Iran campaign, triggering Pentagon punishment threats.
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NavarraESA foral community in northern Spain with its own civil-law competence, distinct from an ordinary autonomous community.
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NC-11USNorth Carolina's 11th congressional district, western NC mountains, now one notch from toss-up.
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NebraskaUSGreat Plains state; Senate race slipped from Safe R to Likely R after Fellowship PAC investment.
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NegevILSouthern Israeli desert region housing the Dimona nuclear facility, now under direct missile attack.
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Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout BuildingUSKSC building where Orion capsules are assembled, tested, and prepared for crew operations.
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NEOMSASaudi Arabia's planned development zone on the Red Sea.
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NEO Production ComplexGBNewOrbit Space's planned UK satellite manufacturing facility, due to open in 2027.
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NepalNPFederal Himalayan republic between India and China, with millions of citizens working abroad.
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Neste terminal, LomonosovRUFinnish-owned oil terminal at Lomonosov near St Petersburg; hit in the June 2026 Kronstadt drone wave.
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NetherlandsNLHost of ASML and ICC; first EU state to block a US cloud deal under investment-screening law.
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NevadaUSWestern US state with mail voting and contested federal demands for voter-list reviews.
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NevisKNSaint Kitts and Nevis offshore corporate registry; shell-company jurisdiction in OFAC Iran sanctions evasion rounds.
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Newcastle-under-LymeGBMarket town and borough in Staffordshire.
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New DelhiINIndia's capital, officially inaugurated in 1931 after its 1911 announcement.
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NewhamGBEast London borough targeted by Your Party for the May 2026 local elections.
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New HampshireUSUS New England state, admitted to the Union in 1788, holds the earliest presidential primary.
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New JerseyUSUS north-eastern state; home to MetLife Stadium, the 2026 World Cup Final venue.
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New MexicoUSArid US Southwest state whose acequia water-rights tradition now shapes its data-centre opposition.
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NewportGBWelsh city and site of the UK's largest chip plant by wafer capacity.
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New South WalesAUAustralian state that introduced the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Amendment Bill 2026.
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New YorkUSThe largest city in the United States and a global centre of finance, media and culture.
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New York's 3rd DistrictUSUS House district covering part of Long Island and northeast Queens.
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New York StateUSMost populous US north-east state; legislates ahead of Congress on technology and elections.
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New ZealandNZPacific nation whose first World Cup since 2010 ended at the Group G stage.
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Nia-NiaCDDRC health zone Africa CDC names as an emerging Bundibugyo hotspot.
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NigeriaNGWest Africa's largest economy; OPEC oil producer and fourth-largest LNG exporter via Nigeria LNG Limited.
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Nile BasinDrainage basin of the Nile river across eleven African countries.
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NingboCNChinese port city in Zhejiang; with Zhoushan, the world's busiest cargo port
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Nizhny NovgorodRURussia's fifth-largest city; home to the Gorky pumping station struck by Ukrainian drones in April 2026.
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NiziCDDRC health zone Africa CDC names as an emerging Bundibugyo hotspot.
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Nogent-sur-SeineFRFrench nuclear power station on the Seine river in Aube; its cooling water operations are subject to the 28°C river-temperature regulatory limit enforced during heatwaves.
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Nord-UbangiCDProvince in north-western DR Congo.
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NorfolkGBEnglish county in East Anglia; LGR priority area, three unitaries planned, Reform produced a hung council on 7 May 2026.
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NorgNLDutch gas storage facility, 59 TWh working volume; depleted to zero by GasTerra before 1 April 2026 NAM handover.
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North AmericaContinent comprising Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
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North AnnaUSNorth Anna is a Dominion Energy nuclear power plant in Louisa County, Virginia, located adjacent to Amazon's Lake Anna data-centre campus.
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North CarolinaUSSwing Southern state amid the 2026 mid-decade congressional redistricting wave.
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North Carolina's 1st congressional districtUSNorth-eastern North Carolina House district, held by Democrat Don Davis, redrawn by Republicans in 2025.
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North Dome gas fieldQAQatar's half of the world's largest natural gas field, shared with Iran's South Pars; underpins all Qatari LNG exports.
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North East LincolnshireGBUnitary authority area where Reform UK's Tanya Brasted left the council's cabinet.
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Northern Growth CorridorGBEconomic corridor across northern England.
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Northern IrelandGBUK home nation in northeast Ireland; its national football team cited as a Round of 32 qualification precedent.
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Northern VirginiaUSVirginia region bordering Washington, DC, with the world's densest data-centre cluster.
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North HertfordshireGBHertfordshire district selected as a flexible voting pilot for the May 2026 elections.
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North KivuCDProvince in eastern DR Congo, capital Goma, bordering Uganda and Rwanda.
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North KoreaKPThe only state to have left the NPT; its proliferation path is the template Iran analysts invoke in 2026.
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North Lincolnshire campusGBData centre campus in North Lincolnshire, UK, granted planning approval in April 2026 for up to 15 facilities and 1 GW of combined compute capacity.