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I have no idea. But this is something I'm really confused about.

It's always Czech Republic - on TV, in newspapers, everywhere. And sometimes this part "Republic" doesn't fit.

Like my country's official name is the Republic of Poland. But usually it's called Poland.

And I don't know how to call land of the Czechs if I don't want to say, that it's a republic (Czechland, Czechia maybe???).

Czech Republic is what you're stuck with.

Sort of like The Sudan. "Sudan" all along doesn't work.

You don't need a "the" with most countries, but if you just say "In United Kingdom..." or "In United States...", or "Vatican says", without the "The", you sound...well, like a foreigner speaking English!

I suppose it's like North and South Korea. You've got to put the geographical moniker on them, even though they are not really named that, because using their full names (with all of those "Democratics" and "Republics" in it doesn't really work.