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What about The Hague
That's the proper name of it. The Ukraine isn't the proper name of Ukraine.
And The United States
What about:
Normal country names don't begin with "the"
"The United States of America" makes grammatical sense. "The Ukraine" or any of the above doesn't .
I was being facetious
The name of Ukraine is Ukraine. "The Ukraine" was a USSR administrative district. The name of The United States is The United States