Identify this country using the following clues:

It imports more green tea than any other country
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It’s the world’s biggest exporter of phosphorus
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In 1777, it was the first country to recognise the newly independent USA
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It’s on one side of the world’s shortest land border
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Apart from a 44-year period
of occupation, it has been independent since 788 AD

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June's answer



Dijibouti (Lake Abbe)