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What country does the following text represent?

Forward By confidence, we Union seek justice, peace and the sword.

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    $\begingroup$ Are the capitals intentional? $\endgroup$
    – Oliver Ni
    Jan 10, 2017 at 23:04
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    $\begingroup$ Yes they are!!! $\endgroup$
    – wildBillMunson
    Jan 10, 2017 at 23:04

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Malawi

Because we know from my previous answer,

Massachusetts's state motto is: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem, meaning roughly: By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty correlating to: "we Union seek justice, peace and the sword"; Louisiana's state motto is: Union, justice, and confidence, "We Union seek justice..." "Forward by confidence; and Wisconsin's motto is "Forward", the first word of the riddle

We can put it all together, and we get:

The first two initials of Massachusetts; MA, the abbreviation of Lousiana, LA, and the Abbreviation for Wisconsin., WI. Putting these together, we get Malawi, a country in Africa.

I'd like to thank humn for helping me realize the correlation with the state names.

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    $\begingroup$ You nailed it! Great job!!!! :) $\endgroup$
    – wildBillMunson
    Jan 11, 2017 at 4:01
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    $\begingroup$ BTW I believe it's the only country whose name is entirely comprised of a combination of 2-letter state abbreviations! :D $\endgroup$
    – wildBillMunson
    Jan 11, 2017 at 4:28
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    $\begingroup$ Nice answer. Though FBu looks like the currency of Burundi, with Kwacha for Malawi. $\endgroup$
    – Tom
    Jan 11, 2017 at 10:51
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    $\begingroup$ @Tom Yeah FBU wasn't part of it, but I love the creativity! Those words were capitalized because they are the first words of each state's motto. $\endgroup$
    – wildBillMunson
    Jan 11, 2017 at 14:04
  • $\begingroup$ What is this "we union" you speak of? I can't parse it. Are you going for "we, the union. . . "? Is it supposed to be the union of the set we and seek justice? $\endgroup$
    – terdon on strike
    Jan 11, 2017 at 15:16
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The country is

Norway,because the initials spell out FBU. This is the airport code for Fornebu airport,Oslo

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    $\begingroup$ Sorry that's not it. +1 for the try though... $\endgroup$
    – wildBillMunson
    Jan 11, 2017 at 0:26
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The United Kingdom.

This is because you capatilized:

Forward, Confidence, and Union, and the Five Brigades Union is the United Kingdom.

I didn't find any further evidence for the United Kingdom, so I very well could be wrong.

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    $\begingroup$ Nice try but that's not it. It's a bit more cryptic than that. There is another reason why those words are capitalized. +1 for the attempt. $\endgroup$
    – wildBillMunson
    Jan 11, 2017 at 0:17
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Burkina Faso, because the clue is a reference to the country's motto

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    $\begingroup$ How so? Remember that you're supposed to explain the process you used to get to your solution. $\endgroup$
    – Travis
    Jan 11, 2017 at 3:34

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