Clean the Countries Continent Signs
The prompt on the piece wins. Overhead signs are the shelves. Flag colour is a lie.
Players fail FILL 2 because Italy and Mexico share a colour story. This utility is the lookup table for continent signs seen in live sessions (ASIA over Pakistan, Africa on Liberia). It is not a 195-box checklist — the live counter still moves. Use it while you walk. The long method sits on How to Play. The timer method sits on FILL quotas.
How to read a piece
- Face it until the name + continent pop, or pick up (E / RT / tap) to force the plate.
- Turn until the overhead sign matches that continent string.
- Place. If it rejects, you have the wrong bay or the cleaner equipped (controls finder).
- Drop (F) if you grabbed the neighbour.
In-game text overrides this page if Karpath groups a country differently. The prompt wins arguments in chat. A school atlas is a backup, not a veto. Turkey, Russia, and island chains are the usual fights — walk to the sign the plate named, not the sign your teammate remembers from class.
Aisle cheat-sheet
Walk one continent, then the next. Do not zigzag colour families.
Americas. Giants first: United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico. Then the crumbs the giants were sitting on. Central American slivers hide under the USA more than they hide under Europe.
Asia. China, India, Kazakhstan, then Pakistan and island chains. Clips already show an ASIA sign over Pakistan. Do not park Japan on Oceania because it is an island.
Africa. Northern slabs, then Liberia-sized coastal states. Colour-sorting Egypt against random red-white-black flags wastes the FILL 12 clock. Read the plate.
Europe. France, Germany, Ukraine, then lookalikes (Ireland / Italy). Turkey: follow the prompt, not a school atlas fight. Tiny Balkans are FILL 2 bait — pick up to force the name.
Oceania. Australia first, then the crumbs around it. New Zealand and Pacific islands are not Americas just because they sit in water on the floor art.
Full size ranking: countries tier list. Giants uncover crumbs; crumbs finish FILL 2.
Lookalike flags (do not use colour)
Ireland vs Italy vs Mexico vs India vs Niger. Chad vs Romania. Indonesia vs Monaco vs Poland. Pick up, read, walk. If two teammates shout colours, you will double-park the wrong bay (co-op).
A useful callout is “Italy, Europe” even if the cloth looks like Mexico. A useless callout is “the green-white-red one.” Train your party on names before you train them on speed (How to Clean Faster).
When the sign is missing
You are in the wrong hall, the camera is frozen on mobile (unequip cleaner), or a 20-player stack is standing on the label. Strafe. Crouch-look if the avatar crowd is a wall. Do not invent a shelf. Do not dump the piece in the nearest empty bay “to save the timer” — FILL will not count it, and you just hid FILL 2 from the mop.
Store 1 / Store 2 extra places exist on Rolimons but are not documented as extra continent maps. Stay on the root place unless the official description links them (live snapshot). Extra places with a 50-player cap are not a secret sixth continent.
Printable one-liner
Prompt → matching overhead sign → place → mop later.
Tape it next to the controls finder. Then run the three-pass on How to Clean Faster. Pass 1 is giants. Pass 2 is this aisle walk. Pass 3 is mop, which does not increment FILL.
No public codes change sign labels. No script auto-walks aisles (scripts). Your eyes and the plate are the tool. If a YouTube overlay draws continent colours on a different tidy game, ignore it — this hall uses Karpath’s signs.
Official binds still say the loop is pickup, place, drop, tools, T, G, hold-click clean. Signs are how place succeeds. Last universe publish in this snapshot: 13 September 2026. Description unchanged. The aisle labels you see in the HUD still beat any wiki table.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to the most common questions.
Where do I put a country in Clean the Countries?
On the shelf whose overhead sign matches the continent prompt on the piece. Not by flag colour.
What continents are in the game?
Live sessions show Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania signs. Always trust the piece prompt if it disagrees with this list.
Why did my piece pop back out?
Wrong sign, or you are on the clean tool. Switch with number keys, then place. Drop with F if you grabbed the neighbour.
Is there a full country checklist?
Not a stable 195 grid. The live counter moves. Use this aisle sheet plus the countries tier list.
Should I follow a school atlas if chat disagrees?
No. The in-game prompt wins. Walk to the sign it named, then argue after the FILL toast.
Are Store 1 and Store 2 extra continent maps?
Not in the official description. Stay on the root place until Karpath links them. Details on live snapshot.