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+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import type { Country } from '../types/country';
+import { mockCountries } from '../test/fixtures';
+import CountryCard from './CountryCard';
+
+const [country] = mockCountries;
+
+const emptyCountry: Country = {
+  code: 'XXX',
+  name: '',
+  capital: '',
+  region: '',
+  subregion: '',
+  population: null,
+  area: null,
+  flagUrl: '',
+  currencies: [],
+  languages: [],
+};
+
+function renderCard(overrides: Partial<Country> = {}) {
+  return render(
+    <CountryCard
+      country={{ ...country, ...overrides }}
+      isFavorite={false}
+      onToggleFavorite={vi.fn()}
+    />,
+  );
+}
+
+describe('CountryCard', () => {
+  it('renders the country name', () => {
+    renderCard();
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: country.name })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('renders the flag with its alt text', () => {
+    renderCard();
+
+    const flag = screen.getByRole('img', { name: `Flag of ${country.name}` });
+    expect(flag).toHaveAttribute('src', country.flagUrl);
+  });
+
+  it('shows a placeholder when the flag URL is missing', () => {
+    render(<CountryCard country={emptyCountry} isFavorite={false} onToggleFavorite={vi.fn()} />);
+
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('img')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Flag not available')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('renders capital, region and population', () => {
+    renderCard();
+
+    expect(screen.getByText(country.capital)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(country.region)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('5,379,475')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('formats population and area with thousands separators', () => {
+    renderCard({ population: 1234567, area: 323802 });
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('1,234,567')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('323,802 km²')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to placeholders for missing optional fields without crashing', () => {
+    render(<CountryCard country={emptyCountry} isFavorite={false} onToggleFavorite={vi.fn()} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Unknown country' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getAllByText('Not available')).toHaveLength(6);
+  });
+});