Answer:
What starts with an "e" but only has a single letter in it?
I start with āeā end with āeā. I have whole countries inside me. What am I?
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Take one royal word in the plural and make it singular by adding one letter
When this is found in a road you are forced to make a decision.
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.