Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/ValidatorCLI.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/ValidatorCLI.java	(revision 18949)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/ValidatorCLI.java	(revision 18950)
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import jakarta.json.JsonObject;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.utils.FileNameUtils;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.actions.ExtensionFileFilter;
@@ -65,4 +64,6 @@
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.Utils;
 
+import jakarta.json.JsonObject;
+
 /**
  * Add a validate command to the JOSM command line interface.
@@ -356,7 +357,5 @@
         ProjectionRegistry.setProjection(Projections.getProjectionByCode("epsg:3857".toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)));
 
-        if (Territories.getKnownIso3166Codes().isEmpty()) {
-            Territories.initializeInternalData();
-        }
+        Territories.initializeInternalData(); // There is no current way to check to see if territories is already initialized
         OsmValidator.initialize();
         MapPaintStyles.readFromPreferences();