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Maybe I am not getting what you are trying to say. Could you explain it a bit more?

Faroe Island is being treated as 1 below.
Alpha,121,island
Alpha Zulu,21,island
Faroe Island,20,island...

sort -k 1,3 is doing just that. eg, for input
Faroe Island 20 island
japan 19 test
japan 19 airline
Alpha Zulu 21 island
Alpha 121 island

Japan occurs twice in first column, so while sorting,...

cat test
Faroe Island 20 island
japan 19 test
japan 19 airline
Alpha Zulu 21 island
Alpha 121 island

Try this:
sed '
s/ \([0-9]\)/,\1/
s/\([0-9]\) /\1,/
' test | sort -k1,3
...