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Namibia is a country in southwestern Africa, on the Atlantic coast, a vast and dramatically arid land named after the Namib, one of the oldest…
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New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, made up of two main islands and many smaller ones, lying far from any continent.…
Norway
Norway is a country in northern Europe occupying the western and northern reaches of the Scandinavian Peninsula, a land of deep fjords, soaring…
Chile
Chile is a long, narrow country running down the western edge of South America, squeezed between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Reaching…
Ghana
Ghana is a country in West Africa, set on the Gulf of Guinea where the continent meets the Atlantic. A land of tropical forests, savanna, and golden…
Morocco
Morocco is a country in the northwest corner of Africa, the only African nation with coastlines on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea,…
Poland
Poland is a country in Central Europe, a broad land of plains, forests, and lakes stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Carpathian Mountains. With a…
Ukraine
Ukraine is a large country in Eastern Europe, the biggest nation lying entirely within Europe, stretching from the forests of the north to the Black…
Philippines
The Philippines is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia, made up of more than seven thousand islands scattered across the western Pacific. A…
Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a country in South Asia, set on the vast delta where the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers empty into the Bay of Bengal. Lush, low-lying,…
Pakistan
Pakistan is a country in South Asia, the fifth most populous nation in the world, set between the Arabian Sea, the towering mountains of the north,…
Colombia
Colombia is a country in the northwest of South America, the only one on the continent with coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific…
Thailand
Thailand is a country in the heart of mainland Southeast Asia, a land of tropical beaches, lush river plains, and gilded Buddhist temples. Famed for…
Sweden
Sweden is a country in northern Europe, the largest of the Nordic nations, stretching down the eastern side of the Scandinavian Peninsula. A land of…
Iran
Iran, historically known as Persia, is a large country in western Asia, a high and mountainous land bridging the Middle East and Central Asia. Heir…
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is a large country occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East, a vast expanse of desert between the Red Sea and the…
Ethiopia
Ethiopia is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa, a rugged land of high plateaus and deep valleys that has long stood apart from its…
Vietnam
Vietnam is a long, narrow country along the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, curving for more than 1,600 kilometres down the coast of the…
Turkey
Turkey is a country straddling two continents, with a small part in southeastern Europe and the great bulk, the peninsula of Anatolia, in western…
Spain
Spain is a country in southwestern Europe occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the…
United States
The United States is a large country in North America, made up of fifty states spread across the continent and beyond, from the Atlantic to the…