Niger

 This country is Niger, not Nigeria, these are two different diferent African countries, and the males put on a beauty pagent for female judges that can choose the winner and the female judge will sleep with them.

Niger is bordered by 7 other countries, Algeria, Mali, Chad, Libya, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, and is landlocked and takes around 1.3millionn square kilometerrs or over 500,000 square miles, split into 7 regions with the captial Niamey in the south west, and the second largest city being Zinder in the southeast and Maradi in the central.

95% of the population lives in the south, where all the roads are, with only one road going into the mining town, Arlit. 
In the northeastern part is the Saharan Region, which only uses dirt roads, and there is a military outpost which patrols the border with Libya. 

The road from Libya into Niger passes by the Kouru Arkenne airstrip, with two airports the Diori Hamani International Airpot, and Agazes' Nano Dayak, they are working with Benin, to make a rail line.

During Colonial times Niger's borders were kind of weird because for a time, because unnti 1921, half off Chad's land because of the borders being drawn by the French and other Colonisers.

Their landmarks are very small and hard to find since the majority is in the Sahara desert, like the UTA flight 772 crash site monument in the sand, hundreds of kilometres from any buildings. And the Tenere tree, which is the only tree in around 400 kilometres, until a drunk driver strangely knocked it down in the 70s.

Other historical or interesting landmarks are: 
The Nguigmi desert caravan town, the Maradi palace and grand bazar, the National museum of Niger, the Djado and Djaba ruins, the Agadez grand Mosque, the Ayorou hippo tours, the Gobero cemetery site which is over than 10,000 years, the cave drawings of Tituidit and Dobous, the Tuareg festival, the Timia oasis town, Kaoure Giraffe reserve, the animal store of balleyara, the city of Zinder which is the cultural captial of Niger, the Berni corner and Sultan's palace.

Nicaragua

The country is named after the Nicaraguan tribe and Agua, which is the Spanish term for water.

Located in Central America, it is a bi-coastal nation with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, located under Honduras and Costa Rica.

The border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica is just enough so that Costa Rica doesn't get access to lake Nicaragua, which is named after the countries named after, the narrowest corridor is only 2 miles wide or 3.2km, then on the border of Costa Rica they take the whole Portello lake even though it is fully enclaved in Costa Rica.

The whole country is split into 15 departments with 2 autonomous regions, their capital Managua, directly below Lake Managua or Xolotan, which is where the largest airport is, Managua's Augusto Cesar International.

Around 89% of the population lives in the south-western part of the country, the main highway, number 5, which ends in Puerto Cabezas, connecting to the Caribbean coast.

The port of Corinto, which is their largest port, often handles all the shipments. The west of the country is an uninterrupted coastline, with the east side being where all the offshore islands are.

Such as the Cayos Miskitos Biological Reserve, and the Corn Islands, strangely, the two islands beside the reserve, the Providencia and San Andes islands, belong to Colombia.

They also have territorial disputes with the USA over the island of Bajo Nuevo and the Serranilla Banks islands with Brazil.

There is also an island named Isla Calero that both Nicaragua and Costa Rica wanted to own. But then in 2016, the International Court of Justice ruled that the island belongs to Costa Rica.

Since Nicaragua doesn't have postal or street codes, they often describe where they live via landmarks and signs. And often the landmarks don't even exist anymore, so things can get confusing. They also have a unit of measurement named 'Vara', which is 84 centimetres.

They did make a rail system in 2001, but it was discontinued.

Some sites of interest include:

The National Museum, the Ruins of León Viejo, the León Cathedral, the historl city of Granada, the Masay craft market (they sell lots of hammocks), the cliff carving of El Tisey, the Revolution Museum, cigar factories, the Zapadera monoliths and petroglyphs, Apoyo lagoon, the Matagalpa chocolate factory, La Maison du Chocolat (a chocolate spa), the Casitta volcano memorial, the San Jacinto mud pools, the Cayos Miskitos stilt houses, the city of Esteli, and you can sand-board down Cerro Negro which is the youngest volcano in latin america.

They have a lot of volcanoes, as they are on the Ring of Fire, sandwiched between the North American plate and the Cocos plate, this gives Nicaragua a 'volcanic belt' which is a belt of volcanoes around the whole country, mainly dotting the south side with around 19 being active, the biggest being Sann Christobal.

Lake Managua or Xolotlan, which is the smaller one, and the largest lake, Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca, which is the biggest lake in Nicaragua and in all of Central America.
There are many volcanoes between these lakes.

The largest two are Mototombo and Apoteque, situated near Managua, and there is Omotepe, which is an island made from the two volcanoes Maderas and Conception, situated in the middle of Lake Nicaragua.

Lake Nicaragua strangely drains to the east, flowing into the Caribbean via the San Juan river, even though the lake is roughly 10 miles from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast, while the Honduras Rio Grande De Matagalpa.

The county is divided by three regions, the Pacific lowlands which has all the volcanos and where Lake Nicaragua is, then the North Central highlands with tallest peak in the country, Mogoton, and the finally the Caribean lowlands which is near the Caribean sea and dense rainforests and near the coast is where there are swampy wetlands, and is where the most rain happens with around 635cm or 250 inces of rainfall.

Masaya volcano constantly has bubbling lava, Samoto canyon has lakes and small rivers flowing throughout the canyon, and unfortunately, Lake Managua has a pollution problem with the area around it covered in garbage.

The sad thing about Nicaragua is that it ranks as the second poorest nation in the Western hemisphere after Haiti, when you compare their nominal GDP and GDP per capita, around 40% of the population lives off a dollar a day, with 15% of their money is sent via family members that work abroad.

They are a part of the IMF, the indebted countries that help poorer countries, and they have the lowest energy generation in Central America, using oil and generators for electricity, which caused them to have an energy crisis in 2006.

But the World Energy Council has dubbed Nicaragua the world's most geothermal energy potential country, since 10% of its energy is made by volcanoes and heat.

They also have lots of animals here, including bats, jaguars, primates, along with the national bird, the Turquoise-browed Motmot.

Some food that is made and enjoyed here are: Frittinga (fried street food), Quesillo, Indio Viejo, Rondon, Chancho con yuca, Naca tamal, Vaho/Baho, Sopa mon Dongo, Pinolillo drink, Vigaron and Gallopinto.

In Central American states, they have nicknames: the Costa Ricans are Ticos, Salvadorians are Guanacos, Guatemalans are Chapin, Hondurans are Cathrachos, and Nicaraguans are Pinoleros.

They also have a saying, "Soy puro Pinolero; ¡Nicaragüense por gracia de Dios", which means "I am totally Nicaraguan Pinalero by the grace of God".

With a population of 6.824 million people, and with one out of six Nicaraguans living in either Costa Rica or the USA, the population is around 69% Mestizos, with 17% whites with Spanish heritage, with around 9% being in the black community, and the last 5% being part of the Indigenous Ameradianian groups.

Their current is the Cordoba, they use the type A American style plug outlets and they drive on the right side of the road.

They have very diverse people groups, mainly due to their colonial past, from people like Christopher Columbus to French pirates.

They have the largest population of people of African descent in Central America and most live on the Caribbean coast, most of them were brought by the British during the colonial times when the Brits colonised what was then called the Miskito coast which is named after the Miskito tribe which inhabited the area, the people living there are now named the Garifuna tribe.

Their language is English or a type of English Creole, but their National language is Spanish.

Around 20 Indigenous groups with them being the Rama, Miskito or Sumo tribes, mainly coming of Aztec or Mayan descent, also cuss and use lots of curse words, strangely enough, they have the lowest homicide/murder rate in Central America (6-7 per 100k) and are very safe to travel around.

They are Roman Catholicism at around 58%, then about 1/3 are protestant and during conflicts are disrupted the Catholic church will act as a mediator, the religion of Nicaragua is a vital part of their identity along with their traditions like the colourful clothing of the Mestizaja costumes, they are good poets which they also have lots of folklore, some nice, some creepy like the La Carretangua.

Weirdly enough a lot of the stories incorporate women, mainly ghost women like the La Ceuga, La Llorona and La Mocuana, diverting from their folklore, they also have a celebration called El Güegüense, which is on the Unesco Heritage list as an intangible heritage performed with masks and large costumes, this celebration is celebrated at the feast of Saint Sebastian.

Nicaraguans also like baseball instead of football or soccer, and their national hero, Dennis Martínez, is the first Nicaraguan who played in the MLB, with many more following suit.

The rough history is: The Native tribes in the country, Chistopher columbbus arrives and then the Spanish empire, Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba founded the first city, September 15, 1821 which is their independence from Spain, annexation from the first 1st mexican empire, then in 1823 part of the Federal Republic of Central America then 5 years later it git disbanded, then Nicaragua becomes a full country without a coloniser, then small civil wars, then Americam William Walker tries to take over the country then gets execuited via firing squad, then the Britsh relenquish the mosquito coast, then the USA occupies Nicaragua which then creates Santino's Armty which causes the Americans to leave, the Somoza Dynasty, the Sandista revolution in the 1960s-70s, they become more communist, then in 1990 they allect the first Female presedent, then the ecomony starts to recover, then Sandista party returns thing become slighty heated due to theor past then after awhile the economy starts growing more, then protests agebst the government.

Some people of Nicaraguan descent or with Nicaraguan heritage are: Augusto Cesar Sandino, Arlen Sui, Violeta Chamorro, Ruben Dario, Daisy Zamora, Eddy Kühl Aráuz, Luiz Enrique Hernaldo Zuñiga, Tony Meléndez, Salvador and Katia Cardenal, Bianca Jagger (Mick Jagger's first wife), Michelle Richerson, Alexis Arguello, Michelle Richerson, Alexis Arguello, Román Chocolatito González and Claudia Poll.

Some countries that have close ties with Taiwan, South Ossetia, and Kasnia, Taiwan helped them by giving them a 100 million dollar loan during the protests, which the President Ortega accepted. 

Although the USA has some rough patches with Nicaragua, they are still the largest import and export partner, and the US has the largest community of Nicaraguans in Miami.

Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia have an alliance with Nicaragua named the "Alianza Bolivariana Para Los Pueblos De Nuestra America" or the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our America; they all support the ideas of Simón Bolívar and socialist based governments. Cuba provided grants and development funds during the 70s and 80s, Venezuela provided Nicaragua with Oil.

Other Central American countries share an Independence Day on September 15. In 2006, they signed the CA-4, the Central America 4 Free agreement, which allows free movement between Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.

New Zealand

New Zealand is often forgotten on maps, even their own government 404 page shows a world map with New Zealand missing.

Located 1200 miles or 2000km away from Australia and 600 miles or 1000km away from New Caledonia, Tonga and Fiji, New Caledonia is French, meaning that France is their nearest neighbour.

The country is made up of two main islands, the main island is the North Island or Te-Ika A-Maui, which holds around 3/4ths of the population and has a land mass of about 42% of both islands, and the bigger but less populated island is the South Island or Te Waipou-Namu with around 56% of the landmass.  
The last 2% of New Zealand is made out of 33 smaller islands off the coasts, the largest of them being Stewart Island, south ofthe  South Island,
then the northern Kermadec Islands, and then on the east side the Chatham Islands.

New Zealand is a unitary state divided into 16 councils, with 11 regional councils and 5 unitary councils, while theChathamm Islands act independently as a separate territory authority. 

The second largest city Wellington, holds the title of the most southern city in the world, but Auckland, which is in the north, is the capital city, with around 1/3rd of the population, and it has the largest and busiest airport, Auckland International. 
The 3d largest city is Christchurch, which is on the South Island, and it has the second busiest airport, Christchurch International. 

New Zealand has more land than just these, as they also have 3 New Zealand Island territories, and free-associated Island nations, with them being Tokelau, the Cook Islands and Niue.

Tokelau considers itself as a Non-self Governing Independent territory, and they have a territory dispute against American Samoa on Swains Island.

Both Niue and the Cook Islands are self-governing states in free association with New Zealand.
Along with the fact that Tokalau has 2500+ people on less than 5 square miles of land over 3 islands, they did become the first fully solar-powered country in the world, but not a 'sovereign' nation-state, but they kinda count.

Then there is the Ross Dependency, which is New Zealand's claim for Antarctica since they are the closest, but they cannot claim part of Antarctica because of the Antarctic Treat, which states that no nation can claim land on Antarctica.

But the strange part comes when we want to place New Zealand in a continent, most say it is part of the region of Oceania, which is Australia and everything else in Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia.
We tried to group New Zealand and Australia in one region named Australasia but it doesn't share a continent with Australia. 
So we made a sub-continent called Zealandia, the name comes from a man named Bruce Lyuendyk, who said it is more a Micro continent or a Continental fragment.

Places to visit include:
The world's steepest street at an incline of 38°, the Auckland Museum, the Auckland Sky Tower you can jump over via bungee jumping, the Maori village in Rotorua, the International Antarctic Center, Hobbiton (the film location of The Hobbit), Marlborough wine fields, the 90-mile beach (actually it is 56 miles or 90km), Waitomo caves with glow worms, frying pan lake the largest boiling lake in the world, the Maraki sphereical boulders. 

The scenery here makes this a very good place for filming movies, movies like: Mission Impossible Fallout, Lord of the Rings, and Narnia.

New Zealand is in the Ring of Fire on the convergence of the Pacific and Australian plates, in the south, the tallest pea,  Mount Cook or Aoraki, at 12,000 feet or 3,700 meters. 
The Kaweka mountain range can be found in the north, since it is in the ring of fire, it is affected by earthquakes and volcanic activity, with 83 known volcanoes on the island, with the largest one, Ruapehu, on the North Island. 

On South Island, there is a bank peninsula, and the nearly perfect circle on Mount Taranaki, along with Mount Taranaki Lake Taupo in the Taupo Calder, which is one of the largest supervolcanoes on earth, then following the lake is the longest river in the country, the Waikato.

Since the country is shaped weirdly, no place in the country is more than 80 miles or 128km from the ocean, in the southern parts of the country, which hold the majority of the population, live, and iare wheremost of the crops and livestock of the country are. 

But one of the most interesting parts of New Zealand is the Fiordlands near the Tasman Sea, and Milford Sound is the most popular due to it being able to be accessed via roads.

Due to their location, New Zealand's land is very diverse, along with being volcanic, so they have geothermal geysers, and being near the south means they have glaciers, alpine forests, and even a small desert in the middle of the North Island.

There is a special type of beach containing magnetite named Magnetic Sand Beaches, in which the sand is magnetic. 

Other than 2 species of bats, there were no other mammals or warm-blooded creatures before humans stepped foot on the island. 

With over 200 species of birds, over half of them are naturally found in New Zealand, strangely, most of the birds here are flightless, like the kiwi and the Kapako, which is Earth's only nocturnal parrot. And since they live near the South Pole, they have more species of penguins than anywhere else on earth. 

A long time ago, the bird known as the Moa, which inhabited New Zealand, was 12 feet tall and was hunted to extinction by the Maori. 

Their national animal, the flightless Kiwi bird, comes in 5 forms on both islands, having the very well-known kiwi shape and also their long beaks, which have nostrils, making them one of the few bird species that can smell.

They also have the Kea which is the world's only alpine parrot, they often like interacting with humans and like to chew on soft objects like rubber, along with bird they also have reptiles, one of which is the Tuatara, which has a 3rd perennial eye on the top of its head, and from the insects is the Giant Weta, which is the heaviest insect on earth.

Jade or Greenstone, which is mined and sold here, is often depicted in paintings and Maori tools and jewellery. The majority of the income comes from the tourism sector, normally on New Zealand's South Islan, which has many activities to d  su,ch as skydiving, paragliding and zzorbinging which is people in large balls.

Since they live very near the sea, they have lots of seafood, species like Hoki, Hake, Paua, Hapaku, Gurnard, and Crayfish are some of the seafood eaten here.

Other than the seafood, they have other stuff like roast lamb, savoury meat pies, hokey pokey icecream, Kiwi burger made with egg and beetroot, manuka honey kumara a Polynesian sweet potato, pavlova, and Hangi which is co d underground oven cooked meal in Rotorua they use the geothermal heat to cook it.

They are the people of New Zealand, known as...Kiwis, with 5.2 million living in New Zealand, are in the top 3 of the ease of business index countries with the least corruption, with around 74% of the population being of European descent with British, Scottish and Irish ancestry.
Around 15% are native Maori people, 7% are Pacific islanders, and the rest are mainly from other countries like Japan, China, Korea and others.

Their currency is the New Zealand Dollar, they use the type I plug outlet, and they drive on the left side of the road.

Their national language is English, and they have a "Kiwi dialect", which sounds very similar to Australian but isn't.
There are two other languages, such as Maori and the NZ sign language, which is the New Zealand Sign language. 

The Maori come from 100+ tribes or Iwi, which are scattered around the country, on both sides of New Zealand, the largest tribe being the Nga Puhi in the north with over 100,000+ people belonging to this tribe, most schools teach Maori in elementary and there are Maori immersion schools to teach students about Maori culture,
they also have couple radio station and television channels that speak only in Maori, most of the Maori speakers are from the Northland is Gisborne regions, along with the Maori is the Haka war dance, which is known to look very aggressive with lots of loud chanting and being intimidating. This dance is usually performed at ceremonies like weddings, birthday parties, and sporting events. 

They have their own types of tattoos known as Kiri-turi, which are the arm and body tattoos, and then Ta-Moko, which are the face tattoos, since the old Maori did not have a type of script, they relied on types of tattoos and wood carvings to tell stories.
For men, the back tattoos often depict their family, where the left side of the body is meant for the father's side, while the right is for the mother's, usually these tattoos tell stories of their accomplishments and achievements, from feats of athleticism or expertise. 

Kiwi's (the people) are very athletic, known for their Rugby, and are 3-time world champion winners, and if they don't win, they often place top 3.

For the brief history of New Zealand:
Before the 1200s the country was a bird island, then around 1280-1300 the Maori come in to the island, then the Maori Pa settlements on the island, maybe around the 1500s is when the largest big the Moa was hunted to extinction, tribal battles to acquire more land, then the Abel tasmen journey a.k.a the first European contact, then the British come in around 1700, then more tribal wars but with guns this time, missionaries, then they become a British colony, then the New Zealand wars, then the Treaty of Waitangi, self-governable under the British, they were the first country to allow women to vote, immigration, then in WW1 they played a role in Samoa, then after during WW2 helped Papa New Guina with the Japanese, the Statue of Westmister Adoption (their independence day), Maldoon getting drunk and losing an election, 1980s Rogernomics, the they do very well economically in the 2000s, Christchurch earthquake in 2011.

Now some famous people from New Zealand or of New Zealand descent are:
Hone Hika (Maori Leader),
Hone Heke (another Maori leader),
(Princess) Te Puea Herangi, Maui Pomare, Patato Te Wherowhero,
Ernest Rutherford ("Father of Nuclear Physics),
Kate Sheppard,
Sir Apirana Ngata,
Sir Edmund Hillery (One of the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest),
Sir Peter Jackson,
Jaccinda Ardern (the youngest head of  government in the world),
Russle Crowe (actor),
Jonah Lomu (rugby player),
Collin Meads (another rugby player),
Dame Whina Cooper (Maoro activist),
Flight of the Concords (a comedy musical group),
Bruse McLaren (racer),
Kathrine Mansfield (writer),
Lorde (Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, song writer/singer),
and YouTube channel and meme page Dolan dark.

Since they get along with everyone, and are a part of APEC and the Colomo plan and others, they have close ties to Chile, South Africa, Argentina, Uruguay, since they are under the CCAMLR or The Conservation of Antarctic Marine living Resources.
They monitor Antarctica and the south seas, their relations to China are a bit weird as the Chinese have been living in New Zealand since the 19th century, then in 2008, they set up a free trade agreement.
But the thing is that the Chinese have bought out many houses in New Zealand to the point that there are practically no homes for their own kiwis. 

Since they are a former British colony, they have close ties with the British, the USA, Canada, and Australia, which are very close to them, they helped the USA for practically every global event since the 20th century, and are extremely close to Canada And Australia because they were both commonwealth nations.

But Australia being their greatest ally, since they have very good trade between the two nations and are close via their culture and history, they also allow both citizens from both countries to be able to migrate and have automatic residency.

Netherlands

Don't call this place Holland as that is just one part of the country.

The country is along the North Sea bordered by Germany and Belgium in the south, the country is split between 12 provinces and their names are as follows:

Limburg, North Holland, Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel, Drenthe, Gronigen, Friesland, North Brabent, and Flevoland.

They have two capitals, Amsterdam their largest and economic hub of the city home of the Royal Palace, and the 3rd largest city the Hague acts as the second capital, which holds the sea of government and the international court of justice. 
The second busiest city is Rotterdam which holds the title as the busiest sea port in Europe.  

Their busiest airport is Amsterdam Schipol International, Europe's 3rd busiest airport carrying about a 70million passengers annually. 

Apart from the main country they also hold islands in the Caribbean, from the colonisation, known as the Dutch Caribbean,
the Netherlands is a country that is technically made up of 4 countries. They are Aruba, Curacao and Saint Maarten, which is shared with the French island Saint Martin, so from a technical standpoint the Netherlands borders France. And they have their own constitutions and currencies.

The remaining 3 are Bonaire, St.Eustatius, and Saba, these three are municipalities and do not belong to any province, they did adopt the US dollar as their currency. 
This island lay in the region known as the Lesser Antilles.
Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire are known as the ABC islands lying in the
sub-region Leeward Antilles.
While Saint Maarten, St.Eustatius and Saba islands are known as the SSS islands in the sub-region known as the Leeward islands.
At one point all 6 of these Islands were named the Netherlands Antilles, with their capital in Willemstad in Curacao and even competed in the Olympics.

In the 2000s the Netherlands gave the islands multiple choices, they could either have closer ties with the Netherlands, remain in the Antilles as they are, have autonomy in the constituent country within the kingdom of the Netherlands, or just be completely independent of the Netherlands.
Aruba, Curacao and Saint Maarten voted for autonomy.
St.Eustatius, Bonaire and Saba wanted closer ties with the Netherlands and special municipality status.

Waterways are important here in the Netherlands as water is used as a form of transport, there is even a city named Giethoorn with no roads and only canals.
Around the 9th century, people made Dijks which act as walls from the sea, because they were tired of the land being flooded, the Netherlands claimed around 20% of their landmass from the sea or 1/5th of their country.
If all the Djikes exploded and broke, the whole country would flood and drown.

Notable places to go here are The Teylers, Stedjik, Hague and Maritime Museums, and the most famous ones the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam, the Royal Palace, the Van Goth Museum, and the Anne Frank House.
Castles like: Muiderslot, Paleis het loo, Kasttle de Har, Valkenburg, Palesis Het Loo, Heeswijk.
Many star-shaped towns, and amusement parks like Slagheren, De Efteling, Drievilet and Hellendoorn just to name a few, the Baarle Nassau exclaves and enclaves with Belgium, the biggest flower garden in the world Keukenhof, Austerlitz Pyramid, Hunebedden an ancient burial site, over 1000 historical windmills in the Kinderkijk area which is a UNESCO heritage site.  

The Greek philosopher Pytheas said in ~300 BC "More people have died here against the struggle against water than man". 

The Netherlands is the lowest country in the world elevation-wise, around 1/4th of the land, 1/5 of the population lives below sea level, and 1/2 of the land is above sea level. The lowest part of the Netherlands is Zuidplaspolder, and the highest part of the European part of the country is Vaalserberg over 1000 feet high or 322 meters high.
But the highest part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is Mount Scenery which is a potentially active volcano on Saba in the Caribbean.

The Rhine River in Europe ends in Rotterdam, the largest manmade lake or bay is Ijssemeer which is contained in the N-22 and N-302 highways. In order to prevent flooding, the Dutch had to make the Delta Works which are large levees which close off sea estuaries, acting as a sort of blockade to stop their whole country from being submerged. 

In the north, the Valden Islands act as a sort of Natural barrier against the sea, with the land reclamation from the sea giving the Netherlands one of the largest open sand drifts in all of Europe.

The Netherlands is still a very strong nation, ranked in the top 20 usually at 16-17th place in world economies, and 5-10th largest exporters in the world.
They have the oldest stock exchange in the world dating back to 1602.

Although they sell 80% of the world's tulip exports and half of the world's flowers, their main source of income is energy and service. Shell is one of the companies that started in the Netherlands, along with Phillips which made the first tape recorder.

Wildlife is very important here as the Dutch make pathways over highways for animals to cross, over 70 mammals live here, hares, hedgehogs, stoats, and deers. 

According to the government website, they produce more than 65 billion Euros from vegetables, fruit, flour, meats and dairy products.
They also bred the first orange carrots, it was meant to honour the king.

Foods to try here are Stamppot, Dutch Poffertjes, Appletaart, Bitterballen, Splitpea soup, Rootworst, Stroop waffle, lots of dishes involving potatoes, Brimed herring and smoked Eel, Gin was invented by the Dutch too, Chocolate sprinkles on toast or Hagelslag, and Gouda cheese (pronounced Hau-da).
Also, they used to produce the most beer in the world until Mexico beat them, along with Indonesian, Malay and Suranamese dishes like Satay.

With a population of over 18 million people, it is the most densely populated country in Europe. With around 77% being Dutch, 10% Europeans, and 13% being Turkish, Indonesian, Molucca, Sudanese and Americans. 

Euro as their currency, with types C and F plug outlets and they drive on the right side of the road.

Dutch is the national language, but most if not all speak English, being ranked very high in the amount of proficient English speakers, with around 9/10 people being able to speak English comfortably around 94% are Bilingual.  
But there are two more languages spoken here Frisian which is spoken in the Friesland region and Papiamento, which is a Dutch creole spoken on the ABC islands. 

The Dutch are one of the tallest peoples in the world, the first in Europe and tied with South Sudan in Africa. Men averaging at 6"1" and women around 5"7". 

Mostly due to natural selection, as most people correlate that being taller helped with being more athletic, successful and healthy, so practically all of the short people were eradicated due to natural selection.

Historically the Dutch were Christian Protestant, around 50% or half of the population is unaffiliated one side being Agnostics or Iatists which are people who are more spiritual than religious, and around 5% being Muslim.
Although Christianity is not the whole country's religion it does have a massive cultural effect on the population. Christmas and Easter are widely celebrated by them in their own ways.

They were once a large empire practically on every continent, at one point Australia was named New Holland and New Zealand after the Zeeland province in the Netherlands, and New York was once named New Amsterdam.

Strangely a Dutch is saying "Doe Normaal", translating to "Act Normal". 

The Dutch are among the few remaining Monarchs on earth, but are considered a "Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy." 
Although this does suppress most of the power from the monarchy, the king is still widely considered to be a 'friend of the people' and they also have a holiday named after him and the whole country wears the national colour of orange.

The Dutch also have 'controversial laws' they allow, such as same-sex marriage, legal prostitution, euthanasia, and tolerance to recreational drugs, anything around 5 grams max above is a misdemeanour, you must be 18+ to use it though.

They are world-famous for Field Hockey, Speedskating and Volleyball, they also go sailing a lot, and do this thing called "Sail Amsterdam" every 5 years.

Strangely 1/3rd of the population is born at home instead of in a hospital. 

Clogs which are wooden shoes, were used by artisans, fishermen and other working-class people because they had to protect their feet from fishooks or sharp objects. 
Since newer shoes are much better and boots are more common, very few people still wear them but mostly sold as souvenirs. 

The symbol of the Netherlands is the windmills scattered around the country with about 1200, and was mainly used for pumping out excess water for farmland.

The music here is very Dutch since they contributed to the Baroque period or around the 1600s after the Renaissance, with composers like Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck organ players like Jacob Van Eyke and vocalists like Unico Wilhelm Van Wassenaer.

Clogs are also used in folk dance for percussion, strangely most Dutch enjoy EDM music 

  

Nepal

Nepal and India have a large dispute on where Buddha (the person), was born because Nepal says Lumbini which is in Nepal but India says that Buddha grew up in Kapilavatsu for the first 29 years of his life which they argue is in Piprahwa which is half a mile or 800+ from the Nepali border, then the Nepali people argue that Kapliavatsu is in modern-day Tilaurakot. Then the Indian's argue that it was during the Mahajanapada area when Nepal wasn't even established as a country.

The most common things people know about Nepal are: Sherpas and Mount Everest the tallest mountain in the world claiming hundreds of lives to those who climb it.

Geographically they are sandwiched between China and India and contained to the Himalayan mountain range, the country is split into 7 provinces but strangely only 3 have names those being: Province 1, Madhesh Pradesh, Bagmati Province, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim.
Originally the country was split into 14 zones that are still used for license plates.

The capital Kathmandu located in Province 3 or the Bagmati province, the largest and busiest airport is Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International, but due to tourism, they have made 3 other airports those being: Nji-Gadn, Pokhara and Gautama Buddha Airport.

Oh, and they also have the most dangerous runway in the world which is Lukla airport which drives off a cliffside, so if you don't build enough speed to fly you plummet downwards.

Also, they act sorta like a buffer between the two giants India and China, this comes with its pros and cons, and one of the pros is that they are basically surrounded by two large countries. And since they are basically surrounded by these two countries Nepal is one of the very few countries to never be colonised, they were definitely influenced and invaded, but never fully colonised by external peoples.
Since they were never colonised the land transport is unique, they have roads heading into both China and India, but to go into Kathmandu you have to go to the heart of the mountain so you only have a few highways to get there like the H02 highway from India and the H03 which goes into Zhangmu-Zhen in Tibet China.

There is a disputed territory in Nepal which is the Kalapani territory, it was a byproduct of the 1962 border war between India and China.

Interesting places to visit are The Annapurna National History Museum, Narayanhiti Palace, Pokhara (basically the tourism capital), Chitwan, Tiger tops and Elephant Polo fields, the Toothache Tree, the Aviation Museum, religious sites like Pashupatinath, Manakamanab, Budanikanth, Muktinath, Rincheling Gompa, The Ronbuk Monastery, Lumbini (the arguable birthplace of Buddha, and the Boudanath Stupa. 

Nepal is located at the start of the Himalayan Mountain range, the tallest mountain range in the world it was caused by the Indian tectonic plates colliding with the Eurasian plate and the collisions are still happening meaning that the Himalayas are getting taller by 6.1 or 2.4 inches a year. 

The tallest mountain in Nepal is...Mount Everest is nearly 9000 meters high or 9km tall and has 8 of the tallest mountains in the world just in the mountain range itself. Since the technotic plates are active the country is subjected to Earthquakes the strongest being a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015, along with that it triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest killing 21 people. 

The country has 3 regions, the Himalayan mountain range, the Pahad which is below the mountains which doesn't get snow and has fertile land and rivers, lastly the Terei the lowest part of Nepal located in the greater Gangetic plain that extends to northern Bangladesh and India.
The lowest point is Kechana Kalan 70m above sea level, China this makes Nepal one of the countries with a large amount of elevation changes, the Kechana Kalan area is the most fertile which is where most of the agriculture is grown. 

The largest river is the Ghaghara which is found in the west and the largest lake is the Rara, but still, the Baghmati River runs through Kathmandu and the Gandak River has the largest Hydroelectric dam, while the Koshi River supplies most of the water to the lower parts of Nepal in the east.

Nepal does struggle with their living index of animals they are still a heavily agrarian society with nearly 65% of the population in agriculture, and half of the development funds come from foreign aid from other countries. Their exports largely are textiles, clothing and carpets. 

They are trying to use the tourism sector of visitors to their advantage normally through tours and guides through the mountains with obviously Mount Everest. Being the most expensive.

When you want to go up Mount Everest you have multiple choices for agencies for travelling up. The Western ones will be pretty pricy up to 45,000+ USD per person, the Nepali agencies being cheaper but a language barrier might exist, but the 25,000+ is much cheaper than the Western agencies. You can also just hire a helicopter to fly up but only one person has ever done that being Didier Delsale from France but it is incredibly dangerous.  

Around 40% is forested with 9 national parks and 3 wildlife reserves. 
The national animal is the cow with the Hindu population of Nepal regards them as sacred animals, many are vegetarian or eat chicken or fish. 

Some popular foods here are Dhindo, Gundruk, Daal Bhat Tarkari, Thakali Khana set, Choila, Kachila, Chatamari, Nepali pani puri, Nepali Aloo Chana, Laphing, and Momo dumplings. 

Nepal has over 120 Ethno-linguistic groups, with a population of around 30 million people with over 2 million working abroad usually in the Middle East. With the Chhettri being around 17%, Brahman-hill at 12%, Magar at 7, and the Tharu at 7% also, the rest 57% is made out of other groups.

They use the Nepali rupee, which is pegged to the Indian rupee, type C, D and M plug outlets and they drive on the left side of the road.

With over 120 people, most speak Nepali which is sorta of a cousin to Hindi which is spoken by roughly 45% of the population. But English is still used in government as a bridge because not everyone speaks Nepali. 

Around 81% of the population is Hindu, even at 10% which is considered a minority Nepal takes Buddhism very seriously.

Most belong to the 7 "Family" groups, the mountainous Bhoti, Sherpa and Thakali at the Himalayan zones, the Gurung people usually serve in the Nepali military under the Gurkhas.
Then the Kirani, Rai and Limbu people in the east, similar to the Bhutanese and Sikkim, with 3/5ths of the population the Pahari people are the most widespread around Nepal, they are very focused on agriculture and having amazing textiles. 
The Tamang are about 40 clans scattered throughout Nepal and are extremely Bhudhist.
Then the Tharu people in the south, are generally immune to malaria due to their Thalassemic blood which is inherited which is a blood disorder.

The "Original" Nepali are probably the Newar people found in pockets around Nepal but mostly in cities. They are considered to be the most advanced in economics, politics and society. 

Many Nepali follow a Tantric tradition that requires 5 animals for a ritual sacrifice: water buffalo, goats, ducks, and chicken, but they must be male.
The Himalayas are considered to be the "Abode of Lord Shiva", and every town has a Jatra which is a celebration of their main god or goddess and a statue of their god/goddess is paraded around the town. Along with a 15-day celebration of Dashain.
As well as the Kumari which are young girls treated like goddesses until they reach puberty. 

The short history is: The Kathmandu neolithic age, Nepal being spoken about in the Vedic Hindu texts, the Kirati kings period, the small kingdoms and clans, Siddharta Gautama, vassal states under the Maurya and Gupta empires, Prithvi Narayan Shah put together modern-day Nepal, the Angolo Nepali war, the Treaty of Saguali, the Kot massacre, slavery abloshed in 1924, royal family drama, the 2001 royal massacre, King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev steps down as king ending Nepal's title as the last Hindu kingdom in the world, unified communist party, the 2015 earthquake, the first female president, and now today.

Although they are considered a "communist party" which yes they do follow some communist policies, they are not considered a communist country. 
Instead, it is a parliamentary republic which is a parliament which has control over the head of state. Nepal is the only country that has a communist majority vote but is not wholeheartedly communist.

Famous people from Nepal are Amshuverma (ruler), Princess Bhrikuti, Sankhadhar Sakhwa (hero/philanthropist), Araniko (artist), Rana Habadur Shah (king), Bhimsen Thapa (ruler kinda), Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Jhamak Ghimire (writer), Amrita Acharia (actress), Tenzing Norgay (one of the first 2 to scale mount Everest), Gopal Prasad Rimal (poet), Anil Gurug (athlete), Gaurika Singh (athlete), Dachiri Sherpa (athlete), Sandeep Lamichhane(cricket player), Prabal Gurung (fashion), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (the shortest man in the world), David Lama (mountain climber), and Siddhartha Gautama or the Buddha.

Although roughly 10% of their population is Buddhist Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia are in good relations, usually taking pilgrimage trips to Nepal to visit holy sites usually in Lumbini.   
They kind of have some tension in Bhutan because of the Nepali Lhotshampa residents in the 90s. 
They have good relations with China and India, China is building a railway from Lhasa to Kathmandu, for India most of their trade comes from India, most people in Nepal can understand Hindi and watch Bollywood films, and both countries are Hindu.
They are also good friends with Bangladesh, often using Chitaggong over their own Kolkatta port, and Nepali studies study in Bangladesh and have agreements about trade and transit between countries. And Nepal helping with power by supplying electricity via hydroelectric dams and giving electricity to Bangladesh.

Nauru

Pronounced Nau-roo. It is the least visited country in the world (beating North Korea).

Some linguists speculate that the name Nauru comes from the word Anaoero, which means "I go to the beach".

The county is situated in Oceania, Melanesia and Micronesia, but categorically their country is in Micronesia, not "the Federated States of Micronesia".

It is the smallest country in Oceania, being only 8.1 square miles or 21 square kilometres, the country's perimeter is only 12 miles or 19 kilometres long.

Nauru is split into 14 Administrative districts, but when election time rolls around the country is split into 8 regions to give their votes.

Nauru is the only country in the world to not have an official Capital, most say it is Yaren because it is where the parliament and administrative buildings are and is the only airport to their country Nauru International. 
But Yaren is considered a "Main District".

Yaren is the 3d largest town with around 1700, on the island, the second largest is Menen with around 1,400 people, and the largest is Arijejen with 2400.

Coming into Nauru is quite difficult as the whole country is surrounded by jagged coral reefs that's why they don't really have many seaports.
There are really only 2 small harbours capable of holding small to medium-sized boats, one at Anibare on the east side, and one Aiwo at on the west.

Since the whole country is literally an oval, there is one ring road that covers the whole country named 'The Island Ringroad" taking around 1 hour to travel around the whole country by car, and there is also a bus every hour that drives on that road.
There are also unpaved gravel roads that cross between the country to shortcut around the country. 
On one of these roads is the "Nauru Detention Centres", which are sites that hold prisoners from Australia to detain illegal immigrants. 

There is also a 3-mile or 4.82km rail system that transports Phosphate off the coast of Aiwo.

Nauru gets less than 1000 people a year in tourists, but if you do come here some places are interesting like:
The Yeren Parlement building, Buala Lagoon, the Moqua well and cave, Frigate bird games, Anabare bay, a central plateau named "Topside", WW2 artillery, the Linkbelt Oval Sportfield, and then Scuba diving.

Nauru sits on the Southern Pacific plate only 34 miles or 56km away from the Equator, they are one of the great Phosphate rock islands the other two being Kiribati's Banaba island, and then 3,000 miles or 4828km away Makatea island across the international date line in French Polynesia.

The reason why they have so much Phosphate is because of bird poop, over thousands of years, poop droppings from migrating birds leave these 3 islands with plenty amount of Phosphate.

Around 300 meters inland from the jagged coast is the most fertile land in Nauru, and in the south is Buada Lagoon, Nauru doesn't have rivers or streams so most of its water is either desalination plants or through rainwater collection.
In the centre you reach a more grassy plateau, the highest point being Command Ridge at 233 feet or 720 meters tall this is where most of the Phosphate was mined for the past few decades. 

In 1968 they had the highest GDP in the world after they opened up the Phosphate mines, but they knew that these Phosphate mines would eventually deplete so they put most of their money into Trust funds. 
Sadly most of the funds put into these Trusts, were mismanaged and most were lost, almost making Nauru bankrupt, they are a cash-only country. 
Other than the dwindling phosphate reserves, they also have fishing, and the very minute crops they grow on the island.

In the Buada lagoon, they practice Aquaculture, in which they raise Milkfish, which predate European settlers, but most basic goods must be imported via Australia or New Zealand.

The food here is kinda fatty, as most grocery stores have to wait up to 6 weeks per shipment of goods, so most have to either get what they can on the island or stock up on non-perishables.
Most Nauruans eat grilled or fried fish in their meals, along with pandanus and pineapple, with over 130 Chinese restaurants with burgers, pizza and spam fried rice is common. 
This diet is one of the reasons why Nauru is "The most Obese country in the world", with over 70% being obese, and 94% overweight.

The country's population is 12,688 it is the 3d least populated nation, after Tuvalu and Vatican City, around 60% of the population is Nauruan, 24% of other Asians and Pacific islanders, and 8% Europeans, 8% is Han Chinese.

The Australian dollar as their currency, type I plug outlet and they drive on the left side of the road.

There are an estimated of around 15,000 Nauruans around the world, around 1,000 Nauruans live in Australia, and 8000 in the USA, although everyone in Nauru speaks English, the mother tongue is Nauruan, it is technically a Micronesian language.

They also have a strange way of displaying cardinal direction that only works on their island, there are 4 main directions: Pawa top left, Pawa bottom left, Pwiju bottom, Pwiju and top left.
those cover quadrants of the island, and then Arijejen for left and Ganokoro for right, both cover the interior of the island (please just google it makes more sense).

Pictures of Nauruan wearing armour made from coconut fibres and pufferfish helmets, they also do Teigen which is a type of music festival, and also Frigate bird fishing.

Nauruans also enjoy weightlifting, AFL and Rugby, Nauru also signed in 2001 the Pacific Solution Agreement with Australia to detain illegal immigrants to Australia, the highest number of people held at the Nauru detention facility was 1233 in 2014.

The rough history is:
Micronesia and Polynesia came in, 12 tribes were established, British wailers stopped by and traded, tribal war in 1878, Germans came in, and they Established kings, then the Phosphate was discovered by Albert Fuller Ellis, then in WW2 Australia captured Nauru, then Influenza virus hits, then Japan takes over in WW2, then they relocate lots of Nauruans to Chuuk island, they get help from Australia to fight off the Japanese, around 800 Nauruans come back from Chuuk island, 1868 independence.

Some famous people are mainly from the government: King Aweida, Hammer DeRoburt (founding president), Marlene Moses, Keiren Keke, David Adeang, Itte Detenamo, Alopua Tetoa (football player), Yukiio Peter (weight lifter), Reana Solomon (weight lifter), their President is an Olympic gold medal winner and won 7 gold medals at the Commonwealth games.

For outside relations, the Soloman Islands, Kiribati, and The Federated States of Micronesia have good ties due to them being Island nations, along with Fiji to help further their studies and education, Nauru is one of the 4 countries to recognise Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent nation-states to which Russia gave them around 50 million in aid, then in 1981 they recognised the Sadr the Saudi Arab Democratic Republic but in the 2000s they withdrew the tie to sign accords with Morocco because they wanted to invest in their phosphate mines.

Then when they joined the UN Nauru recognised Taiwan as a country, in 2002 Taiwan cut ties with Nauru because Nauru recognised the PRC instead.
Then in 2003, they were sad about losing Taiwan, so they closed their embassy in China and reestablished ties with Taiwan in 2005.
But most likely Australia is their best ally as they are the ones that helped Nauru the most and both have agreements keeping Nauru afloat.

Namibia

Namibia is one of the safest and cleanest places to visit in all of Africa. 
Located in Southern Africa, with a coast along the Atlantic Ocean, they also have a panhandle named the "Caprivi strip" and at the end of it they share a river border with Zambia.
They also have the world's only Quadrapoint between several nations. Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

They were colonised by the Germans, so they spoke German as one of their languages. 

The country is split into 14 regions and the capital Windhoek in the Central Khomas Region, it has the only Airport in the whole nation the "Windhoek's Hosea Kutako International", but there are many smaller domestic airstrips and regional airports. 

The second and third largest cities are Rundu in the northeast and Walvis Bay which holds one of the two shipping ports in the country., named Walvis Bay Harbour which is the only natural Harbor in the country.
Divided by the Pelican Point sand spit.
The Luderitz harbour further south, these cities are connected by the train system the National Train Service "Transnamib".
The planned lines will go from Angola to Botswana.

Now back to the Caprivi strip, what happened was that the Germans (who colonised Namibia), made a deal to give the British the Zanzibar Islands and Heligoland and in return, they got them a little slip known as the Caprivi strip, which lets them access to the Zambezi river.

Namibia is huge, but only 3 people per square kilometre. 
Also, don't sail on the north coast. The Portuguese called it the "Gates to Hell", commonly known as the Skeleton Coast, this is where you can find lots of shipwrecked vessels with ill-equipped sailors. 

Some interesting places to visit are:
Kolmanskop Ghost Town, Sanderburg Castle, the Hoba Meteorite (the largest in the world), the sand dunes of Sossusvlei, the Gibbon Metorites, the Solitare installation, the dinosaur footprints of Otjihaenamaparero, the Tropic of Capricorn, Chistuskirche (The church of Windhoek), the Cheetah conservation fund, Crocodile ranch, the Onbalantu Baobab tree, Twyfelfontein rock carvings, the Independence memorial museum, and lastly Hero's Acre.

Namibia is the driest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, the country is split between 5 geographic regions.
The Nabib desert (the oldest one in the world, home to the Skeleton Coast), west of the Central Plataeu which is where the tallest peak in the country lies, Brandberg Mountain.
And this is where most of the population lives since it is the most arable land.
In the south is the Great Escarpment which is the longest river in the country the Fish River, which also has the Fish River Canyon which is the largest in Africa.

Northeast is the Bushveld the most green and lush part of Namibia, which extends to the Okavango Delta and the Zambezi River.
This is where you can find the Etosha pan, the largest salt pan at around 120 Kilometers long. 

But the smallest natural lake is Lake Guinas which is around 6600 square meters. Which is a sinkhole lake caused by a collapsed cave. 
Finally, we reach the Kalahari desert, which has strange wildlife and plants. This place gets more rain than most deserts. 

And in the Namib desert, there are "Fairy circles" in which grass grows but with an empty sand hole in the middle kinda like a doughnut. Found in dry regions in Africa and Australia. 

But it may be hard to live, it's not inhospitable to animals, around 200+ mammals live here along with the national animal the Oryx. 
Over 600 species of birds, and over 4300 plants 700 being endemic to the country. 

Many of their industries are meats, fish, natural minerals and diamonds, as they are top 10 in the world for diamonds. 

Many Namibians love meat, and when the Germans came and invaded, they taught the Namibians their meat recipes. Some are:
Kapana, Kabjelou (silver cod), Luderitz crayfish, Fat cakes, Pap in vels, Mopane worms, Potjikos, Kalahari truffles, Omajowa mushrooms, and their natural drink Oshikindu, they also do BBQ named Braai it being legally hunted animals. 

With a population of 2.567 million, it is the second least densely packed country in the world after Mongolia. 

Around 50% is Ovambo, then the Kovango at 9%, mixed people at 8%, the Herero and Damara each at 7%, and the rest comprise of white people the Hozi the San and others.

The Namibian dollar is their currency, the D and M plug outlets, and they drive on the left side of the road.
Along with the colonization of Africa around the 1800s, Namibia was under German control for almost 30 years.
Then South African forces took over around 1915.

And since the Germans were here, they left their marks, as they have signs, buildings radio and newspapers in German, but only 2-3% of the population speaks it natively.
It was a co-official language, along with Afrikaans and English.

Most of the population (80-90% are Christian), more on the protestant branch, mainly Lutheran.
Brought over from Germany and strangely Finnish missionaries.

Most of the population can be broken down into 4 groups: the Bantu, the Khoisan, the Mixed and the Whites
the Khoisan are the Nama, San and !Kung (the ! is a click sound).

They are the oldest people groups in the world, dating back to the Stone Age, they are the only Black people that have natural Epicanthic folds, which normally East Asians have. They also are the original creators of Click languages.

Later other Bantu groups would migrate from West Africa around 1000 BC, and would adopt these click sounds into their languages like Xhosa and Zulu.
(Fun fact) The Wakandans in Black Panther use Xhosa to speak.

The largest Bantu group the Ovambo, is along the border with Angola, and they love wearing the colour Fuchsia and they have a fruit harvest festival.

The Kavango and Lozi groups live around the Caprivi strip panhandle and in the lush part of Namibia famous for its woodwork.

The Herero live around the central and eastern parts of the country, their clothing is heavily inspired by the German and Finnish missionaries.

The Himba people are famous for using Otjize paste made from animal fat and ochre used as a natural sunscreen.

The Damara people potentially the oldest Bantu Namibia, were enslaved by the Nama.

Then the mixed people like the Oorlans, and Blasters (people of European and African descent).

Then the Whites like the Germans, Afrikaans and English, still keep German traditions like their own African-style version of Octoberfest.

Namibia has over 30+ constituent and traditional monarchies with 5 chefs ruling over certain areas.

The short history is:
The Khoisan groups, the Bantus migrate south, Diogo Cão a Portuguese comes in but doesn't really care about Namibia ,
Oorlam people cross over during the 1800s, and they make friends with the Nama people,
then the Nama-Herero war, then Germany comes in roughly 1884,
the Nama and the Herero's fight together to expel the Germans,
then the Nama-Herero genocide,
then in 1915 South Africa takes over, and weird police states appear, SWAPO is made of rebels wanting independence,
then independence from South Africa by 1990, Multiparty democracy gets introduced, then the Caprivi strip tried to be a sovereign nation but Namibia said no.

Some people from Namibia with Namibia descent are:

Anna Mungunda (national hero), Sam Nujoma (first President), Jackson Kaujeua, Michelle Mclean (Miss Universe 1992), Gwen Lister (Journalist), Frankie Fredricks (Track Racer), Johanna Benson (another track Runner), Ricardo Manetti (Soccer/Football coach), Gazza (musician), Knowledge katti and Harold Pupkewitz (business people).

For being friends with other nations, 
Lots of Germans come to Namibia , and some even go to Germany to live. Strangely Finland also has good relations with Namibia , they are also good friends with Botswana and South Africa with trade between both countries. 

Myanmar

 So, the Burmese Python, is from Burma, and Myanmar is Burma.

Burma or Myanmar is what bridges China to most of SEA (Southeast Asia).

Bordered by five other countries: China, Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand and India, with a coast on the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, they also have a small amount of the Kra Isthmus which is shared by Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, the southernmost of the country named the "Kawthaung", on the coast they have over 800 islands and the southernmost island is Cristie Island if you go north the largest island is Kadan Kyun, but the Coco islands although are in India's territory, they instead belong to Myanmar.

The country is divided into 21 divisions, there are 7 states and 7 regions, the only thing that divides these states and regions is that the states have a more ethnic minority, while the regions have or Bamar have a more Burmese majority. The Sang state and the Sagaine region have 5 self-administrated zones and 1 self-administrated division. The capital Naypyidaw, is surprisingly the 3rd largest city in the country.
The largest city was Yangon, which was the capital until Naypyadaw was elected as the capital, having the largest seaport the "Myanmar Port Authority" and has their largest international airport "Yangon International", and the second largest city, Mandalay which was the last "royal" capital along with the second busiest airport Mandalay International.

They also have a well-developed railway system that transcends practically the whole country, while most people live along the Irrawaddy river and delta. 

Naypyidaw is actually a young planned city. There is technically no official reason why it was built, some say to make the capital more to the centre of the country as most are, and some speculate that Yangon was too crowded so they built an entirely new city to house the new rising population. But it is 4800 square kilometers it is huge, for scale New York one of the highest-density cities out there is 778.2 kilometres squared.
It has a very small population density around 130 people per square kilometre. and they have the eerie empty 20-lane highway.

Places of interest are:
The Inwa ruins, the Pagoda of holy snakes (you can get blessed by a snake),
the Mingun bell which is the second largest working bell after the Tsar bell in Russia,
Win sein yaw ya the largest reclining Buddha in the world,
The Shwenandaw Kyaung Temple,
The Nyaung Ohak Jungle Temple Village,
Mahamuni Temple in Mandalay,
The Kuthodaw pagoda is the largest book in the world carved in stone,
The Bogyoke market,
The Taukkyan War Cemetary,
The Indipence monument,
The golden rock, Shwegadon Pagoda,
and probably their most ancient and famous landmark The Anchent city of Bagan a pagan city with nearly 2,200 temples.

Surrounded by their neighbouring countries by mountain chains, you go the Arakan and Chin mountains in the west, the Naga Hills and the Hengduan Hills in the north, and the tallest peak in South East Asia Hkakabo Razi.
Then the Shan plateau, the Karen hills, Dawna and Tenasserim hills around the south, the geography of Myanmar is lush and flat with the important and largest river in their country.
The Irrawaddy, the water coming from the snow melt and springs from the Himalayan mountains in the north.

The largest lake the Indawyi, is in the north as well, floating on the water is the Shwe Myinzu Yele Pagoda.

Unfortunately for Myanmar, they are kinda sandwiched between the Indian, Sunda and Burma tectonic plates, and the middle of the country is the Sawgang faultline, which is subject to occasional earthquakes. But they get geothermal activity, and they have the extremely rare mud volcanos near the town of Minbu.

Myanmar has lots of natural resources, and precious stones like pearls, rubies, sapphires and jades. They also have a Pogoda made completely out of jade. And Myanmar supplies 90% of the world's rubies mainly coming from the Mogok mines. 

Over 300 mammals along with the Burmese white elephant, and over 100 bird species and their national bird the Peacock.

They are also part of the "Golden Triangle", which is basically the largest drug ring in South East Asia, and they are the largest producer of Meth in the world, and the second largest producer of Opium after Afghanistan. According to sources the amount of money earned from these legal or illegal purchases and selling would be nearly 2 billion USD annually, or 40% of their foreign exchange. 

Food that is tasty here is Lahpet, Mone-ti, Coconut noodles, Pae peyote htamin, lots of curries, Sanwin makin, Kauknyintok, and Moh leh saung. Shwe yin aye, and their national dish Mohinga. 

Oh, and they also make Thanaka which is sunscreen made from tree bark.

There are over 130 ethnic groups, with a population of around 56 million, and one of the lowest energy consumption rates in all of Asia. Around 56% is Burman or Bamar, the Shan at 9%, the Karen at 7%, the Rhakine at 4%, and the rest is made of the 130 groups with noticeable Chinese and Indian communities. 

Their currency is the Khat (Cha-t), yea "kh" makes a "ch" sound, the C, D, F and G plug outlets and even though they were a previous British colony they drive on the right side. But what is strange is that most of their cars have the drivers on the right of the car instead of the left. 

If you want to say someone from Myanmar you would say they are Burmese, and that's why the country was named Burma. but if you encounter a person from Myanmar who is not Burmese, do ask what ethnic group they are part of and call them that.

Most of the people from Myanmar speak Burmese, which is completely different from all their neighbours. Some say it is a distant cousin from Tibetan, and it is written in a sort of bubbly circles. 

On the religious side, 88% of the population is Buddhist, most in the Theravada branch of Buddhism. Around 6.3% are Christan among the Khachin, Chin and Kayin people. Islam at around 4% being the Kanmein Panthay and Pashu Malays. And the Rohingya.

And one of the 3 countries that don't use the Metric system, instead using the imperial system. That being the USA and Libera.
They also still use their own native Burmese measuring system. A "Lan" is around 6 feet or 1.28 meters, a "Ngase Tha" is around 18 lbs or 816 grams, and a Laa Myu is 2.7fl oz or 29.9ml. 

In 2013 the government tried to incorporate the metric system over time.

There are lots of things to list about Myanmars culture, like the silver jewellery of the Jingpo people, the flowery headdresses from the Lisu people, the Kaya people with their red sashes, the Mon people with their music, the Moken divers, the Rhakine and their coastal traditions. The Shan and their food, the Pa o and their fire rockets, the Wa people and their water buffalo sacrifices, the Taron people with only 5 people in the world still alive, and an average of around 4 feet tall, and the Padung people with elongated brass ringed necks.

Chinlone, it is a wicker ball hacky sack game with 6 players, and is similar to muaythai but you can also use your head, many people wear the Longyi which is similar to the Malaysian Sarung. 

The country is a Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional republic.

Historically there were many kingdoms and royal households although the royal throne was abolished in 1885, but the descendants of this throne are named "monarch pretenders". 

A rough history is Animist and Hindu kingdoms, Buddhism came in, the Pyu people, the little Bagan kingdom, the big Bagan kingdom, Mongols invade, the Tungoo empire, Kongbaung Dynasty, Sino Burma wars, wars with Thailand, the Konbuang kingdom, then the British come in, colonised by the British, WW2, Japan helps get rid of British overlords (learn later that Japan is worse), get help from the British and force the Japanese to leave, Independence in 4th January 1948, Coup, socialism, change their name from Burma to Myanmar in 1989, military rule, Democracy in 2011, and then the Rohingya crisis.

Famous people of Burma or Myanmar descent are The kings Anawartha, Alaungpaya and Bayinnaung, Bo Gyoke Aung San, Nay Toe, the artists Ba Nyan and Ba Gyan, Suk Bahadur, Wutt Hmore Shwe Yi (actress), Aung La N Sang, Sai Sai Khan Leng, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Some other people with Burmese heritage include Peter Barakan, Jamie Cullum, Zuleikha Robinson, Morisaki Win, and Richard Beckinsale (1/4 Burmese).

Myanmar has some strange relations with other countries, one being India, they worked together to stop drug trafficking, and they are the 4th largest trading partner for Myanmar and the 2nd export market. 
Myanmar has also strange relations with China, as they had some border wars, and Myanmar didn't really like the Tibetan annexation, but then in the 80s China-funded much of Myanmar's military and agreed to build a Chinese Intelligence base on the island in the Great Cocoa islands.

As a member of ASEAN, they mostly get along with their Asian cousins, Thailand did have a lot of wars in the past, but both came to a consensus to work together to further the development of their nations. 
And is the largest trading partner, and 80% of the Thailand immigrant workers are from Myanmar.

Although they were treated pretty badly in the past, Japan seems to be on pretty good terms with Myanmar, many Japanese companies have opened up in Myanmar, and Japanese volunteers go and help the orphaned children by building schools and hospitals. 

 

Mozambique

 On the east coast of Southern Africa, and bordered by 6 other countries, those being: Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Eswatini, and their coast is the Indian Sea.

And nearby Comoros and Madagascar.

Divided into 10 provinces and their capital Maputo in the south of the country, and Maputo has the largest and only international airport, Maputo International, after Maputo the other two largest cities are Nampula and Beira along the coast.

But most of the seaports are in Maputo, Beira and Nacala.

Mozambique has three archipelagos. The: Qurimbas were in the north, Primeras in the south and Bazaruto a little more south than Primeras.

But they also own an Island, the Island of Mozambique which was first inhabited by the Swahilis, then a sultan which is where they got their name from the sultan being named Mussa Bin Bique.

Then the Portuguese came and made a naval base out of, strangely coral, the chapel of Nossa Senhora De Beluarte, which is confirmed to be the oldest European build structure in the southern hemisphere. 

Some interesting places to visit include:
The Heros Square, the Benguera Lodge, the historical Imhambane buildings, the abandoned Beira hotel, and the statue of Samora Machel in Maputo, the Lion house which lions apparently like going there.
Many beaches like Tofo beach and Ponta do Ouro.

Mozambique lies where the African plate meets the Somali plate, where the East African rift starts and ends.

Mozambique is generally flat with the highest peak, Mount Binga shared with Zimbabwe, then the largest lake is Malawi, shared with no shocker, Malawi.
But the Cahora Bassa reservoir is the largest inland lake and it is the 4th largest man-made lake in Africa created by the Cahora Bassa dam, which powers about 80% of the country on the Zambezi River.

Mozambique is a very biodiverse country, having 250 species of mammals and 740 species of birds.
These mammals range from "The Big 5" (lions, leopards, rhinos, buffalos, and elephants).

And the Nyala antelope and Aardwolf, and the national animal the African Elephant, poaching is a big problem here, being the illegal ivory trade from the elephant tusks. The most protected area is the Niassa Nature Reserve, which is badly maintained and unfortunately helps with the poaching problems.

Mozambique had to change a lot due to its civil wars. The country collapsed due to mismanagement, changing 1200 state-owned enterprises to private ones and adding a value-added tax system for goods and services.

Most of their debt is greatly reduced due to the IMF's Heavily in Indebted Poor Countries initiative.

Even though they have one of the highest GDP growths, they still rank as one of the least developed nations.

Fishing and agriculture are a vital part of most citizens' lives and make up 80% of the workforce.
Exports include Aluminum, Lumber, Cotten, Prawns and Sugar, and Gas and Oil.

And focusing on Tourism with a high-quality volume plan which focuses on wealthy travellers with money to spend. 

If you look at most of the beach resorts in Mozambique they are lavish and highly ordained with decorations and flair. 

Most of the food is reminiscent of Portuguese, and strangely Arab influence. 
Some foods are Kanana, Matapa, Xiguinha, Collard greens, Galinha zambeziana, Piri-peri chicken, and Carapau which is the most eaten fish in Mozambique. And Xima (or Ugali). 

Strangely enough, they refer to themselves as a commonwealth, while never being inhabited by the British.

A population of 32.97 million people, and half the population is under 15, 99% of the population falls under the Bantu people group, and the other 1% are foreigners, usually Europeans.

The main Bantu groups have their own little territory in their country. The largest group the Makuhwa which lives in the north. And have interesting family ebony wood carvings. And they also have a stilt dance where they (obviously) dance while wearing stilts.
The Swahili live around the coast, 
The Shona Karanga live around the Zambezi valley.
And The Tsonga and Nuni live around the south.

The Mozambique Metical as their currency and types C, F, and N plug outlets and drive on the left side of the road.

Portuguese is the only government and media language spoken in Mozambique, however, it is considered a second language compared to the Bantu mother tongue.

Around 56% are Christian either Catholic or Protestant. 18% are Muslim. Before Portuguese colonization, the Arabs came in and set up ports around the coasts. 

Ngungunhane Gungunhana was the leader of the Gaza empire in southern Mozambique and was the nephew of Shaka Zulu.

The Capulana dress is a common garment worn by women.

Dancing is popular here as the Chopi people have dances normally depicting battle. The women on Mozambique island have a rope jumping dance. The Chewa people have the Gule Wamkulu which is a UNESCO as an oral and intangible heritage of humanity. 

History is interesting:
The San hunters and gatherers, the Bantu migration, the arab in Indian exploration, the arab slave trade era, Vasco de Gama shows up, and the Portuguese colonise for centuries, fighting for independence, indigence in 1975, a new USSR communist party named FRELIMO takes over, the national resistance part takes over, civil war years, civil war ends in the 90s, joined in 1995 to the commonwealth of nations, and in 2015 Mozambique is considered landmine free.

Famous people from here are:
Samora Machel (the first president), Joaquim Chissano (another president), Mr Bow, Liloca, Mia Counto (author), Hugo Diogo (Dygo boy), Maria Mutola, Paulina  Chiziana, Moreina Chonguica, Gran'mah, Ricardo Pinto Jorge, Lizha James, Goncalo Mabunda, And Abel Xavier (football coach).

Countries that have close ties to Mozambique are: the USA and China both investing and helping with HIV and AIDS, and China helping with the Maputo bridge. And helping issues, after the US and China, and their Lusaphone South African cousins (lusophone means Portuguese speaking).
Strangely Italy is their highest export partner. |
They love Brazilian TV shows and movies. 
And they love signed agreements to allow visa-free travel between the countries.

South Africa and maybe Portugal, even though they were conquered by them (Portugal), still keep close ties in business, and cancelled nearly 400 million in debt. And South Africa is part of the business that keeps Mozambique afloat, about 1/3 of exports and 1/4th of all imports come from South Africa.

Morocco

Morocco  Located in Africa in the area named the "Maghrib" which straddles the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the east.

Morocco has a narrow 13km or 8-mile gap between them and Spain, known as the strait of Gibraltar. That is not the nearest Morocco is to Spain as that is the second closest, the closest Spain is to Morocco is actually at the town of Tarifa.

They are bordered by Algeria in the east.

There are 12 different areas and the capital Rabat is located along the west Atlantic coast.
Now it gets a little confusing, they were once a French protectorate and was colonised by the Spanish (they are neighbours so that makes sense). There was a war between Morocco, Polisario (S.A.D.R) and Maurataina about land disputes, and eventually, Maurataintia stepped down since Morocco kept fighting.
So currently Morocco and Polisario sorta split the area in two, Morocco got the shores and the off-shore oil banks, while Polisario got most of the islands. About 1/5 of the population live in the S.A.D.R area, while 40% of the population live in the Laayoune area, around the middle you see a sand berm which is a militarily made wall which separates the S.A.D.R from Morocco. 
Getting into the western Sahara is difficult as you can pretty much only get access through Morocco, but you might get stopped by the military, and getting through the S.A.D.R. is near impossible to any outsiders.

If you go up from the Mediterranean you will encounter the"plazas de soberanía" which are like the last pieces of the Spanish empire in Northern Africa, the legality of these areas belonging to Spain is important as Morrocoo was founded after these areas were controlled by the Spanish were made.

The two largest entities are Ceuta close to Spain in the west with a population of 82,000, and Melia which has their own airport with a population of 80,000.
Along with the three Alhucemas Islands, the three Chafrinas Islands, and Penon de Velez which is a small military outpost with an entrance connected using a isthmus about 85 meters wide being the smallest international land border.
There are also two more islands under disputed territory, Isla Perejil, Nube island and Isla de Alboran.

The busiest airport is Muhammad the V International, and the second and third are Marakesh and Agadir.\

Interesting places to visit are: 
Baadi castle, The blue city Chefchaouen, Jardins Majorelle, Muhammand the V mausoleum, The Hercules cave, Ibn Dagan Synagogue (one of the last Jewish buildings), The Gates of Fez, Volubilis ruins, Meknes castle, Al-Karaouine University (supposed to be the oldest University in the world), The Merenid Tombs, The Hassan II Mosque (with the top five for the tallest minaret.

The Country lies when the African plate meets the Eurasian plate and with the Atlas faultines cutting the tip of the Rif mountains, these plates made the three mountain chains: The Middle Atlas, The Anti Atlas, and The High Atlas, where the tallest peak in Africa can be found Toubkhal. and along that, you can find the largest lake the Bin El Quidane reservoir, and the longest river, The Draa River. 

Where most of the population live in the northern regions as that has more flatter and Areable (farmable) terrain with more vegetation, sometimes it even snows, and they have the highest ski resort in all of Africa.

Morocco has lots of natural resources, 18% of the land is arable and 12% is forested, the biodiversity is also very suitable as many are endemic, like gazelles, boars, fennec foxes, over ninety species of reptiles and macaque monkeys, and yes, goats do climb trees here. Mostly in the town of Tamri, due to illegal trade and poaching fennec foxes and macaque monkeys are disappearing including the national animal the Barbary Lion, the last one was seen in 1922.

On a good note, They are in the top 5 with the highest GDP per person, and mining takes most of the workforce as they hold 75% of the world's known phosphor mines, they do rely on crops as 40% of the workforce works at farms, it is also said that they have one of the highest fish markets in all of Africa taking about 3% of their GDP.

And the largest exporter of sardines in the world, even though you are not legally allowed to smoke it, they are the top exporter of cannabis.

 Food is as follows: Anything cooked in a Tajine pot (which is a pot with a cone-shaped lid), Rafissa, Harira soup, Pastilla, Seffa, Mrouzia, Mechoui, and their national dish Couscous.
Sweet treats like Chebakia, Baghrir, Sellou, Ghriyba, Mhancha, Kaab Ghazal, and their favourite drink, Mint tea, they are practically the only country that exports "Argon" oil, used in food, cosmetics and hair products.

With a population of 36 million people, it is the highest Burbur and Amazigh population in Africa, and possibly worldwide. Around 40-80% of the population has either Burubr or Amazigh ancestry with the 19% being non-Burbur or Amazigh, with some French, Spanish, and Africans.

The Moroccan Dirham is their currency and the type C and E plug outlets and they drive on the right side of the road.

So, what are Burburs or Amazighs, well they are the indigenous semi-nomadic peoples who have lived in regions of North Africa before the Arabs came in, they are completely different from Arabs, in clothing, arts, traditions, and language which is different from Arabs.
Now the Burbur/Amazigh language is an official language along with Arabic in Morocco and Algeria, written in either Latin or Neo-Tifinagh script, most Moroccans are trilingual, growing up with Arabic, Burbur or Amazigh, and most of the time a European language, most commonly French.
The way they speak Arabic is a style named "Darija" which some classify as a different language as it is drastically different from standard Arabic.

The is also a Monarchy, which is ruled under the king of Muhammad the VI or the Muhammand the Sixth, who claims to be a descendent of the Prophet Muhammad, he belongs to the Alaoute Dynasty the second oldest dynasty in the world, after Japan's Yamato imperial family.

Around 99% of the population is Muslim mainly Sunni, with a few Jewish and Christians here and there, Morocco has one of the highest Jewish populations in the Arab world, with some estimates being 350,000 and over, after wartimes most either fled or got expelled, most heading to Israel, and today Moroccan Jews are the second most Jewist populated subgroup in Israel, and less than 3000 live in Morocco.

They have a very colourful background most influenced by the Burbur or Amazigh's, bu there are many types of Burburs and Amazigh, and tribes.
Before Islam, most Burbur and Amazigh were Animus and practised things like ancestor veneration, face tattoos were common among women each image meaning something important, but around the 1940s, the practice started dying out.

The national dress for both men and women is a garment named Djellaba, which is meant to keep the wearer warm and protected from the harsh sun.

The architecture is interesting as they have a very high-walled style of building named "Dar" to ward off thieves and animals and to minimalizing heat.

They are famous for metalwork, pottery and textiles are famous here, and their music incorporates Arab Burbur and Amazigh tones with French too.

For their history, the state of Carthage, the Burbur kingdoms, part of the Roman Empire, was conquered by the Muslins, then the Burburs revolted and made a state under the Nekor/Idrisid dynasty, then the Almoravid / Almohad dynasties, Reconquista, Marrinid / Wattasid / Saadi dynasties.
Then the Alaouite dynasty which is the current dynasty.
The Agadir crisis, the treaty of Fez, independence (November 18), the Green March, arab spring.