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Explore the world, one country at a time.
Country profiles, flag guides, US states, capitals, currencies and travel inspiration — researched and written for curious travellers.
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Liberia
Liberia is a West African country settled in 1822 by freed African-American slaves, becoming Africa's first republic in 1847, and named for liberty.
- Capital
- Monrovia
- Population
- 5.4M
- Currency
- Liberian Dollar (LRD)
- Continent
- Africa
Every flag, every nation.
A wall of national flags from across the world. Click any flag to read its design history, adoption date, and the symbolism of its colours. Showing 24 of 198.
Cities and landmarks worth the trip.
United States of America
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States of the union.
Twenty-eight at random from all fifty states plus the District of Columbia and the territories — capitals, statehoods, mottoes, populations and flags.
- Jarvis Island
- U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
- Minnesota
- Johnston Atoll
- Texas
- Puerto Rico
- Palmyra Atoll
- Alabama
- Kingman Reef
- Wake Island
- Massachusetts
- Northern Mariana Islands
- North Dakota
- Guam
- Kansas
- Missouri
- Howland Island
- Colorado
- North Carolina
- Hawaii
- California
- Arizona
- Nebraska
- Maryland
- Wyoming
- Wisconsin
- Kentucky
- Montana
