Myanmar
Myanmar (Burma) is a Southeast Asian nation of mountains, rivers and fertile plains, dotted with golden Buddhist stupas, especially the more than 2,000 temples of the ancient capital of Bagan.
Myanmar (Burma) is a Southeast Asian nation of mountains, rivers and fertile plains, dotted with golden Buddhist stupas, especially the more than 2,000 temples of the ancient capital of Bagan.
Nepal is a Himalayan republic between India and China, home to eight of the world's ten highest peaks including Mount Everest, with a culture deeply intertwined with Hindu and Buddhist tradition.
Oman occupies the south-eastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, with traditional dhow shipyards, Frankincense-trade ports and the dramatic Hajar Mountains that drop sharply to the Gulf of Oman.
Pakistan is a South Asian republic divided between the Indus river basin, the Punjab plains, the southern Arabian Sea coast and the K2-crowned northern mountains, with a fast-growing population of around 240 million.
Poland is the sixth-most-populous EU member, with a Baltic coast, the Białowieża primeval forest, the Tatra mountains, and historic centres in Warsaw, Kraków and Gdańsk that have endured wars and rebuilding.
Slovakia is a landlocked Central European country dominated by the Carpathian mountains, with Bratislava on the Danube and one of Europe's highest densities of medieval castles.
Ukraine is the second-largest country wholly in Europe, with vast fertile black-earth plains, the Carpathian mountains in the west, and a Black Sea coastline that has long made it geopolitically pivotal.

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