Brazil
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the world's fifth-largest by area, dominating the continent with the Amazon rainforest, Atlantic megacities like Rio and São Paulo, and a culture defined by samba and football.
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the world's fifth-largest by area, dominating the continent with the Amazon rainforest, Atlantic megacities like Rio and São Paulo, and a culture defined by samba and football.
Brunei is a small oil-rich sultanate on the north coast of Borneo, surrounded on land by Malaysian Sarawak and famed for the gilded splendour of its mosques and the Sultan's palace.
Bulgaria is a Balkan nation on the Black Sea coast with a 1,300-year history, Thracian and Ottoman heritage, and the Cyrillic alphabet which originated within its borders.
Burkina Faso is a landlocked West African nation in the Sahel, with a population dominated by the Mossi people and a name meaning 'Land of Honest People' adopted in 1984.
Burundi is a small landlocked East African country south of Rwanda, with a hilly green interior, the southern shore of Lake Tanganyika and one of the world's lowest GDPs per capita.
Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) is a Portuguese-speaking volcanic archipelago about 600 km off the coast of West Africa, famous for stable democracy, distinct Crioulo culture and the music of Cesária Évora.
Cambodia is a Southeast Asian kingdom on the Mekong, world-famous for the temple complex of Angkor Wat — the largest religious monument ever built — and a 20th-century tragedy under the Khmer Rouge.
Cameroon is often called 'Africa in miniature' for its geographic and cultural variety, ranging from Atlantic beaches to Sahel savannah, with both English and French as official languages.
Canada is the second-largest country in the world by area, occupying most of northern North America, bilingual in English and French, with the largest coastline of any country and a tiny population for its size.