New Zealand is a Pacific island nation south-east of Australia, made up of two main islands and many smaller ones, famous for fjords, Māori heritage, sheep-farming country and serving as Middle-Earth in the Lord of the Rings films.
Nicaragua is the largest Central American country, with the largest freshwater lake in the region, twin Pacific volcanoes on Ometepe Island, and the colonial cities of Granada and León.
Niger is a vast landlocked Sahel-Saharan country in West Africa, named for the Niger River, with significant uranium reserves and a population that is among the world's youngest.
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, the giant of West Africa, with the megacity of Lagos, vast oil reserves in the Niger Delta and the global Nollywood film industry.
North Korea is an isolated East Asian state ruled by the Kim dynasty since 1948, with a centrally-planned economy, a vast military and one of the most heavily restricted internet and travel regimes on Earth.
North Macedonia is a landlocked Balkan nation centred on the Vardar river valley, with Lake Ohrid, mountainous national parks and a heritage spanning Alexander the Great to Ottoman Skopje.
Norway is a Nordic kingdom of fjords, midnight-sun summers and polar-night winters, stretching from the North Sea to the Arctic, with vast oil reserves funding one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds.
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.