Qatar
Qatar is a small Arabian Peninsula emirate jutting into the Persian Gulf, transformed by natural-gas wealth into a hub of high-rise architecture, global broadcasting and international sport.
Qatar is a small Arabian Peninsula emirate jutting into the Persian Gulf, transformed by natural-gas wealth into a hub of high-rise architecture, global broadcasting and international sport.
The Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) lies west of the Congo River, with a long Atlantic coast, dense equatorial rainforest and a capital that faces the DRC's Kinshasa across the river.
Romania is the largest Balkan country, where the Carpathian arc encloses the historic regions of Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia, and the Danube reaches the Black Sea through one of Europe's last great deltas.
Russia is the largest country in the world by area, sprawling across Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, with a population concentrated in the European west and a Siberian east famous for the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Rwanda is a small, hilly East African nation dubbed 'the land of a thousand hills', remarkable for its remarkable post-1994-genocide recovery and its endangered mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park.
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Saint Lucia is a Caribbean Windward Island famed for the dramatic twin volcanic Pitons, sulphur-spring spas, and a culture blending British, French and African heritage.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a Caribbean island chain stretching from St Vincent's volcanic main island down to the small Grenadines, popular for sailing and the Tobago Cays' coral reefs.
Samoa is a Polynesian Pacific archipelago, the historic centre of Polynesian culture, comprising the two main islands of Upolu and Savai'i, with strong fa'a Samoa traditional way of life.