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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates is a Persian Gulf federation of seven emirates including Abu Dhabi and Dubai, transformed from a 1970s pearling-and-fishing coast into a global hub for finance, aviation and luxury tourism.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — an island nation off the north-west coast of mainland Europe whose former empire shaped the modern global economy and the English language.
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United States
The United States is the world's third-largest country by area, a federation of 50 states stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the world's largest economy and a global cultural and military superpower.
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Spain
Spain dominates the Iberian Peninsula, a constitutional monarchy of distinct historical regions including Castile, Catalonia, the Basque Country and Andalusia, with a global cultural footprint from flamenco to football.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a tropical island nation in the Indian Ocean off India's south-east coast, ringed by beaches and threaded with tea-growing highlands and ancient Buddhist sites like Sigiriya and Anuradhapura.
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Sudan
Sudan is a large north-east African country at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile, with more pyramids — over 200 — than Egypt, dating from the ancient Kingdom of Kush.
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Suriname
Suriname is the smallest sovereign state in South America, the only Dutch-speaking country in the Americas, with extensive Amazon rainforest and a remarkably diverse population of African, Indian, Javanese and indigenous heritage.
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Sweden
Sweden is the largest Nordic country, stretching from southern farmland to Arctic tundra, with a heritage of Viking explorers, modern design icons and innovations from the safety match to Spotify.
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Switzerland
Switzerland is an Alpine federal republic of 26 cantons, four official languages, a 700-year tradition of armed neutrality, and an outsize role in international finance, watchmaking and diplomacy.