Nigeria
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.
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.
Palau is a Micronesian archipelago of 340 islands east of the Philippines, famous for the Rock Islands and Jellyfish Lake — a marine lake where stingless jellyfish swarm by the millions.
The State of Palestine consists of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem claimed as capital, and is recognised as a sovereign state by a majority of UN member countries.
Panama is an isthmus connecting Central and South America, world-famous for the Panama Canal which links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and channels around 5% of global maritime trade.