Russia
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.
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.
Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas by both area and population, a twin-island Caribbean federation with a sugar-trade history and the volcanic peak of Mount Liamuiga.
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.
San Marino is a microstate enclaved within central Italy, perched atop Monte Titano, and claims to be the world's oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional republic.
Saudi Arabia covers most of the Arabian Peninsula, holds Islam's two holiest cities — Mecca and Medina — and possesses some of the world's largest petroleum reserves.
Senegal is the westernmost country in mainland Africa, with the cultural centre Dakar on a small Atlantic peninsula, the haunting slave history of Gorée Island, and a stable democratic tradition.