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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Syria is an ancient Levantine country whose capital, Damascus, is one of the longest continuously inhabited cities on Earth, with a heritage spanning Phoenician ports, Roman temples and Umayyad mosques.
São Tomé and Príncipe is a tiny Portuguese-speaking volcanic island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, the second-smallest African country, with rainforest, cocoa plantations and a laid-back island culture.
Taiwan is an island nation off the south-east coast of mainland China, governed independently as the Republic of China, with a vibrant democracy, a high-tech semiconductor industry and dramatic mountain spines.
Tajikistan is a small Central Asian republic dominated by the Pamir mountain range — the 'Roof of the World' — sharing borders with Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China.
Tanzania is a large East African country home to Mount Kilimanjaro — Africa's highest peak — the Serengeti's great migration, and the Zanzibar archipelago in the Indian Ocean.