a country association game

[Bleeding Pawn]

Caspian sea, history of abusive human rights and restrictions on freedom of speech.

Turkey?

[TheLhix]

Poor democracy, history of religious radicals, and, a very simple view on most political problems?

Egypt

[Bleeding Pawn]

Tomb of Tutankhamen.

Cyprus?

[XaSp18]

Mediterranean Island, third largest and third most populous island in Mediterranean

Denmark?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Cookies :)

Sweden?

[XaSp18]

Land of the Vikings!

Italy?

[Bleeding Pawn]

One of the largest economy in the world, art and Food.

Morocco?

[tailor STATELY]

“You know what I want to hear. … You played it for her, you can play it for me!”

Myanmar

[XaSp18]

Ngapali Beach and the Golden Rock :)

Japan?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Mt.Fuji, sushi, automobile industry, wasabi, discipline.

Barbados?

[XaSp18]

Bathsheba, cricket

Dubai?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Tallest building in the world, cosmopolitan, holiday destination.

Vietnam?

[XaSp18]

Perfume Pagoda, Water and Rice Festivals, The Magic Crossbow

Africa?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Natural resources, second largest and one of the top 5 populous continent, Mt.Kilimanjaro.

Swaziland?

[XaSp18]

Land locked country in Africa, indigenous African population, Bulembu

Norway?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Fjords, ole gunnar solksjaer.

Wales?

[Calidore]

Lovely, rolling accent; lovely, rolling hills; rain; too much paranormal activity in Cardiff according to the television.

Germany?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Gerd Muller, Auto Industry, Albert Einstein.

Poland?

[XaSp18]

--------

[Bleeding Pawn]

Poland

Kurtkowiec, Maria Curie, Polanski and our very own Hannah arendt.

Bangladesh?

[XaSp18]

Bengali, Ganges., Bengali Language Movement, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

India?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Kashmir, Gandhi, Golden Temple, Taj Mahal, Diversity.

Nepal?

[tailor STATELY]

Himalayas

Yemen ?

[XaSp18]

Arab country, Western Asia, Ghumdan Palace, Cisterns of Tawila

South Korea?

[Sophia21]

seoul

Sri Lanka

[Bleeding Pawn]

Buddhism, Mythology.

Philippines?

[XaSp18]

Pearl of the Orient.. and yeah, new to K-12

Finland?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Lapland, Nokia, Linux.

Belize?

[XaSp18]

northeastern coast of Central America, rich variety of wildlife, low human population

France

[Bleeding Pawn]

Couture, Tower, the Sun God, Napoleon, Joan of Arc.

Kazakhstan?

[XaSp18]

continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid, Vpadina Kaundy, Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri),

[Bleeding Pawn]

Mongolia?

[XaSp18]

Mongolia?

totally forgot asking which country is next XD thanks!

Gobi Desert, Mongol ulsyn toriin duulal, soyombo

Madagascar?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Lemurs, rain forest and King Julien.

Seychelles?

[XaSp18]

Africa, Mahe Group, 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Uganda?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Idi Amin. King of Scotland.

Brazil?

[tailor STATELY]

Christ the Redeemer statue, missionaries, Olympics, Brasilia, nuts, Rio, Amazon

Lebanon

[Bleeding Pawn]

Baalbek music festival, Cedars, Kadisha Valley.

Turkmenistan?

[XaSp18]

Vpadina Akchanaya, Sarygamysh Koli, Gora Ayribaba, Ashgabat

French Polynesia?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Archipelago, one of the highest youth population ration in the world, listed among top 20 in youth unemployment.

Suriname?

[XaSp18]

South America, smallest independent country on South American continent, Galibi Nature Reserve

Tanzania?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Mount Kilimanjaro, Serengeti National Park, having lowest life expectancy at birth rate.

Afghanistan?

[XaSp18]

slightly smaller than Texas, cold winters and hot summers, Amu Darya, Noshak

Egypt?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Nefertiti, Ozymandias, Temple of Karnak, Ramesseum, Abu Simbel, Valley of the Kings and Queens, The Histories, by Herodotus.

Sudan?

[XaSp18]

slightly less than one-fifth the size of the US, Red Sea, Jabal Marrah

Bahrain?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Archipelago, pearl diving, high standard of living.

Iran?

[XaSp18]

Known as Persia until 1935, Middle East, Caspian Sea

Greenland?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Autonomous part of Denmark, low infant mortality rate, fishery products dependent economy.

Vatican?

[XaSp18]

The Holy See, Popes, about 0.7 times the size of The National Mall in Washington, DC

Mauritius?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Chameral, one of the prosperous countries in Africa listed top 5 with highest per capita income, tourist destination.

Mauritania?

[XaSp18]

desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty, Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha, Kediet Ijill

Latvia ?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Baltic sea, lowest birth rate in Europe, National Parks.

Estonia?

[XaSp18]

Eastern Europe, Baltic Sea , Suur Munamagi, oil shale, peat, rare earth elements

Saint Martin?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Separate autonomous nation, Fort St. Louis, St.-Martin Museum, Caribbean.

Antigua?

[XaSp18]

mostly low-lying limestone and coral islands, with some higher volcanic areas, Antigua has a deeply indented shoreline with many natural harbors and beaches;

Togo?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Slave trade, one of the smallest African country, low literacy rates in the continent, cocoa beans.

Burkina Faso?

[XaSp18]

high population density and limited natural resources, slightly larger than Colorado, recurring droughts

Bulgaria?

[Bleeding Pawn]

The Balkans, Danube, Black Sea, listed European state with highest employment rate.

Estonia?

[XaSp18]

attained independence in 1918, Baltic Sea, Suur Munamagi, limestone

Japan?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Automobile industry, Land of the Rising Sun, one of the lowest birth rates in the world, Pacific Ocean.

Taiwan?

[XaSp18]

Eastern Asia, tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year, Yu Shan

Guatemala?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Banana republic, Mayan civilisation, mountainous plateaus, got fourth highest rate of chronic malnutrition in the world.

Burundi ?

[XaSp18]

equatorial; hilly and mountainous, Lake Tanganyika, Heha

Svalbard?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Archipelagos, Europe, fjords, Glaciation, Polar bears, one of the top listed birds migratory region.

Falkland Islands?

[stlukesguild]

Not a country but rather a British overseas territory. Maggie Thatcher.

Germany?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Western Europe, Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Berlin Wall, automobile industry, Adidas, Beethoven, Paul Rubens, Max Liebermann, Bach, Mozart, Strauss.

France?

[XaSp18]

Paris, Eiffel Tower, croissants? chocolates, perfume, tourist spot, hmmm... has a replica in China

Russia?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Northern Europe, red Square, largest country in the world, Catherine the great, Bolshevik revolution, Yuri Gagarin, Leo tolstoy.

Serbia and Montenegro?

[XaSp18]

Serbia: Southeastern Europe, slightly smaller than South Carolina, Danube and Timok Rivers
Montenegro: Southeastern Europe,Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns

China?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Great Wall of China, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square most populated country on earth, Terracotta Warriors.

Vietnam?

[XaSp18]

ASEAN country, Fan Si Pan, Ho Chi Minh City, Khmer Krom


Denmark?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Northern-Europe, Legoland, Danish cookies/pastries, Vikings, H.C. Andersen.

Faroe Islands?

[XaSp18]

Northern Europe, Atlantic Ocean, Slaettaratindur,

Solomon Islands?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Archipelago, Fishing, low mortality rate, Santa Cruz, Volcanoes.

Bolivia?

[tailor STATELY]

Tin mines, Simon Bolivar

Austria ?

[Bleeding Pawn]

Vienna State Opera, Mozart, Arnold Schwarzenneger.

Spain?

[tailor STATELY]

Moors, art, fortified wines, Columbus, King Ferdinand, Queen Isabella, Don Quixote, "Cervantes", Basques, Franco, the rain in Spain..., For Whom the Bell Tolls , Hemmingway, "The Ninth Gate", Polanski, Johnny Depp

Paraguay?

[bounty]

when I think of Paraguay, I think of Uruguay...and maybe llamas.

Burma

[Pompey Bum]

Shave!

East Timor

[bounty]

for some reason by first thoughts were mining bauxite and tin, but I did some looking and found out I was wrong. however, some mining (gold) does occur there.

jungles, WWII and survivors from the hms bounty (captain bligh and the others who were put off the ship)!

Belgium

[tailor STATELY]

Waffles and Brussels sprouts and Battle of the Bulge............... how's that for a trio ?

Sri Lanka ?

[bounty]

hare Krishna, monsoons and floods, little red dots on women's foreheads.

Switzerland

[tailor STATELY]

Vierwaldstättersee, watches, tunnels, Swiss Guards, Alps, swiss cheese, defense, neutral

Bhutan

[bounty]

tribes, mountains and colorful clothing.

panama

[tailor STATELY]

canal, locks, cruise, hat, Van Halen

Kenya

[bounty]

the maasai tribe and the worlds best distance runners (not to be confused with each other!)

finland

[tailor STATELY]

Suomi, reindeer, Finn, ice, snow, depression, Northern Lights

Republic of Vanuatu

[bounty]

islands, tropics and one of the seasons on survivor (I love that show!)

wales

[Jackson Richardson]

Coal mines, male voice choirs, sheep, daffodils, sheep, rugby players, sheep, druids, sheep, leeks, chapels, sheep, obscure Celtic saints, mountains, bilingual road signs (SLOW/ARAF). Did I mention the sheep?

Lithuania

[bounty]

do you know, I was in wales once and I honestly don't remember sheep!

Latvia and Estonia, Nazi occupation, soviet occupation, Baltic sea, and old castles.

korea

[tailor STATELY]

Uncle, P.O.W., demilitarized zone, kimchee, M.A.S.H., North, South, Kim Jung *

Fiji

[bounty]

figi's mail order, Fuji bicycles (those were alliterative thoughts) pacific ocean, volcanoes, and nuts.

brazil

[tailor STATELY]

nuts, Rio, Christ the Redeemer statue, Amazon, rain forest, Olympics, Portuguese

Belize

[bounty]

travel channel, white sand and sports illustrated swimsuit edition photo shoot.

going out on a limb here...

latveria

[tailor STATELY]

Latvia? (Latveria evidently a fictional country after a bit o' research): (I thought Litvu from stamp collecting as a lad- but that is wrong; s/b Lithuania), one of three north-eastern European bordering nations swallowed by the Soviet Union (others: Lithuania and Estonia)... and that's all I can think of: off to do some research !

Canada ?

[bounty]

laughs...yes, fictional country...you will find it easy enough...

French club trips, o Canada (the national anthem), maple leaf flag, and hockey.

Romania?

[tailor STATELY]

Romaine lettuce? and romance novels? and Roman candles? Transylvania? Vampires? Gypsies (phaw! ignorance is bliß)... more research.

France ?

[bounty]

I enjoyed Dracula untold, the recent movie that told the backstory of how Dracula came to be a vampire.

the tour de france, baguettes, brie cheese, the alps, the loire valley, paris and sexy accents.

Mongolia

[tailor STATELY]

Gobi desert, feathered dinosaurs, churts, Mongol hoard

Italy ?

[Link the Scribe]

Rome, the Borgia, one of the Assassin's Creed games, Benito Mussolini, and of course, the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Zimbabwe?

[bounty]

cow dung huts and head carrying women.

Indonesia?

[tailor STATELY]

another toughie...

Sukarno, Suharto, fez type hats without the tassle, Islands

Guatamala?

[bounty]

my friend who adopted two kids from there! the first season of survivor that I watched won by Danni Boatwright who I might have had a little crush on, jungles, ancient mayan ruins, and bananas.

how about I change the letter of the law and go a little bit with the spirit:

Nevada?

[tailor STATELY]

Nevada, eh?

Temples: Reno, Las Vegas; bowling, alkali deserts, Winnemucca, family, Lake Tahoe, Sparks, icthyosaurs, UN, UNLV, "Biggest Little City in the World", Atomic testing sites, Area 51, shows, Virginia City mint, silver, gemstones, Mt. Rose: skiing...

Shangri-La ?

[bounty]

i would add pawn stars and American restoration (which I just love!)

Shangri la: mythical places, xanadu, Himalayas, heaven on earth, and the subtitle of a book I just read:

https://www.scribd.com/book/92294313/The-Last-River-The-Tragic-Race-for-Shangri-la

still bending rules:

antarctica?

[tailor STATELY]

True. I thought of ChumLee after posting... forgot AR and Counting Cars.

Snow men, icicles, International scientific studies, The Thing, James Arness, Space ships (various examples), dogs & dog sleds, crevasses, Auroræ, snow storms

Back to topic: Portugal

[NikolaiI]

dancing

Brazil

[bounty]

beach volleyball, the amazon river, the rain forest, brazil nuts, the Olympics, the Christ statue, and a friend of mine's wife.

japan?

[tailor STATELY]

Mt Fuji, Tokyo, Hello Kitty, cherry blossoms, transistor radios, computers, mushi-mushi, Samurai, geishas, kabuki, Emperor, Land of the Rising Sun

Denmark ?

[bounty]

oh im glad I got Denmark! ive been there a couple of times and having been thinking about it because its in the book I am presently reading.

blonde people, Vikings, Copenhagen, the little mermaid, hans Christian Andersen, Tivoli gardens, old castle ruins on Bornholm, and a ferry boat ship trip to England.

new Zealand?

[tailor STATELY]

kiwis, hobbits, earthquakes, North Island, South Island, Maoris, tattoos, war canoes, taboos, and moa...

Netherlands ?

[bounty]

spent a couple of weeks ago there many years ago. im half dutch on my father's side.

windmills, canals, tulips, Amsterdam, the anne frank house, hans brinker, and speed skating.

Iceland?

[tailor STATELY]

Tectonic rift, volcanoes, thermal energy, Reykjavik (spell checker loved this), ice (go figger)

Qatar ?

[bounty]

vague place in the middle east that has a peculiar and seemingly unsettled-upon pronunciation, gulf wars, arabs, and sand.

going off the reservation again:

paris?

[tailor STATELY]

DieterM, Eiffel Tower, some In-Seine people, baguettes, France, Louvre, Tuileries Gardens, funky berets, Brigitte Bardot (excuse me - my heart just palpitated), Ratatouille (the movie by Pixar), barges, Duncan MacLeod (The Highlander), prolly #2 of my top 10 places in the world I would like to visit (Twickenham and its environs being #1 {it's a family thang})

Let's stay off the reservation a while longer... San Francisco

[bounty]

tailor ive gotten to be in paris a couple of times, once for 5-6 days or so, had a great time, what a wonderful place to visit! if you ever get to go, and you like art, I really recommend the rodin museum. and oh, if you can be there during the final stage of the tour de france, my goodness!

san Francisco: rice-a-roni (the san francisco treat!), trolley cars, hills, gays, liberal, the golden gate bridge, chinatown, the giants (baseball), Alcatraz, an old roller derby team from when I was a kid---the san Francisco bay area bombers, and star fleet academy!

the Mississippi river?

[tailor STATELY]

Flows upstream in major earthquakes (earthquakes being one of my interests), "Mark Twain", steam boats, Nauvoo, part of the Louisiana Purchase boundary, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Memphis, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans (I've been to Baton Rouge and Minneapolis... always wanted to go to St. Louis for its bowling heritage, Memphis for its music,... and would love to visit Nauvoo for its history), fur trappers, beavers, delta...
.
Next: Yosemite
.
.

(lol) My beloved skated Roller Derby in Oakland; I used to watch it on the telly w/ my dad. It's likely I'll never be able to leave Northern California ever again, well, maybe Nevada, Oregon, and Washington state to visit family. I have many wonderful memories of San Francisco: art/science/work/family/zoo/food (Oh heavens, what food)/Coit Tower/49er's/Giants/Warriors/piers (including 39, 49, etc)/Alioto's/ferries/Miyako Hotel/BART/Exploratorium/aquarium/Japanese Gardens/Ripley's Believe it or Not/driving the hills/beaches/Golden Gate Park (in general)...

[bounty]

ah how did I forget the 49er's! and that's pretty neat I reminded you about your roller derby connection. smiles...

hmm Yosemite---of course I have to say half-dome, el capitan, rock climbing and ansel adams. kirk, spock and McCoy camping there. bugs bunny's nemesis Yosemite sam and even though his home is the fictional jellystone park which sounds like yellowstone, I think of yogi bear too. yogi just seems more from California than Wyoming.

the great lakes?

[North Star]

Hiawatha


Czech Republic

[Pompey Bum]

Jan Hus!

[tailor STATELY]

Frau Gormly, one of my German language instructors back in the day, was from the old Czekoslovakia.

I will defer to Pompey Bum for the next "country".

[bounty]

tailor I think pompey rarely comes here. its been mostly a duet with you and I lately...how about you go ahead and pick the next one if he doesn't come back in a day or three?

[tailor STATELY]

Okay..

[bounty]

bumping this up and hoping someone joins in:

the amazon river?

[tailor STATELY]

Piranha, Brazil, rain forest, fresh water dolphins (if I recall correctly), floods

Egypt ?

[bounty]

pharaohs, pyramids, camels, Cleopatra, king tut, mummies, moses and the plagues and the exodus, and the nile river.

korea?

[tailor STATELY]

south and north
ilness and unness
kimchi n' nukes

Jumpin' in the wayback machine: Upper Volta

[bounty]

boy I had to look that up! but now that I saw it, I think I had a map of the world when I was a kid that had that on it. I half think the country was pink on my map, laughs...

all I can say is French and land locked and that Burkina faso sounds like the name of an Italian model I might like to date.

although, volta made me think of Volga, the river with the great song about the boatmen.

monte carlo?

[tailor STATELY]

James Bond, gambling, bourgeoisie, Chevrolet, Mike's Mom

Oakland ?

[tailor STATELY]

(nix Oakland... in honor of the Pluto [and beyond!] mission)

Any country with "stan" in it... and "Stanford" doesn't count.

[bounty]

I liked this game and hope by resurrecting it, some other folks will join in.

islam, beards and independence from the ussr.

mount Everest?

[Tyrion Cheddar]

klondike bar

Nunavut

[bounty]

inuit, eskimo, arctic circle.

death valley

[tailor STATELY]

Hot, California desert, Death Valley Days, Ronald Reagan, 20 Mule Team Borax, skeletal remains (generally an ox head), sand, hot, cactus, hot, lizards: who are hot

Iceland:

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Lately, a spate of interesting pop groups and films, and volcanism to satisfy the most ardent lava enthusiast.

Northumbria:

[Lemonade]

Treaty of York, 1237. England/Scotland. Lindisfarne gospels. Beautiful.

Rotterdam

[North Star]

Willem de Kooning

Romania

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Transylvania, Count Dracula, the site of one of history's most appalling (ongoing) atrocities against children

Glen Coe

[Lemonade]

Whisky

Finland

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Homeland of sharks and all other finned creatures.

Yukon:

[tailor STATELY]

Gold, cold, room for the bold; O Canada

India

[Lemonade]

Curry

England

[tailor STATELY]

Heritage, tea, steak and kidney pie, plum pudding, Yorkshire pudding, Twickenham, blitz, white cliffs, fish & chips...

Mexico

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Donkey shows...I'M KIDDING! <cough> Start again...Mexicans, for a start, great food, replete with beans and cheese, the Rio Grande, lots of people shorter than me--which at my height is a real treat--sweet people who tend to be round in the middle, and...<taps chin thoughtfully, glances skyward>...Oh! Bullfighting. Wait, do they have bullfighting in Mexico? Or is that only Spain?

Canyon Lands:

[tailor STATELY]

Canyon Lands: sculptured rock-scapes, hiking, arches

Morroco:

[Danik 2016]

Morroco: Marrakech, The Clone (soap opera), belly dance, tapestry.

Argentina:

[Evie]

Argentina: Rainforest, waterfalls, fun people

Austria:

[Danik 2016]

Austria:Sissy-Movie, dancing,Blue Danube

Brazil:

[tailor STATELY]

Brazil: nuts, Amazon, Rio, Christ the Redeemer, Olympics 2016, Brasilia, piranha, funky river dolphins

Portugal:

[Danik 2016]

Portugal: Portuguese, codfish, Carnation Revolution, Fernando Pessoa, Camões, Saramago, fado, Manoel de Oliveira.

Germany:

[tailor STATELY]

Germany: Köln, Stuttgart, President Uchtdorf, Schloss Neuschwanstein, Wall, Berlin, war, Kristallnacht, edelweiss, Rhine, Leberwurst, "Ich bin ein Berliner"...

Greenland:

[Danik 2016]

Greenland:ice?

Cuba:

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Cuba: As with Brazil, women with legendary boom-boom, which shakes when they walk, setting off seismographs everywhere.

Nunavut:

[tailor STATELY]

Nunavut: Not being Canadian I had to look it up... I'll go with: walrus, caribou, whales, snow, cold, frigidly cold, immensely cold, narwhals, Canada, Aurora Borealis, lost frozen explorers, ice, and did I mention - cold. In conversation when Nunavut is brought up in polite conversation (outside of Canada and Canadians) it is often misunderstood as "none of it"

Micronesia:

[Danik 2016]

Micronesia: Handfull of islands; Nauru(Australian? concentration camps for fugitives)

Australia:

[tailor STATELY]

Seriously ? whoa!

Australia: MaryD, Delta 40, roos, Ayer's Rock, Great Barrier reef, Alice Springs, Canberra, Sydney Philharmonic (from "Finding Nemo"), koala, echidna, platapi, salties, indigenous rights, AC/DC, Men at Work, Bee Gees, Crocodile Dundee, outback

Antarctica:

[Danik 2016]

Antarctica: whales, seals, penguins, polar bears and ice,ice,ice....

[tailor STATELY]

Antarctica: No ants ?

[Danik 2016]

Sorry, forgot the country.:(
Great Britain, of course:

[Jackson Richardson]

Great Britain is not a country at present. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is at the moment, but after yesterday goodness only knows what will be in ten years' time. (Even citizens aren't clear about the difference between Great Britain, - a geographical concept - the United Kingdom (well, two kingdoms, a principality and a province to be exact), - a political concept - and England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.)

[tailor STATELY]

England: Mum, the blitz, Richmond Park, Fawlty Towers, Twickenham...

Ireland:

[Tyrion Cheddar]

Ireland: Maria Doyle Kennedy, awesome butter, rain rain oh my god rain, James Nesbitt, the Cranberries, Jacksepticeye

Brazil

[North Star]

Ireland: Joyce, Yeats, whiskey, Guinness, Thin Lizzy, St Patrick's blue.

E: Brazil: Villa-Lobos, football, the Amazon.


Czech republic:

[tailor STATELY]

Czech republic: One half, give-or-take (as some politicians might say) of Tzechoslavakia; Frau Gormley (I won't look up her last name spelling this time) - one of my NHS German teachers was from Austria; Vienna; Schönberg; Schubert; Johann Strauss'; sausage

India:

[Danik 2016]

India: Gandhi, Salman Rushdie, Mona Amon, Curry, A passage to India (film), Sari, Nile, Indian dances, Sarong, social tabus, sacred animals

Italy:

[North Star]

Italy: Rome, the Renaissance, Raphael, ravioli, risotto, Ratzinger, Rossini, Romeo & Juliet

Poland:

[Danik 2016]

Poland: Kieslovsky films, Lech Walesa,Danzig, The drummer (film).

Russia:

[tailor STATELY]

Russia: Catherine the Great, Potemkin, Fabergé eggs, Kremlin, Siberia, Yakusk, Irkusk, Tunguska & Chelyabinsk meteors, caviar, Urals, Lake Baikal, Moscow, space exploration, Uri Gagarin, Laika, Soyuz, Sputnik, Lunik

South Korea:

[North Star]

South Korea: K-pop, K-film, K-food, K-anything.

Canada:

[Danik 2016]

Canada:Margareth Atwood, Feminine Literature, Michael Ondaatje, multiculturalism, American, British and French influence, a young country still in quest of her identity, adoption of refugees,Toronto, Otawa, Quebec, quebecois, Clopin.

Chile:

[North Star]

Chile: wine (my standard pick with meat is a Cabernet Sauvignon from there), Pinochet, Neruda, Mistral

Portugal:

[Danik 2016]

I guess we had Portugal already but ok: Porto, Porto wine, Florbela Espanca, Tejo, Eça de Queirós, Camilo Castelo Branco, Lisboa, olives.

Spain:

[North Star]

There are only so many countries, and 45 pages of this topic.

Spain: Velázquez, Goya, Almodovar, the Spanish Inquisition, the Armada, amazing midfield football


Lithuania:

[Clopin]

Lithuania

That's not a thing.

[Danik 2016]

Lithuania:EU member,fights for independence from the old Soviet Union, fast growing economy and high human development,Geographic Centre of Europe (Vilnius), Dalia Grybauskaitė,Basketball.

Ukraine:

[kiz_paws]

Dancers!
Tremendous food!
Climate similar to Canada ... my sister country!

Venezuela?

[tailor STATELY]

Venezuela: Maduro, oil, Caracas, prayers

Eritrea ?

[kiz_paws]

Stews and flatbreads, exotic landscapes, warm temps

Haiti?

[bounty]

poverty, corruption, hurricanes, witchcraft, AIDS, tons of charity---my goodness what a picture.

finland?

[kiz_paws]

The most heavy metal bands per capita in the entire world; Angry Birds; sumptuous coffee;.....

Ireland?

[tailor STATELY]

Blarney, shamrocks, lyres, leprechauns, U2, green, St. Patrick, snakes

France ?

[North Star]

Metric system, Versailles, Rameau, Berlioz, Alkan, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Boulez, Murail, Grisey, La Rouchefoucauld, Académie française, Les fleurs du mal, Parnassians, Corot, Barbizon, Impressionists, Atget, cinema, Jean-Pierre Melville, nouvelle vague, revolutions, Baron Haussmann, Vichy, calvados, Cognac, Champagne, Napoleon, Bordeaux, Chanel...

Chile?

[kiz_paws]

world's largest swimming pool, football, Easter Island, Chilean Wine, Andes Mountains, long and beautiful coastline

Turkey?

[tailor STATELY]

Constantinople, Istanbul, Battle of Gallipoli, Secularism, Blue Mosque, James Bond, Turkish Delight, Ottoman Empire, Troias / Troy

Russia ?

[kiz_paws]

Sword Dance, Hockey, Nabokov, Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Gogol, cabbage stews, black bread, fuzzy hats, ..... so much!!

Greenland?

[tailor STATELY]

Cold; must be the largest non-continent island-type mass; not so green as white with snow (I would imagine); settled by Vikings then abondoned (if I recall correctly); cold

Italy ?

[North Star]

pasta, pope, Pompeii, Rome, Aeneid, Giotto, Renaissance, Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Counter-Reformation, Palestrina, Baroque, Caravaggio, madrigals, opera, Monteverdi, Caccini, Cavalli, Corelli, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Dallapiccola, Berio, Nono, neorealismo, De Sica, Fellini, Leone, Pasolini, Visconti, Antonioni, Rossellini, Italo Calvino


Romania?

[kiz_paws]

Count Dracula; Goulash; Wine; Transylvania; Mountains, Skiing, Dumplings ...

Switzerland?

[tailor STATELY]

Vierwaldstättersee, tunnels, guns, Alps, Hot Chocolate, Chocolate, Swiss Cheese, Geneva, watches

Monaco

[kiz_paws]

Beaches, Sunshine, Movie Stars, Grand Prix Races, Glitz, Casinos, Nightlife, Wealth

Poland?

[tailor STATELY]

Warsaw, Jewish Ghettos & other WWII attrocities, Soviet invasion/control, Independence, and that's about it; woefully uninformed about Poland otherwise

Sweden ?

[kiz_paws]

IKEA, lingonberry pancakes, fair hair, meatballs, lakes, moose, the Nobel Prizes, friendly

Egypt?

[tailor STATELY]

Mummies; White & Blue Nile; Pharohs; Moses, Joseph (son of Israel); Mary, Joseph, and Jesus; heiroglyphics; Pyramids; Sphinx; Cairo; Luxor; Valley of the Kings; Nassar; Sadat; Mubarek; desert; Library of Alexandria; Cleopatra; asps; cobras...

Mexico ?

[kiz_paws]

Mayan Ruins Chichen Itza; Mariachi on every corner; wonderful cuisine; seven shades of blue; silver; siesta; fiesta; tequila; Corona Beer; Kahlua; beaches; sombreros; areeeeeeebaa amigos!!

[tailor STATELY]

I feel a party going on... Country ?

[kiz_paws]

*blush* ooops!

Country: Scotland

[Hawkman]

Midges, grouse, blue hare, single malt whiskey, heather, bagpipes, fiddles, golden eagles, red deer, Culloden, curlews, Loch Ness, monsters, highlands, lowlands, dirks, claymores, sporrans and kilts.

Nigeria

[kiz_paws]

Hot, waterfalls, rain forests, one of the older locations of human existence, home of Nollywood, has the worlds largest diversities of butterflies, excellent soups and stews, friendly

[Hawkman]

Country? :devil:

[kiz_paws]

Oh I got dwelling on that awesome Nigerian food....
sorry!

Peru

[Hawkman]

Paddington, jam sandwiches, Machu Picchu, rain Forrest, Inca, altitude, mountains, rope bridges.

Macedonia

[kiz_paws]

Home of Alexander the Great, Cave Vrelo is the world's deepest underwater cave, was the first country in the world to have full access to wireless broadband, the Cyrillic alphabet was invented in Macedonia, excellent wines, delicious food

Japan

[Hawkman]

Swords, Samurai, sushi, Sumo, Edo Castle, rising sun, atomic sunshine, Kyoto, dim sum, tea ceremony, Shinto, Fuji San, bullet train, whaling, Fukashima, earthquakes, prints, poetry, kimonos and hakama.

Fiji

[kiz_paws]

white sand, palm trees, hot, incredible beaches, tropical paradise, friendly people, Fiji is actually a collection of 300+ islands and over 100 are inhabited, seafood, exotic beverages

Portugal

[tailor STATELY]

Luís de Camões, The Lusiads, Sea & Colonial Power, Azores, Lisbon, Madeira, Madeira wine

Australia ?

[North Star]

Aboriginals, Sydney opera house, didgeridoo, kangaroos, platypuses, massive trucks, long distances, infamous beer, sheep farms, immigrants, Sir Charles Mackerras, Percy Grainger, Peter Sculthorpe, Carl Vine


New Zealand?

[kiz_paws]

5% New Zealand Population is people - the rest is animals; longest name of any city in the world is in New Zealand:
Taumata*whakatangihanga*koauau*o*tamatea*turipukak apikimaunga*horo*nuku*pokai*whenua*kitanatahu; World's smallest dolphin species is found in New Zealand; there are no land snakes anywhere in New Zealand; The first man to climb Mt. Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, was a Kiwi; New Zealand is home to the giant weta, the heaviest insect in the world. It is heavier than a sparrow and looks like a giant cockroach **ugh** ; Two NZ rescue dogs were taught to drive a car around a track, in order to prove the intelligence of shelter animals (bravo!!); New Zealand is the only country with the right to put Hobbit-related images on its currency; New Zealand has banned all television advertising on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ANZAC Day, and Christmas Day.

Bolivia

[tailor STATELY]

Simon Bolivar, tin, ___

Brazil ?

[cacian]

castro

Tunisia

[tailor STATELY]

Tunis, Carthage, Mediterranean

Moldova ?

[cacian]

Chișinău, the capital?

Russia?

[tailor STATELY]

Chernobyl, Chelyabinsk, Tunguska, Siberian Traps, great writers/artists/academics/chess players, Urals, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Fabergé eggs, ...

Mongolia

[cacian]

Genghis Khan square

Iceland?

[tailor STATELY]

Reykjavik, Fischer/Spassky '72, geothermal, Vikings

Luxembourg

[cacian]

Grand ducal Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral.

Vietnam?

[tailor STATELY]

Emerging economy, Eco/Bio-diversity, water, The Tale of Kiều

Andorra ?

[cacian]

Mountains!! I went skiing in Andorra ;)

Greece?

[tailor STATELY]

Metaxa, Ouzo, ancient civilization, Aesop, Homer, The Philosophers, Athens, Sparta, Corinth, earthquakes, Triremes, "Greek fire", Marathon, Olympics, Parthenon...

Malaysia ?

[cacian]

rainforests and mix of Malay, Chinese, Indian and European cultural influences.
The capital, Kuala Lumpur, skyscrapers such as the iconic, 451m-tall Petronas Twin Towers.


The Balearics?

[cacian]

duplicate.

[tailor STATELY]

Spain, Majorca, Palma, pirates, Crusades

Azores

[cacian]

São Miguel, lake-filled calderas and the Gorreana, Tea Plantations and vineyards.

Turkey?

[tailor STATELY]

Ankara, Ottoman Empire, Gobekli Tepe, secular, Turkish Delight

Sri Lanka ?

[cacian]

ancient Buddhist ruins, including the 5th-century citadel Sigiriya.

Tunisia?

[kiz_paws]

Two languages spoken are French and Arabic.
There is Roman influenced archeology
Most northern country in Africa
Hollywood has utilized Tunisia as a great film making site
Lablabi (chickpea soup of sorts) absolutely delicious! As is Kamounia, a traditional stew.

next country: New Zealand

[tailor STATELY]

Hobbits, elves, færies, Kiwis (bird, fruit, people), North Island, South Island, earthquakes, Māori...

Japan

[cacian]

sushi, Mount Fuji, Tokyo

Sicily?

[tailor STATELY]

Cosa Nostra, Island, Mt Etna, volcanoes, Archimedes, wine

Laos ?

[cacian]

The Mekong River,Buddhist monasteries. Vientiane, the capital, That Luang monument.

Mauritania?

[tailor STATELY]

Pink, Sahara, primordial oceans, modern-day slavery, Moors, Berbers, a̶t̶h̶e̶i̶s̶m̶, Muslim, Arabic, The Fifth Element

South Africa

[cacian]

Inland safari, Kruger National Park. The Western Cape offers beaches, Stellenbosch and Paarl, Craggy cliffs at the Cape of Good Hope, Forest and lagoons along the Garden Route, Cape Town.

Corsica?

[tailor STATELY]

Napoleon, The Corsican Brothers, French/Italian, Mediterranean Island, L’Île de Beauté, Henri Padovani

Nauru ?

[cacian]

oral reef and white-sand beaches fringed with palms, Anibare Bay on the east coast. Inland, tropical vegetatio, Buada Lagoon.

Jamaica?

[tailor STATELY]

Bob Marley, Columbus, Kingston, sugar, rum, Pirates, Usain Bolt, Island

Suriname

[cacian]

South America, tropical rainforest, Dutch colonial architecture, Atlantic coast is the capital, Paramaribo, palm gardens, Fort Zeelandia, a 17th-century trading post.

zimbabwe?

[tailor STATELY]

Née Rhodesia, Robert Mugabe, Victoria Falls, elephants

São Tomé and Príncipe

[cacian]

São Tomé and Príncipe, an African island , volcano chain, coral formations, rainforests and beaches. São Tomé, the Lagoa Azul lagoon.
Ôbo Natural Park, Pico Cão Grande, a skyscraperlike volcanic rock.

St Lucia?

[tailor STATELY]

Sir Derek Alton Walcott, hurricanes, Caribbean, bananas, jazz

Lesotho

[cacian]

Lesotho/ South Africa /rivers and mountain ranges/ 3,482m-high peak of Thabana Ntlenyana / the Thaba Bosiu plateau/ Maseru/
ruins dating from the 19th-century reign of King Moshoeshoe I.

Ivory Coast?

[tailor STATELY]

French speaking Atlantic coast African country, coffee, cocoa, "Largest church in the world": The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro

Yemen ?

[cacian]

Middle East Yemen/ the Arabian Peninsula/second-largest country in the peninsula/ Dar al-Hajar,/Samhah/, Shaharah,/Darsah/.

Maine?

[tailor STATELY]

Lobsters... mainly

Duchy of Grand Fenwick

[cacian]

Fictional country/ northern Alps/ rivers /fertile land sheep/wool/ the Gray Goose Pub/ Fenwick Castle/ the English knight Sir Roger Fenwick.

Jordan?

[tailor STATELY]

Middle-East country, Aqaba, Amman, one of the cradles of civilization, olives, Dead Sea

Italy

[cacian]

The pope, Rome, The Vatican, Michaelangelo, Pasta, Pizza,

Corsica?

[tailor STATELY]

Napoleon, The Corsican Brothers, French/Italian, Mediterranean Island, L’Île de Beauté, Henri Padovan, a region of France, sirens

Grenada ?

[cacian]

Caribbean/ “Spice Isle,”/ the hilly numerous nutmeg plantations/ the capital, St. George’s,/ Georgian buildings/early-18th-century Fort George Carenage Harbour/ Grand Anse Beach.

Martinique

[tailor STATELY]

A region of France in the Caribbean, Columbus, Euro, Mont Pelée volcano, St. Pierre, Aimé Césaire

Cyprus

[cacian]

island country in the Eastern Mediterranean/ Capital Nicosia/Nissi Beach/Coral Bay Cyprus/Ayia Napa/

La Reunion?

[tailor STATELY]

French tropical island East of Madagascar; Children of Creuse scandal; mosquito borne Chikungunya disease; volcanoes: Piton de la Fournaise (active shield volcano similar to Hawaiian volcanoes) et Piton des Neiges (extinct volcano with rare snowfall)

Vanuatu ?