Alphabet Game: Countries Edition

[Solidsnake61988]

Zambia
Won the African cup of nations last year. Lost it to Nigeria this year.

 

[QuietSeductress]

And it's back to A

Albania

Fun Fact: Mussolini used Albania as the launch-pad for his attack on Greece in WW2 (okay, so it's not fun, but interesting)

 

[XXtraPrince]

Bolivia - one in fourteen Bolivians must live abroad, largely in Brazil and Venezuela, to make financial ends meet.

 

[QuietSeductress]

Chile

Fun Fact: The Andes Mountains in Chile have some of the worlds largest and still active volcanoes.

Ooh, fun! I wanna go!

 

[Solidsnake61988]

Djibouti
Capital cityjibouti

 

[QuietSeductress]

Djibouti
Capital cityjibouti

No, the capital of Djiboutbi is Shake! Shake Djibouti! lol

Ecuador

Fun Fact: Ecuador was the first nation in 2008 to declare that nature has constitutional rights.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Finland - the national dance of Finland is the Brazilian Samba. Go figure.

 

[Kiandra_Black]

Georgia

Fact: While they have Land and Air forces in their army, they're missing Ocean forces, even though they border the Black Sea.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Haiti - the movie "Ain't Misbehaving", starring Piper Laurie, was shot here in the 'Fifties and featured a much more "sanitized" portrayal of the country than is actually the case.

 

[QuietSeductress]

India

Picture: http://www.tours4theworld.com/themes/default/uploads/golden_triangle_tour_of_india/pic1.jpg

 

[XXtraPrince]

Jamaica - many Americans vacation in Jamaica thinking they can smoke all the dope they want with no problem, but often discover it's easier to get locked up for it there than it is back home.

 

[QuietSeductress]

Kuwait

Fact: Full political rights were granted to women in Kuwait, in 2005.

Yay equality!

 

[XXtraPrince]

Lithuania - this nation has, in the past twenty years, quietly become the second-ranked basketball power in the world.

 

[QuietSeductress]

Mozambique

Fun Fact: Some of the richest coral reefs are in Mozambique. There are over 1,200 species of fish that have been identified in the coastal waters of Mozambique.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Norway - the Spiral Anomaly of 2009 has never been seen anywhere else, before or since.

 

[RedSeven]

Oman - In Oman, Frankincense trees grow in the wild.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Portugal - in the Late Renaissance Period, the Portuguese enjoyed an economic and colonial standing far above their political status due to exceptional naval prowess.

 

[QuietSeductress]

Since there is only one.

Qatar

Fun Fact: The Qatari’s favourite food is roast camel, by all accounts roasted on a BBQ is the best option.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Rwanda - the greatest example of genocide since the Second World War took place here in the first years of the 21st Century.

 

[QuietSeductress]

Serbia

Fun Fact: Serbia is the largest raspberry exporter, accounting for one third of all the raspberries in the world. Close to 95 percent of the world’s top quality raspberries come from Serbia.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Tanzania - this nation's entire western boundary lies in Lake Tanganyika, from which the name of the country was taken.

 

[QuietSeductress]

The good ol' United States of America

Fun Fact: I live there! lol

 

[XXtraPrince]

Venezuela - the love/hate relationship between this nation and the United States just keeps getting weirder and weirder....

 

[Somikat]

Fun fact: there are no countries beginning (in English, anyway) with the letters W or X.

However, the Wallis and Futuna Islands constitute a French territory in the South Pacific. They are east of Fiji and west of Samoa, and are home to a total population of roughly 15,000 people!

 

[QuietSeductress]

Yemen

Fun Fact: Mocha originated from Yemen