Alphabet Game: Countries Edition

[QuietSeductress]

Yemen

Yemenis take much pride in their wedding traditions. An average wedding feast lasts 21 days.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Zimbabwe - originally Rhodesia, named for Sir Cecil Rhodes, a giant in the African colonial movement of the late nineteenth century.

 

[CougarGirl]

Albania, which celebrates Mother Teresa as its only Nobel laureate, although the place where she was born is actually in Macedonia.

 

[lowblow emma]

Belgium, the country that was considering putting Hercule Poirot on a stamp, but never did.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Czech Republic - they split up with Slovakia over the simple question of whether or not there would be a hyphen in the name of their conjoined nation (Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia).

 

[littlerooster]

Djibouti

 

[XXtraPrince]

Ethiopia - rumored to be the current location of the Ark of the Covenant; several others have been suggested.

 

[littlerooster]

France

 

[XXtraPrince]

Ghana - thought to have the best potential in Africa at their time of independence in the sixties; sadly, this has not proven out.

 

[littlerooster]

Haiti

 

[XXtraPrince]

Israel - will the Promised Land ever know true peace? After five thousand years of near-constant conflict, a dispassionate observer would have to conclude, "Not likely!"

 

[VelvetBlossom]

Japan

 

[Southern Dream]

Kazakhstan.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Liechtenstein - Regularly beats Poland in international polka competitions.

 

[CougarGirl]

Moldova, where wine has been made for 5000 years and which is 12th in the list of countries in terms of wine production.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Nepal - Kathmandu, the nation's seat of government, is the highest capital in the world in terms of altitude above mean sea level.

 

[Charlotte Honeycutt]

Oman- the only country in the world that begins with the letter 'O'

 

[XXtraPrince]

Poland - in their early history as an independent nation, Poles used to "hire" Frenchmen to be King, without right of succession.

 

[Charlotte Honeycutt]

Spain- Spain has the world's highest cocaine consumption per capita

 

[XXtraPrince]

Trinidad and Tobago - this Caribbean nation, former Spanish possessions, look to tourism for most of their revenue.

 

[Charlotte Honeycutt]

Uruguay- the only land-locked country in the world that has a navy specifically for a large lake.

 

[Archmagos Issac]

Yemen

 

[Charlotte Honeycutt]

Vietnam- a country once divided in two thanks to the Cold War now exists as the one of the unsuccessful attempts at combating communisim.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Wallis and Futuna - this former French protectorate (Ilandes du Wallis et Futuna) in the Pacific is one of the world's smallest independent nations.

 

[CougarGirl]

Xanadu, which is an old name for the Philippines.