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  1. Nepal (22444 bytes)
    28: | office vacant since February 1, 2005
    33: ...ulation]]'''<br />&nbsp;-&nbsp;Total&nbsp;(July [[2005]])<br />&nbsp;- [[Population density|Density]]
    60: ...8]], the Gorkha king, [[Prithvi Narayan Shah]], captured Kathmandu. In [[1814]], Nepal fought the [[An...
    62: ...acterised by extreme corruption bordering on [[kleptocracy]].
    66: ... turning the gun on himself. His [[suicide]] attempt was not immediately successful, however, and alth...
  2. Sudan (18856 bytes)
    2: ...ent. The capital is [[Khartoum]]. It borders [[Egypt]] to the north, the [[Red Sea]] to the northeast,...
    40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[January 1]], ...
    58: ...d in turn influenced [[Ancient Egypt|Pharaonic Egypt]].
    62: ...e survived until being overwhelmed by an Anglo-Egyptian force under [[Horatio Kitchener|Lord Kitchener...
    68: ...d to a ten-year [[hiatus]] in the civil war. In September [[1983]] President Nimeiri announced his dec...
  3. Jamaica (16893 bytes)
    100: ...rsy as well as support of this JDF role. In early 2005 an opposition leader, Edward Seaga, called for th...
  4. Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
    61: ...their last bit of prestige in Europe, forcibly adopting the Free State as a Belgian colony from the ki...
    72: ...o join his supporters in Stanleyville but was recaptured and then flown (January, 1961), on orders fro...
    80: ...ank note displayed his image,) and excessive corruption &mdash; in 1984 he was said to have [[USD]] $4...
    92: ...ional unity. Elections currently planned for June 2005 appear to have been put on hold as Congolese poli...
    153: ...ic problems as an uncertain legal framework, corruption, inflation, and lack of openness in government...
  5. Palau (8171 bytes)
    33: ...ountries by population|Ranked 189th]]<br> 20,303 (2005 est.)<br> 44/km&sup2;
    56: ...ighted the islands in [[1543]], but European attempts to settle on or trade with the islands weren't s...
    105: ...e|Palauan]] and [[English language|English]], except for three states (Sonsorol, Hatohobei, and Anguar...
  6. Malaysia (27892 bytes)
    74: ...ast Asia]]n commercial centre related to China. [[Ptolemy]] showed it on his early map with a label th...
    82: ... Malacca. Penang was established in [[1786]] by Captain [[Francis Light]] as a commercial outpost gran...
    88: ...e citizenship as opposed to the dual-citizenship option which would have allowed the significant immig...
    90: ...nder the name of '''Malaysia''' was formed on [[September 16]], [[1963]] through a merging of the Fede...
    124: ...s for being illegally in the country. On March 1, 2005, some 300,000 policemen as well as the 560,000-st...
  7. Kuwait (15932 bytes)
    80: ...s of the armed forces excluded. On [[May 16]], [[2005]], Parliament permitted [[women's suffrage]] by a...
    122: ...ultural]] development. Consequently, with the exception of [[fish]], it depends almost wholly on food ...
    141: ...e non-Kuwaiti Arabs contain a large group of [[Egyptians]] and also stateless Arabs, locally known as ...
  8. Bolivia (30115 bytes)
    27: population_estimate_year = July 2005 |
    33: GDP_PPP_year = 2005 |
    89: ...ceived a significant amount of public-sector corruption. Both factors contributed to increasing social...
    97: ...omic reactivation (and job creation), anti-[[corruption]], and social inclusion.
    99: ...he nationalization of hydrocarbon resources (2001-2005)===
  9. Malawi (22306 bytes)
    53: ... marked by a number of unsuccessful Malawian attempts to obtain independence. A growing [[Europe]]an a...
    59: ... [[July 6]], [[1964]]. Two years later, Malawi adopted a new constitution and became a [[one-party sta...
    67: ...ces with the UDF, particularly over his anti-corruption campaign.
    72: ...lected with the president. The president has the option of appointing a second vice president, who mus...
    98: ...e employment permits; bureaucratic red tape; corruption; and inadequate and deteriorating road, electr...
  10. Portugal (61755 bytes)
    31: ...nding loss of independence to Castile was not accepted by the majority of the Portuguese people, which...
    40: In [[1418]] two captains of Prince Henry the Navigator, were driven by...
    76: ...rdes are left wing and the PP right wing. [[As of 2005]], [[Jos頓󣲡tes]] is the prime minister for th...
    85: ...l Europe during Napoleon's era. The alliance is kept through [[NATO]], a military organisation in whic...
    93: ... mainland Portugal. Download an [http://www.igeoe.pt/downloads/500mil/500mil_24bits2.zip official map]...
  11. Slovenia (19318 bytes)
    24: population_estimate_year = 2005 |
    30: GDP_PPP_year=2005 |
    61: ...dialect documents in [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] script, were written around [[1000]]. During the [[14th ...
    109: As of [[May]] [[2005]], only Statistical regions exist, and, as their ...
    146: ...even though inflation is expected to decline in [[2005]] to 2.3%. Slovenia's economy [[Economic growth|g...
  12. Togo (15373 bytes)
    61: ...year since then, plus many more unsuccessful attempts). President [[Sylvanus Olympio]], who took offic...
    63: ...publicly) chalked up to an [[assassination]] attempt, Eyad魡 nationalised the country's phosphate min...
    65: ... The government was plagued by numerous coup attempts. Eyad魡 himself fired many of the shots that ki...
    69: ...ndependent press and political assassination attempts became commonplace, while the promised 'transiti...
    73: ...m limits. Meanwhile, [[Gilchrist Olympio]]'s attempts to beat the man who overthrew his father were sc...
  13. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    30: GDP_PPP_year = 2005 |
    52: ...K [[Office for National Statistics]]. As of April 2005, the July 2004 estimates were not yet available.<...
    62: ...es and Scotland (''i.e.'', the United Kingdom except for Northern Ireland). This political usage of "G...
    64: ...o Britain (''i.e.'' the United Kingdom)", a description out of date in the Irish case since 1922. An a...
    71: ... of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'' being adopted.
  14. Angola (15614 bytes)
    74: ...read to 7 out of the 18 provinces as of April 19, 2005.
    81: ...displaced persons (IDPs), while generally the accepted figure for war-affected people is 4 million. Da...
    183: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/angola.html Stanford University - Af...
  15. Zambia (24496 bytes)
    51: Except for the occasional [[Portugal|Portuguese]] explor...
    75: ...seats and UNIP the remaining 25. However, UNIP swept the Eastern Province, gathering 19 of its seats t...
    79: ...n Chiluba to force him to back away from any attempt at a third term.
    83: ...mbian courts are now hearing cases involving corruption charges against Chiluba and numerous officials...
    92: ...hat included riots in the capital and a coup attempt, President Kenneth Kaunda signed legislation endi...
  16. Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
    34: |'''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' (2005) <br> &nbsp; - Total (PPP) <br> &nbsp; - Total <...
    96: ...ta|GDP per capita]] in the world ($77,595 as of [[2005]]).
  17. Spain (36498 bytes)
    26: population_estimate_year = July 2005 |
    32: GDP_PPP_year = 2005 |
    48: ...]]: [[peseta|Spanish Peseta]]<br><sup>3</sup> Except in the Canary Islands, which are in the [[GMT]] t...
    83: ...ut was quickly returned to the Spanish Crown, except [[Rosellon]].
    95: ...nish Morocco]] and [[Equatorial Guinea]] was attempted. A period of dictatorial rule ([[1923]]&ndash;[...
  18. Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
    78: ...er]] as the financial backer of a March 2004 attempt to topple Obiang organized by [[Simon Mann]].
    91: ...nied any wrongdoing. While Riggs Bank in February 2005 paid $9 million as restitution for its banking fo...
    164: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/eqg.html Stanford University - Afric...
  19. Honey (11666 bytes)
    29: ...alia]], the most common honey is from the [[eucalyptus]] trees, such as [[redgum]], [[yellow gum]] and...
    33: In 2005, [[New Zealand]] had 320,000 [[beehive (beekeepin...
    84: ===Other descriptions===
  20. James Watt (5070 bytes)
    18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on steam engin...
    22: Watt adopted the [[centrifugal governor]] to regulate the sp...
    57: ...until his death in 1819 is due for publication in 2005.]

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