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  1. Australia (39438 bytes)
    25: population_density_rank = —|
    28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January...
    32: utc_offset=+8&ndash;+10|
    34: utc_offset_DST=+8&ndash;+11|
    54: ...glish to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voy...
  2. Nigeria (19231 bytes)
    1: ... the former capital [[Lagos]], [[Abeokuta]], [[Ibadan]], [[Osogbo]], [[Ilesha|Ilesa]], [[Port Harcourt...
    36: | '''[[Independence]]'''<br>&nbsp;- Date
    57: ...forest people. In the early 19th century, [[Usman dan Fodio]] brought most areas in the north under th...
    69: In 1975, a bloodless coup swept Gowon aside and brought [...
    71: ...the corner. Many people fear the return of Babangida for he is known as the [[Idi Amin]] of Nigeria fo...
  3. Netherlands (35958 bytes)
    15: capital = [[Amsterdam]]. [[The Hague]] is the seat of government |
    17: largest_city = [[Amsterdam]] |
    32: ...[[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Hinduism]] and [[Judaism]] |
    40: established_dates = [[Eighty Years' War|From Spain]]<br/>[[May 2...
    55: ... [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Australia]], and [[Canada]].
  4. Madagascar (29377 bytes)
    2: ...ar. Most famous among those are the [[lemur]]s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries n...
    6: ... = Republique de Madagascar <br> Repoblikan'i Madagasikara |
    7: common_name = Madagascar |
    8: image_flag = Madagascar flag large.png |
    9: image_coat = Madagascar_COA.png |
  5. Greece (54754 bytes)
    1: ... tip of the [[Balkan peninsula]]. It has land boundaries with [[Bulgaria]], the [[Former Yugoslav Repu...
    50: ...e''', ({{lang-el|Ελλάδα}}, {{lang|el|''Elláda''}} ([[IPA]]: [{{IPA|e̞ˈlaða}}]), or {{lang|el...
    52: ...], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a [[developed nation]], member of the...
    59: ...Chinese language|Chinese]] {{lang|zh|希臘}} (Mandarin: Xīlà, Cantonese: Hei-laap).
    65: ...ion|Minoan]] and the [[Mycenae]]n. After this, a Dark Age followed until around [[800 BC]], when a ne...
  6. Lebanon (34225 bytes)
    51: | [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] +2 ([[Daylight Saving Time|DST +3]])
    57: | [[Lebanon Cedar]]
    71: Lebanon is one of the fifteen present-day countries that comprise what is considered to be...
    73: ...andated]] the five provinces that make up present-day Lebanon to [[France]].
    80: === Civil War, (1975-1990) ===
  7. Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
    25: | [[Begum Khaleda Zia]]
    36: | '''[[Victory Day (Bangladesh)|Victory Day]]'''<br>|| [[December 16]], [[1971]]
    65: ...ngal]]. There is recent evidence of civilizations dating back to [[500 BC]], and there are even claims...
    69: ...[21 February]] as [[International Mother Language Day]]. In 1955, the government of Pakistan changed t...
    73: ... estimates claim 50,000 deaths in the first three days of the so-called ''[[Operation Searchlight]]'' ...
  8. East Timor (13677 bytes)
    3: ...r]], East Timor was invaded by [[Indonesia]] in [[1975]], which occupied it until [[1999]]. Following th...
    17: ... independent]] on [[November 28]], [[1975]]. Nine days later, it was invaded and occupied by [[Indones...
    21: The day before the invasion and subsequent annexation, U...
    25: ... a visit of Xanana Gusm㯠to Lisbon to choose the date, they decided [[May 20]], [[2002]] and East Tim...
    59: ...nd the largest and easternmost of the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]]. To the north of the mountainous island...
  9. Vietnam (18265 bytes)
    8: ...ietnam. [[Fall of Saigon|Saigon fell]] in April [[1975]].
    19: ...le Action's Party of Viet Nam]], [[Montagnard Foundation]] Inc. and the [[Government of Free Vietnam|G...
    21: ...rties include the nationalist [[Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang]] of [[Nguyen Thai Hoc]], the Can Lao party of ...
    29: ...ovincial level: [[Can Tho|C&#7847;n Th&#417;]], [[Da Nang|&#272;ࠎ&#7861;ng]], [[Hai Phong|H&#7843;i ...
    31: ... [[Dak Lak Province|&#272;&#7855;k L&#7855;k]], [[Dak Nong Province|&#272;&#7855;k N?], [[Dien Bien Pr...
  10. Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
    32: ...]]''' || [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] +2 ([[Daylight Savings Time|DST, yes or not]])
    46: ...roughly four fifths of the country's population today. Ruins at [[Great Zimbabwe]], a Shona-speaking s...
    60: ...sassination of [[Herbert Chitepo]] in Zambia in [[1975]], and the [[Zimbabwe African People's Union]] (Z...
    83: ... [[2002]] amid allegations of vote-rigging, intimidation, and fraud. The next Presidential elections a...
    108: ...icult economic problems as it struggles to consolidate earlier progress in developing a [[market-orien...
  11. Cuba (25106 bytes)
    12: ...'s army, and fought valiantly for more than three days & nights, until they were forced to surrender, ...
    16: ...ess of the Communist Party of Cuba in December of 1975 that "Without the decisive, steady, and generous ...
    18: ...], but has been rising steadily. Cuba's economy today is roughly split into three parts: [[agriculture...
    24: ...visit Cuba by traveling through [[Mexico]], [[Canada]] or the [[Bahamas]]. American citizens can be li...
    34: ...l party, but is forbidden by law to nominate candidates. However this is largely a moot point since no...
  12. Portugal (61755 bytes)
    7: ...1974]] and the subsequent entry in the [[EEC]] (today's [[European Union]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made...
    20: ... Consolidation of the Monarchy in Portugal|Consolidation of the kingdom]]'''''
    23: ...set up kingdoms, and became assimilated. The [[Vandals]] ([[Silingi]] and [[Hasdingi]]) and the sarmat...
    31: ...ing with no male heirs. His only child, a single daughter, married King [[John I of Castile]] who wou...
    40: ...s had their own objective, searching for the legendary Christian Kingdom of [[Prester John]].
  13. Angola (15614 bytes)
    1: ...Atlantic Ocean]]. The [[exclave]] province [[Cabinda]] has a border with [[Republic of the Congo|Congo...
    15: capital = [[Luanda]] |
    19: ...ernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos|Fernando da Piedade <br> Dias dos Santos]]|
    20: largest_city = [[Luanda]] |
    39: established_dates = [[November 11]] [[1975]] |
  14. Spain (36498 bytes)
    39: established_dates = [[1492]] |
    58: ...-Celtic people in Iberia surviving to the present day as a separate [[ethnic group]]. The most importa...
    62: ...olony was [[Carthago Nova]] (Latin name of modern day [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]).
    77: By [[1512]], most of the kingdoms of present-day Spain were politically unified, although not as ...
    85: ... the French Bourbons (see [[House of Bourbon]]) &mdash; that a centralized Spanish state was establish...
  15. Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
    4: ...ed &Delta;&iota;&omicron;&sigma;&pi;&omicron;&lambda;&iota;&sigmaf; ''Diospolis'', "City of Zeus" ([[Z...
    27: ...le du Caire. (Reprinted Osnabr?tto Zeller Verlag, 1975). 75, 76.
    29: *Polz, Daniel C. 2001. &#8220;Thebes.&#8221; In ''The Oxfor...
    31: ... Noel Freedman. Vol. 6 of 6 vols. New York: Doubleday. 442&#8211;443.
  16. Alaska (24727 bytes)
    18: LandArea = 1,481,347 |
    26: AdmittanceDate = [[January 3]], [[1959]] |
    27: ...utian Standard Time Zone|Aleutian]]: [[UTC]]-10/[[Daylight saving time|-9]] (west of 169? 30') |
    50: ... U.S. state insects|State insect]]'''||[[Libellulidae|Skimmer Dragonfly]]
    66: ...Yukon Territory]] and [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] to the east, the [[Gulf of Alaska]] and the [[P...
  17. Iowa (24205 bytes)
    16: LandArea = 144,701 |
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 28|Dec 28]], [[1846]] |
    25: ...Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|DST]]-5 |
    46: ...een home to approximately 17 different tribes. Today, only the [[Mesquaki]] tribe is left in Iowa and...
    50: ...ted in a few shots finding Iowa soil; a raid into Davis and Van Buren counties by Confederate guerrill...
  18. Maine (17312 bytes)
    11: Governor = [[John Baldacci]] |
    16: LandArea = 80,005 |
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 15]], [[1820]] |
    25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
    36: ...h moderately warm summers but very few actual hot days.
  19. Minnesota (26682 bytes)
    16: LandArea = 206,375 |
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[May 11]], [[1858]] |
    25: ...Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] |
    37: Its name is from the [[Lakota#The_Dakota|Dakota people's]] name for the [[Minnesota River]], ...
    49: ...] (Chippewa, Anishinaabe) and [[Lakota#The_Dakota|Dakota]], although the [[Ho-Chunk|Winnebago]] also h...
  20. Ecotopia (351 bytes)
    1: ...l]] book by [[Ernest Callenbach]], published in [[1975]]. The society described in the book is one of th...

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