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Mauritius is one of twenty-five countries in the world without an active armed force.

In 1760, Burmese forces attacked what was then Thailand, destroyed and looted the country's capital, and kidnapped its ruler and members of the ruling family.

Liechtenstein is a country where workers from Switzerland and Austria come to work.

At the turn of 2001 and 2002, Argentina had as many as five presidents within two weeks.

One-third of Germany is covered in forests.

The largest and deepest lake in Slovakia is Veľké Hincovo pleso - a Tatra pond located in the Hincovo Valley, which is the upper part of the Mengusovská Valley in the Slovak part of the High Tatras.

In the southeastern region of Kazakhstan, close to the Tenshan mountains, there is a canyon of the Shinar River, reminiscent of the Grand Canyon of Colorado.

Panama is a country that borders the South American continent of Colombia to the south.

Sign language is one of the three official national languages of New Zealand.

The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report rates the Swiss economy as the most competitive in the world.