Countries

Singapore was leased from the Sultanate of Johor in 1819 as a trading post by East India Company.

The capital of New Zealand is Wellington.

In the mountainous region of southern Albania there is a small town called Lazarat, which until recently was the center of cannabis cultivation and marijuana production in Europe.

The name Argentina derives from the Latin word argentum, meaning silver.

Turkey is boarded by eight countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, and Syria.

There are 12 active volcanoes in Russia.

Almost six million people live in Singapore, which gives eight thousand people per square kilometer.

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

The favorite drink of Slovaks is Kofola, a non-alcoholic carbonated cola drink produced in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Switzerland does not have an official state religion, although most cantons (except Geneva and Neuchatel) officially recognize churches, which are either the Catholic Church or the Swiss Reformed Church.