Countries

Since 1926, it is a member of the Commonwealth.

The rapid development of rum production in Cuba took place after 1800, when copper alembics - vessels used for distillation - were imported from Europe and when it was discovered that aged rum improves its taste and aroma.

The indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand are Māori.

Albania is a candidate for membership in the European Union.

The Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy.

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

In 1923, thanks to Poland's initiative, the International Society was established to protect European Bison.

In Uganda there are mostly oxisols, only in the river valleys there are gley soils, called gleysols.

Only 5% of the country is covered by natural vegetation, protected in reserves.

There are twenty-two national parks in Sri Lanka.