Though my country has been suffering from long wars, I still enjoy Kabuli palaw - a dish made of rice, lamb, carrots, and raisins - in my home in Kabul.
After vacationing at Issyk-Kul and enjoying the surrounding Tian Shan mountains, it's Bishkek or bust for work on Monday morning.
I am a Druze living in the mountains south of Beirut, but adherents of my faith played an important role in our nation's struggle for independence.
From my winery in the Sierras de Córdoba, I can see the Pampas stretch out to the east.
I don't have a dragon tattoo, but I do love reading our popular mysteries as I take the 40-minute train ride to the capital from my home in Uppsala.
When I was born, my country was called the Republic of Upper Volta, and I learned French, the official language, as well as Mooré, the language of my people.
Though I live in an exclave of my country, it is just a short boat trip across the bay, or a quick trek through Malaysia.
Am I Greek, Turkish, Akrotic-Dhecelic, or just this demonym? Do I worship Aphrodite or Astarte? Am I European or Asian? I'm so confused.
From my demonym, I could also be from a country northwest of me, but I'm not. I prefer the lush mountainous rain forests of my island country.
Though I consider myself Cuzcatlec, and my country Cuzcatlan, officially I am this.
I'm rich. Really, really rich. Even though I live in a small country, we have a lot of natural gas and oil reserves. And I'm looking forward to the 2022 FIFA World Cup!
Though I live on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, I love to go into the Amazon rainforest to see the amazing Kaieteur Falls and the Kanuku Mountains, with its vast biodiversity.
Though my country is small and landlocked between two countries, its landscapes range from mountains to the east and west, as well as broad savannas and rain forests.
My country is the largest producer of cocoa beans in the world, but I am lucky. I work on a fairtrade family cocoa farm, so I don't do heavy labor and have time to go to school.
Don't get me mixed up with similarly named people who vacation on the Mediterranean & Black Seas. I live in a cold, dry desert and have never even been to the Caspian Sea.
I love to ski, so it's good that I live in the Julian Alps. I also love to fish for marble trout in the beautiful Soča River.
No, I'm not a prince, and I don't work in the casino. But as a true native, I learned both French & the Ligurian dialect that is my country's historical language.
Known for our delicious loempia, sinigang and adobo, my country is also beset by many volcanoes, earthquakes, & typhoons.
I'm not a young cat, or a neighboring Nevisian. Since my country is covered in mountains, dense with tropical rain forests, I live near the Caribbean coast.
I could live above the Arctic Circle or below the Tropic of Cancer. Instead I live just south of the Nebraska border, at the geographic center of the contiguous part.
Though small, my country has been strategically important in the Mediterranean, with Phoenicians, Romans, Moors, European powers, & the Knights of St. John laying claim.
My country seceded from its motherland, but we have been at war with rebel factions ever since. Will Abkhazia and South Ossetia eventually be gone with the wind?
Come to my country and sample the wide variety of regional foods, from its plethora of seafood dishes to our famed hams and paellas. Accompanied by a glass of wine or fino.
My country straddles the equator & the 180th meridian, but it is threatened by rising sea levels and intense cyclones.
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