Raspberries and Nuclear Warheads This country, producing over one quarter of the world's raspberries, is number one in that category, but number two in active nuclear warheads, behind the USA.
Long Alphabets Though the claim depends on agreement as to what constitutes a letter, at the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics, it was announced that this country's language of Khmer has the longest alphabet, with seventy letters.
Not Safe for Journalists At least 150 journalists and 54 media support workers in this country were killed between the American invasion in 2003 and the war's end in 2011. This was a record war-time death toll for the press, & an unusually large number were targeted for assassination because of their reporting.
Velociraptor Bones V. mongoliensis has been discovered in this country.
Oil This country has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. (Possibly second only to Venezuela). It is the world's top oil exporter and producer.
Khachapuri The price of making a Khachapuri, a staple in this country, is used as a measure of inflation in different cities by the Khachapuri index, developed by the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University.
Movies Bollywood!
Software Piracy This country ranks sixth in the world for software piracy, coming behind nearby Georgia and Armenia. In 2006 94% of software was unlicensed, but by 2012, that figure was reduced to 90%.
Speaking Burmese Burmese is the official national language, but there are several recognized regional languages: Jingpho, Kayah, Karen, Chin, Mon, Rakhine, and Shan.
Apricots This country is the world's biggest apricot producer, beating out neighboring Iran.
R & D This country's expenditure on R&D, highest among OECD countries, in 2001 represented 4.5% of GDP compared to 1.6% in the UK, 2.3% in the US, 3.0% in Japan and 4.1% in Sweden.
Cinnamon This country produces 80-90% of the world's supply of C. verum (true cinnamon, sometimes called Ceylon cinnamon), but that is the only species grown there.
Big Falafel Balls In 2012, this country entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest falafel weighing 74.75 kg (164.80 lbs.) made by 10 chefs from the capital’s Landmark Amman Hotel.
Deadly Animals and Melanoma This country has a plethora of deadly creatures of all types, and has more venomous snakes, than non-venomous. Melanoma is the 4th most common cancer diagnosed in this country, which along with New Zealand has the world's highest incidence rate.
Not Killing Themselves This appellation is based on an erroneous WIkipedia report of a 0% suicide rate. Reported rates of completed suicide in this country, vary from 3.7 to 10.32 per 100,000. Less than 15% of people who completed suicide had contacted a government healthpost worker prior to their suicide, but more than 40% had consulted a traditional healer (dhami-jhankri).
Opium Except for 2001, this country has been the largest producer of Opium every year since 1992, and production has continued to grow under US occupation.
Linguistic Diversity English and Tok Pisin are the official languages of this country, but 848 languages are listed. Of these, 836 are living and 12 are extinct.
Rice Exports This country was the world's largest exporter of rice, until 2012 when they slipped to third place.
Sheep and Rugby Captain Cook introduced sheep into this country in 1773. The Sheep population grew to 70.3 million in 1982 but has now declined to 43.1 million. That is still 10 sheep for every person. Rugby is this country's national sport, and the All Blacks (national team) are the only international side with a winning record against every country they have played.
Field Hockey Field hockey is the national sport of this country. Their national team is nicknamed the Green Shirts. They won a world record four Hockey World Cup titles.
Most Men per Woman This country has 195 men per 100 women (in part due to the high number of expatriate workers). But this is still significantly higher than the 115:100 and 113:100 ratios in its neighbors Saudi Arabia and Oman.
Uranium In 2009 this country became the world's leading uranium producer, with 28% of world production, then 33% in 2010, 36% in 2011 and 36.5% in 2012.
Economic Growth Since the mid-1980s, through the 'Đổi Mới' reform period, this CIVETS nation has made a shift from a highly centralized planned economy to a socialist-oriented market economy and is on target to become the 35th largest economy in the world with nominal GDP of $ 436 billion and nominal GDP per capita of 4,357 USD by 2025.
Censorship TVs and radios are designed to only receive government channels. Internet access is illegal. World Press Freedom Index Rankings has rated either this country or Eritrea last since 2002.
Peacekeeping As of September 2010, this country has contributed the highest number of troops to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations; with 10,855 personnel attached to various UN peacekeeping forces worldwide.
CO2 Emissions and Renewable Energy The USA is the only other country with 500+ megatons of CO2 emissions. 17% of this countries electricity comes from renewable energy, and some predict that by 2030 all of their electricity will be generated by wind power.
Walnut Forests This country's Arslanbob area, is home to the largest natural-growth walnut forest in the world. The country supplied walnuts to the Roman Empire.
Farming Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley announced his government's intention to make this country the first 100% organic agricultural system.
Being Double Landlocked The only other doubly landlocked country in the world is Liechtenstein.
Science This country is known as Southeast Asia's financial and high-tech hub.
Corruption Construction companies routinely add 30% to cover the cost of bribes. Provincial governors have to pay $100,000 for their office. The cost to meet President Berdimuhamedov has outpaced inflation.
Gender Gaps 2013 this country was rated as having a 47% gender gap (compare to the best score received by Norway: 82%) Saudi Arabia, its neighbor, was 2 above it on the list.
Robots 40% of all robots in the world, are in this country. From the early 18th century, this country created mechanical toys that served tea, fired arrows, and painted.
Social Media Use Lee Kuan Yew in 1992 wrote of this country, “98% of the population are waiting for a telephone, and the other 2% for a dial tone.” The administrations of Ramos and Estrada liberalized phone use, and both landlines and cell phone use skyrocketed. Today, this country ranks 8th among Facebook users, with 25% of the population using it.
Volcanos The geography of this country is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate & the Indo-Australian plate. Mount Tambora had the most violent eruption in recorded history in 1815.
GDP This country is the richest country in the Muslim world. Current GDP per capita was a world record-breaking peak growth of 1,156% in the 1970s.
Solar Energy This country is #2 in solar energy use, second only to Luxembourg.
Brain Drain In 2009 this country topped the list of countries losing their academic elite, with an annual loss of 150,000 to 180,000 specialists. Rate was increased following the election crackdown in the same year. The CIA reportedly has an operation 'Brain Drain' directed at the nuclear talent of this country.
Workaholics The average employee works 2,256 hours a year, longer than any other nation, even after programs such as forced vacation and company computers being turned off at 7pm.
Caves Some of the most famous caves in the world are in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, a World Heritage site. Gua Nasib Bagus has the world's largest chamber, Sarawak Chamber. Clearwater Cave is the 8th longest in the world, (189 km). Deer Cave is one of the world's largest cave passages. Niah Caves is an archaeological site at which a 40,000 year old human skull & 1200 year old paintings were found.
Deadly Shark Attacks In 2012, after an unprecidented number of shark attacks over a 2-year period, this 'region' became known as the deadliest spot in the world for such attacks.
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