World Countries

3. Athletes excel at running long-distance events at the Olympics. Tourism is vital to the country.
4. Known as “Suomi” to its people. The most northerly independent country in the world.
6. Sometimes called “the land of lakes and volcanoes”. A Central American country of some six million people.
8. Bounded by the Indian and Pacific Oceans, this country is the world's largest island, but the world's smallest continent.
9. Crown Princess Mary formerly of Tasmania is the wife of Frederik the heir apparent to the throne of this country.
12. Usain Bolt, former Olympic sprinter born here.
16. High in the Pyrenees mountains on the border between France and Spain.
18. The Panama hat is made entirely in this South American country.
19. In 1971, East Pakistan broke away from West Pakistan and became known under this new name.
21. This is one of the two countries in South America that does not have a border with Brazil.
22. This country boasts the world's fastest train, the TGV.
24. It is the world's largest archipelago made up of 13,677 islands of which only about 1500 are inhabited.
25. This landlocked country is one of Africa's few real success stories. A diamond rich country.

1. World's smallest independent country in the heart of Rome.
2. The first country in the world to give women the vote.
5. Oil is this country's biggest export. Once called Persia.
7. The smallest in size of the three Low Countries in Europe.
10. Queenslanders often refer to Victorians as inhabitants of this country.
11. A neutral country since 1815. Its neutrality and political stability has helped make it a major financial centre.
13. A remote, sparsely populated country in the northern hemisphere was once the centre of a vast empire.
14. This large country has borders with 16 other countries.
15. The second largest country in size in the world. The French were the first Europeans to settle here.
17. In 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew the ruling dictator, Fulgencio Batista.
20. Country in the South Pacific. The main island is Viti Levu.
23. Nicknamed the “Roof of the World” for its towering peaks.