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Deutschland - Unterwegs

Winner of the month: 🏆Oct'24
Winner of the week: 🥇1

Germany is a federal state in Central Europe.
It consists of 16 federal states and is structured as a liberal, democratic and social constitutional state. The Federal Republic of Germany, founded in 1949, represents the latest manifestation of the German nation state that was first founded in 1871. As part of the reunification of Germany, Berlin became the federal capital in 1990 and became the seat of parliament and government in 1991.
The country borders nine neighboring states and lies in the temperate climate zone between the North and Baltic Seas in the north and Lake Constance and the Alps in the south.
Germany has around 84.7 million inhabitants and, with an area of ​​357,588 square kilometers, is one of the most densely populated countries with an average of 237 inhabitants per square kilometer. The birth rate is 1.35 children per woman (2023).

The most populous German city is Berlin; other metropolises with more than a million inhabitants are Hamburg, Munich and Cologne; The largest metropolitan area is the Ruhr area. There are four other German cities with more than 600,000 inhabitants (2023): Frankfurt am Main is a European financial center of global importance, Stuttgart is one of the most important centers of the automotive industry in the world, Düsseldorf is known for its art and fashion trade and as the “desk of the Ruhr area “ and Leipzig is known for its trade fair and its cargo airport. The country also has seven other cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants (2023): Dortmund, Essen, Bremen, Dresden, Hanover, Nuremberg and Duisburg. Almost 15 million people live in the 15 German cities with more than half a million inhabitants, which corresponds to around 18% of all residents.

Germany - Unterwegs

Germany 🏆🥇 - Unterwegs

U. K. (England) - Together We Stand

Winner of the week: 🥇3

The United Kingdom is a country located in the British Isles off the northwest coast of continental Europe, forming the largest island nation in Europe.

U. K. is a union of four countries, usually referred to in English as countries or nations: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. London is the capital and most populous city of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the world's largest cultural, commercial, and financial centers. Other important cities include Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, and Belfast.

The British Empire, which existed under the rule of the United Kingdom from the 17th to the 20th century, is considered the largest colonial empire in history. During the industrialization of the 18th century, the United Kingdom developed into the first industrialized nation and was the leading world power (Pax Britannica) from the fall of France after the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century until the rise of the United States in the late 19th century.

Today, the United Kingdom, with just over 68 million inhabitants, is the fourth most populous country in Europe, after Russia, Germany, and France. The most populous part of the country is England, with approximately 56 million inhabitants, while Scotland has around 5.5 million, Wales 3.1 million, and Northern Ireland 1.9 million. Measured by nominal gross domestic product, it is the sixth-largest economy in the world, after India and ahead of France. Furthermore, the country enjoys a high standard of living and education, as well as a high life expectancy.

The United Kingdom is a founding member of NATO and the United Nations. It is a nuclear power, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and one of the G7 countries. From 1973 until its withdrawal in 2020, it was a member of the EEC and later the European Union.

U. K. (England) - Together We Stand

U. K. (England) 🥇 - Together We Stand

جمهوريّة مصر العربيّة (Dschumhūriyyat Misr al-ʿarabiyya) - ماشين سوا (Mashin Sawa)

Egypt is a country in northeastern Africa with more than 112 million inhabitants and an area of ​​more than one million square kilometers. The megacity Cairo is the Egyptian capital and the largest metropolis in Africa and Arabia. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is one of the most populous urban regions in the world. Other megacities in the country are Alexandria and Giza. In terms of economic performance in terms of GDP per capita (nominal), Egypt ranks 119th out of 194 countries (2022). As an intercontinental state, it has a land bridge from the larger African part to Asia, to the Sinai Peninsula. The majority of Egyptians, about 90 percent, are Sunni Muslims. The most important Christian minority are the Copts, with around five to ten percent of the population. The national language is Egyptian Arabic, which is understood beyond national language borders due to Egypt's cultural importance in the Arab world, especially because of its films and songs.

Egypt has an enormous political and cultural influence in the Arab and Islamic world, primarily because of its large population. But it also had great importance in the history of human civilization, as evidenced by many excavations and ancient architectural sights. It was built here around 3000 BC. BC, with Ancient Egypt, one of the early advanced civilizations of the Old World. After the time of the Pharaohs, the country on the Nile experienced an eventful history of many foreign rulers until it regained its independence in 1922. But even now the power struggles for Egypt did not end; they continued internally. The Arab Spring protests also hit Egypt in 2011. This was followed by the national crisis of 2013/14.

Egypt - Mashin Sawa

Bosna i Hercegovina - Koračamo Zajedno

Winner of the week: 🥇46

Bosnia is a southeastern European federal state. Geographically, it consists of the Bosnia region in the north - which occupies around 80 percent of the national territory - and the smaller Herzegovina region in the south. The federal state's political areas are the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska and the Brčko District as a special administrative region. The state's capital and largest city is Sarajevo; other major cities are Banja Luka, Tuzla, Zenica, Bijeljina and Mostar.

The national territory lies east of the Adriatic Sea on the Balkan Peninsula and is almost entirely in the Dinaric Mountains. Neighboring states are Croatia to the north and west, Serbia to the east and Montenegro to the southeast. The state also has an approximately 25 kilometer long coastal strip on the Adriatic near Neum in the Neum corridor. The Bosnian-Herzegovinian population was a good 3.3 million in 2020 (see Bosnians and Herzegovinians).

The state in its current form emerged from the Dayton Agreement (1995) and, according to this, is the legal successor to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was founded immediately after a referendum at the beginning of 1992 and was the only internationally recognized of a total of four state entities on the island during the Bosnian War territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Treaty of Dayton ended war within the country and created a unified but highly decentralized (federalist) state. Today Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of the two entities Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (populated mostly by Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats) and Republika Srpska (populated mostly by Bosnian Serbs). The Brčko special administrative region was subsequently created from parts of the pre-war Brčko municipality belonging to both entities and today functions as a condominium for both entities, but manages itself independently.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a member of the Central European Free Trade Agreement, the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (observer status), the Council of Europe, a participant in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Cooperation Council for Southeastern Europe. Furthermore, the state has been an official candidate for NATO membership since 2010. At the summit of the EU member states in Brussels on December 15, 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina was officially granted status as a candidate for accession to the European Union. On March 12, 2024, the EU Commission recommended starting accession negotiations. On March 21, 2024, at the EU summit in Brussels, the heads of state and government of the European Union agreed to start accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia&Herzegovina - Koracamo Zajedno

Bosnia&Herzegovina 🥇 - Koracamo Zajedno

Česká Republika - Jdeme Dál

Winner of the week: 🥇39

Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe with around 10.5 million inhabitants. It consists of the historical countries of Bohemia (Čechy) and Moravia (Morava) as well as parts of Silesia (Slezsko) The country borders on Germany in the west, Poland in the north, Slovakia in the east and Austria in the south. The country's capital and metropolis is Prague (Czech: Praha), other major cities are Brno (Brno), Ostrava (Ostrava). , Pilsen (Plzeň), Reichenberg (Liberec) and Olomouc (Olomouc).

In the 6th century, Slavs immigrated to Bohemia, which had previously been populated by Celts and Germanic peoples. At the beginning of the 9th century, the Moravian Empire emerged as the first Slavic state. The unified Czech state emerged under the Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty, when the Margraviate of Moravia was subordinated to Bohemia in the 11th century and the Kingdom of Bohemia was formed in 1085. It had a special position in the Holy Roman Empire and ruled large areas of continental Europe under the Přemyslids and Luxembourgers. In the wake of the rise of the Habsburgs and the Thirty Years' War, the area became part of the Habsburg Monarchy and remained so until its collapse following its defeat in the First World War.

Czech Republic - Jdeme Dál

Czech Republic 🥇 - Jdeme Dál

Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg - N'abandonne

Luxembourg is a democratic state in the form of a constitutional monarchy in western Central Europe. At the beginning of 2024, the country had a population of approximately 672,000; its seat of parliament and government is the City of Luxembourg. The Grand Duchy belongs to the Central German-speaking region. The national language is Luxembourgish; additional administrative and official languages ​​are Standard German and French.

Historically, Luxembourg belonged to the Holy Roman Empire and the German Confederation. In the wake of the Luxembourg Crisis, the Second Treaty of London in 1867, which enshrined Luxembourg's neutrality, led to its withdrawal from the association of German states. Until 1890, the Grand Duchy was ruled in personal union by the King of the Netherlands and occupied by the German Empire during both World Wars. Subsequently, after the Second World War, it played a leading role in European integration and became a founding member of NATO, the UN, and the European Union.

Together with its neighboring countries Belgium and the Netherlands, Luxembourg forms the Benelux countries. Together with Saarland, the French region of Lorraine, the Walloon Region in Belgium, and the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, it belongs to the "Greater Region (Saar-Lorraine-Lux)," which is home to approximately 11.8 million people. With 267,300 cross-border commuters, the region has the highest cross-border mobility of workers within the European Union.

Luxembourg - N'abandonne

Dominicana - Con Su Calor

Dominican Republic is an island state located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles between the Atlantic and the Caribbean. Almost two thirds (63.7%) of it covers the east and center of the island, while the western part belongs to the Republic of Haiti.

The nationals are called Dominicans in German. The Dominican Republic is easily confused with the island of Dominica, which is part of the Lesser Antilles and whose nationals are called Dominicans.

The name of the state is derived from the capital Santo Domingo, which in turn is named after the founder of the Dominican Order, Saint Dominic (Latin Dominicus).

Dominican Republic - Yúcahu Nos Cuida

Dominicana - Yúcahu Nos Cuida

Belize - Wi Neva Break

Winner of the week: 🥇29

Belize is a state in Central America that emerged from the colony of British Honduras in 1981. International borders exist with Mexico and Guatemala.

Belize is the only Central American country where English is the official language. About a third of the population has African ancestry. The country's culture is influenced by the Maya. When Belize gained independence in 1981, it became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Belize - Wi Neva Break

Belize 🥇 - Wi Neva Break

United States of America - Voices

Winner of the week: 🥇8

The United States of America is a democratic, federal republic in North America and, with some islands, in Oceania. It consists of 50 states, the capital Washington, D.C., which is its own federal district, as well as five major territories and nine island territories.

The 48 contiguous states, the so-called Lower 48, together with Alaska, from which they are separated by Canadian territory, form the Continental United States. The state of Hawaii and some smaller outlying areas are located in the Pacific and Caribbean. The country has a very high geographical and climatic diversity with a large variety of animal and plant species.

The United States of America is the third largest country in the world both in terms of area and population. Its area of ​​9.83 million square kilometers is exceeded only by Russia and Canada and its population of more than 334 million inhabitants is exceeded only by India and China. The most populous city in the USA is New York City, a global metropolis and one of the most important cultural, media, economic, trade and financial centers in the world. Important metropolitan areas are Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Washington, Miami, Atlanta, Boston and San Francisco, each with over 5 million inhabitants. The degree of urbanization is 83 percent. A well-known national myth is that the United States is one of the most multicultural countries in the world; However, empirical studies show that the United States performs only averagely in global comparisons of ethnic and cultural diversity.

On July 4, 1776, delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence of the United States and thus the founding of the USA. The American War of Independence, which ended with the recognition of independence in the Peace of Paris (1783), was the first successful war of independence against a European colonial power. The current constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. 27 additional articles were added. The first ten amendments, collectively called the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and guarantee a variety of unalienable rights.

Driven by the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, the United States expanded its territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific throughout the 19th century. This included the violent expulsion of indigenous Indian tribes, the acquisition of new territories, etc. in the Mexican-American War and the founding of new states. The American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the United States in 1865 and to the fact that it finally embarked on the path to becoming an industrial state. By the end of the 19th century, the United States was the preeminent power in the Americas, and its economy had become the largest of the time.

U. S. A. - Voices

U. S. A. 🥇 - Voices

Commonwealth of Australia - We Hit The Road

Winner of the week: 🥇42

Australia is a state in the southern hemisphere of the earth, which includes the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania to its south, the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island with its subsidiary islands and, as external areas, the Pacific Norfolk Island, the Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, the Ashmore and Cartier Islands as well as Heard and the McDonald Islands in the Indian Ocean. The country has also laid claim to the Australian Antarctic Territory since 1933. With the Antarctic Treaty, enforcement was postponed indefinitely. Australia's neighbors are New Zealand in the southeast and Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea in the north.

Australia has around 27.2 million inhabitants and is sparsely populated. With an area of ​​more than 7.6 million km², it ranks sixth among the countries in the world. The capital is Canberra, the largest city is the metropolis of Sydney. Other metropolitan areas include Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Gold Coast.

Australia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world in terms of per capita and total wealth, ranking fifth out of 191 countries on the Human Development Index in 2021. The country has a state-of-the-art service economy and significant raw material reserves. Its culture and economic strength make it an attractive destination for migrants, but Australia's migration and asylum policy sets strict legal criteria for immigration.

Australia - We Hit The Road

Australia 🥇 - We Hit The Road

República Federativa do Brasil - Estamos Avançando

Winner of the week: 🥇37

Brazil is the fifth largest country in terms of area and, with around 214 million inhabitants, the seventh largest country in the world. It is also the largest country in South America in terms of area and population, occupying 47.3 percent of its area. With the exception of Chile and Ecuador, Brazil shares a border with every other South American country. The name Brazil comes from the Portuguese name pau-brasil for the brazilwood tree (Paubrasilia echinata).

According to a “sensational discovery”, the traces of human settlement are said to go back around 30,000 years, but according to current scientific opinion, a maximum of 15,000 years. After the European discovery of America and the division of the South American continent by the Treaty of Tordesillas, Brazil became a Portuguese colony. This colonial period, which lasted more than three centuries and in which immigrants of various origins came to Brazil (voluntarily or by force), contributed significantly to Brazil's current ethnic diversity. After gaining state independence in 1822, which was followed by a period of constitutional monarchy, the country became a republic in 1889 as the United States of Brazil. After the period of military dictatorship from 1964, the country returned to democracy with a presidential system of government in 1985.

Brazil - Estamos Avancando

Brazil 🥇 - Estamos Avancando

République Gabonaise - On Avance

Winner of the month: 🏆Dec'24
Winner of the week: 🥇9

Gabon is a country in Central Africa. It borders Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea to the north and the Republic of Congo to the south and east. Its west coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea. The equator runs through the country. The country, which is largely covered by rainforest, has a tropical climate. The capital of the country, which has around two million inhabitants, is Libreville. In addition to various Bantu languages, most residents of the former French colony speak French. The country's oil revenues finance a large part of the state budget. The country has been ruled by the Bongo family since 1967 and is considered a dictatorship by many international observers. After 42 years, Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba took over the presidency from his father Omar Bongo in 2009 following a disputed election. On August 29, 2023, Bongo was again declared the winner after the presidential elections that took place on August 26. Shortly thereafter, a group of high-ranking officers declared that they had seized power in the country and that President Bongo's government had fallen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, commander of the Gabonese Republican Guard, was proclaimed interim president.

Gabon has been a member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 2022.

Gabon - On Avance

Gabon 🏆🥇 - On Avance

Россия (Rossiya) - Мы на пути (My Na Puti)

Winner of the month: 🏆Aug'25
Winner of the week: 🥇13

Russia is a federal state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, with the exclave of Kaliningrad in Central Europe. In terms of area, Russia is the largest country in the world at around 17 million square kilometers and covers around a ninth of the earth's land mass. With 144.5 million inhabitants (2019), it is the ninth most populous country and is also one of the least populated.

The European part of the national territory is significantly more densely populated than the Asian part, which is over three times as large: around 77% of the population (110 million inhabitants) lives west of the Urals. The capital Moscow is one of the largest cities and metropolitan regions in the world. The second most important center is Saint Petersburg, which was the capital from 1712 to 1918 and is now primarily an important cultural center. The next largest cities with millions of inhabitants are Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod. In total, there are 15 megacities and almost 70 agglomerations with over 500,000 inhabitants in Russia.

The federal structure of Russia consists of eight federal districts and 83 federal subjects. Russia is a multi-ethnic country with over 100 ethnic groups, with ethnic Russians making up almost 80% of the population. Russia is now an emerging country in the upper middle income sector. After recovering from the post-communist transformation crisis of the 1990s, the country became what is now the eleventh largest economy in the world and fourth largest in terms of purchasing power parity, just ahead of Germany. Its raw material reserves are probably the largest in the world at around 20 to 30%, with significant deposits of primary energy sources - especially natural gas. Russia has been subject to a steady decline in economic, demographic and military performance since the mid-1980s, when it was still part of the Soviet Union. According to the SIPRI Institute, it has the largest number of nuclear warheads of any country at 4,489, of which only 1,674 are ready for use while the rest are in storage.

Russia has been a permanent member of the UN Security Council since 1946 and is also a member of the WTO, OSCE, APEC and the SCO, as well as a leading member of the regional organizations CIS, CSTO and EAEU.

The Russian Federation is the “continuor state” of the Soviet Union in international organizations. The Soviet federal state was preceded by the Russian Empire, the Tsardom of Russia and originally the Grand Duchy of Moscow, a sub-principality of the former East Slavic Empire of Kievan Rus. The Cold War ended around 1990, and Russia became a little more democratic and moved slightly closer to the West. The constitution at the time envisaged a semi-presidential democracy for Russia, but according to democracy indices, the constitutional reality today corresponds to that of an autocracy, or a “super-presidential rule” or post-democracy. Corruption and human rights violations are widespread.

Russia's share of global gross domestic product has fallen from 4 to 2.85% (2022) since the sanctions began in 2014 as a result of the annexation of Crimea and intensified with the attack on Ukraine in 2022. Especially since the attack on the neighboring country, economic and political relations with the West have been very strained.

Russia is predominantly viewed as an autocracy. In political science and Eastern European studies there is a debate as to whether it is now an increasingly totalitarian dictatorship or whether it is already a fascist regime due to domestic political tightening and the attack on Ukraine (fascism discussion).

Russia - My Na Puti

Russia 🏆🥇 - My Na Puti

Italia - Siamo In Cammino

Winner of the week: 🥇40

Italy is a country in southern Europe. The capital and most populous city is Rome and the economic and financial center is Milan.

The Italian territory lies largely on the Apennine Peninsula, which is surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea, the adjoining northern Italian plain and in the southern Alpine arc. There are also the large islands of Sicily and Sardinia as well as several smaller island groups. Land borders exist with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia as well as with the small states of Vatican City and San Marino, which are completely surrounded by Italian territory.

Many significant contributions to the cultural and historical heritage of Europe and the world have been made in Italy. The area that is now Italy was the core region of the Roman Empire in ancient times. The city of Rome has also been one of the most important centers of Christianity since late antiquity until today. Tuscany and the rival Italian city-states formed the heartland of the Renaissance. Italy was also a cultural center in the Baroque and Classical eras. Italy is now the country with the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites (58) and one of the most visited countries in the world with around 65 million tourists every year.

With the Risorgimento, the modern Italian nation state emerged in the 19th century: from 1861 to 1946, the Kingdom of Italy existed under the House of Savoy, which was rapidly industrialized, rose to become a major European power and, from the 1880s, established a colonial empire in North and East Africa. The costly and costly participation in the First World War from 1915 to 1918 led to the expansion of the national territory, but also to serious social unrest and paved the way to power for the Italian fascists. The fascist regime ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943/45 and led the country into the Second World War on the side of the Axis powers in 1940, which ended in defeat in 1945 and led to the loss of colonies and minor cessions of territory. In June 1946, the monarchy was abolished by a referendum and the current republic was proclaimed.

According to the Human Development Index, Italy is one of the most developed countries in the world as an industrial country. In terms of gross domestic product, Italy is the third largest economy in the European Union and the eighth largest in the world. The country enjoys a high standard of living and education and has one of the highest life expectancies. The Italian armed forces are among the most powerful in the world and are ranked as the fourth strongest within NATO.

Italy is a co-initiator of European integration and a founding member of the European Union, the Council of Europe, NATO and the Latin Union. The country is a member of the G7, the G20, the United Nations (UNO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Italy - Siamo In Cammino

Italy 🥇 - Siamo In Cammino

Algérie (ⵍⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ/Ldzayer/الجزائر/Aljazayir) - Ealaa Masaratina (على مساراتنا)

Algeria is a state in northwest Africa.

Algeria, the middle of the Maghreb countries, is - since the separation of South Sudan from Sudan - the largest state on the African continent in terms of area and the tenth largest state in the world. The area is three times the area of ​​Türkiye or 62⁄3 times the area of ​​Germany. In terms of inhabitants, Algeria was eighth in Africa in 2017 with a good 41 million. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Mauritania, Morocco and the Western Sahara claimed by Morocco to the west, Mali and Niger to the south and Libya and Tunisia to the east. The country is named after its capital Algiers (Alger in French). Other important cities are Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Batna. The country became independent after the end of the Algerian War (1954–1962). The 1996 constitution introduced a semi-presidential system of government.

Algeria - Mae Baed Namshiu

Algeria - Ealaa Masaratina

中國 (Zhōngguó) - 在路上 (Zài Lùshàng)

Winner of the week: 🥇15

The People's Republic of China is a state in East Asia. With more than 1.4 billion inhabitants (2020), China is the second most populous country in the world after India and the third largest country in terms of total area. According to its socialist constitution, the People's Republic of China is "under the democratic dictatorship of the people", but has been from the beginning Governed throughout by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in an authoritarian to totalitarian manner. To this day she is accused of serious human rights violations.

Since 2016, the World Bank has classified the country as one of the states with an income level in the upper middle range. On average, China's economic power grew by 8.9% annually from 2000 to 2019. In addition to the doubling of China's share of world trade, the gross domestic product increased sixfold during this time, so that by the end of that period China had grown into the second largest economy in the world. However, according to observers, since the "Outstanding Leader" Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, the People's Republic has again taken steps backwards in social and economic freedom and has become increasingly ideologically and internationally aggressive.

The People's Republic of China is the world's largest exporter, the second largest importer, the country with the largest industrial production, the second highest spending on research and development, the second largest total national wealth, the largest standing army and the second largest defense budget and, depending on the source, is considered an emerging or already established country Superpower of the 21st century alongside the United States.

The People's Republic of China is one of the official nuclear powers and, as one of the five official victors of the Second World War, is a permanent member of the World Security Council and a member of the World Trade Organization, World Bank, APEC, BRICS, UNESCO, Interpol and G20, among others.

China 

China 🥇 - Zài Lùshàng

México - En Marcha Seguimos

Winner of the week: 🥇16

Mexico is a federal republic in North America. It includes 32 member states, namely 31 federal states and the federal capital Mexico City. Mexico borders the United States of America to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the south and west, Guatemala, Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. With a total area of ​​almost two million square kilometers, Mexico is the fifth largest country on the American continent and ranks fourteenth globally. Mexico ranks tenth worldwide with a population of around 129 million people and is the most populous Spanish-speaking country.

Mexico - En Marcha Seguimos

Mexico 🥇 - En Marcha Seguimos

Jamhuriyar Taraiyar Nijeriya - A Wa Lójú Ònà

Nigeria is a federal state in West Africa. With around 230 million inhabitants (2024), it is by far the most populous country in Africa and the country with the sixth largest population in the world. In the period from 1989 to 2019, the country's population doubled; this continues to rise sharply.

Nigeria borders the Atlantic Ocean and the countries of Benin, Niger, Chad and Cameroon. The country's capital is Abuja. The former capital and economic center Lagos is, with around 16 million inhabitants, the second largest city in Africa after Kinshasa. Other cities with more than three million inhabitants include Kano, Ibadan, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Nigeria is a country with great cultural diversity: numerous West African religions are practiced and 514 different languages ​​and idioms are spoken. The three largest ethnic groups are the Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa. English is the official language and a widespread lingua franca.

In pre-colonial times, various states and kingdoms existed on what is now Nigeria. From 1861 to 1903 it gradually became a British colony. Nigeria became independent in 1960. From 1967 to 1970, a civil war raged between southeastern Biafra and the rest of Nigeria, followed by turbulent decades with several military governments. Nigeria has had a US-style presidential system since 1999. Elections are held every four years, but these are sometimes criticized at home and abroad. The EU observer mission criticized the 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections as being non-transparent.[4] In the same year, the electoral commission INEC was unable to convince an investigative tribunal called for by the opposition. Nigeria's anti-LGBT laws are among the most draconian in the world. Raids and mass arrests are regularly reported.

Since 2014, Nigeria has been Africa's largest economy, ahead of South Africa. It is considered an emerging market by the World Bank. Five out of seven African tech unicorns are located in Nigeria, and almost a third of all African technological startups come from Nigeria. The metropolis of Lagos has long been the leading financial center in West and Central Africa. A central economic mainstay has long been the export of crude oil, but Nigeria has recently also relied on large refineries for its processing. The country's film industry produces more films than Hollywood and Bollywood anywhere else in the world. Nigerian music, Afrobeats, is a mainstay in international charts and regularly wins awards.

Nigeria - A Wa Lójú Ònà

Canada - On The Move

Winner of the week: 🥇41

Canada is a state in North America that lies between the Atlantic Ocean in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west and extends northward to the Arctic Ocean. The federal capital is Ottawa, the most populous city is Toronto.

Canada borders the United States to the south and northwest, the French overseas territory of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon to the east and Greenland with the border created in 2022 across Hans Island. In terms of area, it is the second largest country in the world after Russia, has around 40 million inhabitants and a population density of just four people per square kilometer.

Settlement by the First Nations began at least 12,000 years ago, and the Inuit followed around 5,000 years ago. Europeans reached what is now the state's territory no later than the 11th century and again from the late 15th century and began colonizing around 1600. The French and British were the first to take hold. At that time the name “Canada” spread, originally the name of an Iroquois village. France ceded its colony of New France to Great Britain in 1763 (see below). In 1867, three British colonies formed the Canadian Confederation. The Statute of Westminster gave the state legislative independence in 1931. Further constitutional ties to the United Kingdom were severed in 1982.

Canada is a kingdom within the Commonwealth of Nations. The nominal head of state is King Charles III, who is represented by the Governor General of Canada. Canada is a parliamentary democratic federal state based on the British Westminster system and a parliamentary monarchy. The official languages ​​are English and French.

Québec's aspirations for independence, the position of Francophone Canadians and the rights of indigenous peoples (in addition to the First Nations and Inuit, the Métis) are important lines of conflict in the state and society. The topics of climate change and environmental protection, immigration policy and dependence on raw materials as well as the relationship with the United States - of which there is an ambivalent image for cultural and historical reasons - characterize the public debates.

Canada - On The Move

Canada 🥇 - On The Move

Қазақстан Республикасы (Qazaqstan Respublikasy) - Біз Бірге (Biz Birge)

Winner of the week: 🥇21, 🥇23

Kazakhstan is a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. The border with Russia is the country's only northern border and is over 7,600 kilometers long. To the south, Kazakhstan borders Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan, and to the southeast, over a length of almost 1,800 kilometers, it borders the People's Republic of China.[5] Kazakhstan's total land border is 13,200 km. With a land area of ​​more than 2.7 million km², Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country and the ninth largest in the world. The country's landscape is primarily characterized by the Kazakh steppe and it has extensive oil resources.

Kazakhstan has a population of approximately 20 million, the majority of whom are Muslim Kazakhs. The capital is Astana, with 1.1 million inhabitants and an area of ​​722 square kilometers. The most populous city is Almaty, with 1.9 million inhabitants and an area of ​​682 square kilometers. Other important cities in the country are Shymkent and Qaraghandy, both with a population of one million.

Even in ancient times, various empires existed in the territory of present-day Kazakhstan. The western part of the First Turkic Khanate emerged between the 6th and 8th centuries. In the 13th century, the Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded. After the conquest by the Uzbek Timur in the 15th century, the Kazakhs were able to separate from the Uzbek Khanate and establish the Kazakh Khanate under a native Genghis Khanid dynasty. This allowed the Kazakhs to resist the introduction of Islam and remain connected to their traditional traditions. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dzungarian Khanate expanded until the Kazakhs submitted to the Russian Tsar. In 1925, the Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was founded, which from 1936 onwards formed a union republic within the Soviet Union as the Kazakh SSR.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country declared its independence as the Republic of Kazakhstan on December 16, 1991. Kazakhstan is a full member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The presidential republic was ruled by Nursultan Nazarbayev from 1991 to 2019. Kazakh, a Turkic language, and Russian, a Slavic language, were declared official languages ​​upon independence, and the former capital, Alma-Ata, was renamed Almaty. In 1997, the seat of government and parliament was relocated to Akmola. The city was proclaimed the official capital and renamed Astana ("capital") one year later; this name was changed to Nur-Sultan in 2019 and back to Astana on September 17, 2022.

Kazakhstan is governed by an authoritarian regime, and corruption is widespread. The human rights situation is considered critical; for example, freedom of expression is severely restricted. In 2022, major anti-government protests broke out for the first time and were violently suppressed. Since then, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has embarked on a cautious reform program aimed at increasing pluralism and bringing the country closer to Western countries.

Kazakhstan - Biz Birge

Kazakhstan 🥇🥇 - Biz Birge

دولة الكويت (Daulat al-Kuwait) - إحنا هنا، ('Iihna Huna)

Kuwait is an emirate in Western Asia on the Arabian Peninsula. It borders on Iraq to the north and west (240 kilometers shared border), to the south on Saudi Arabia (222 kilometers) and to the east on the Persian Gulf (499 kilometers). Over 70% of the entire population lives in the city of the same name, Kuwait.

The state religion is Islam, the official language is Arabic and the country is governed as a constitutional monarchy.

Kuwait has a long cultural tradition that dates back to ancient times. The capital, Kuwait City, is known for its modern architecture, which includes both skyscrapers and the impressive Kuwait Towers, water towers whose shape is reminiscent of the tiled domes of a classical mosque. The Tareq Rajab Museum displays a first-class collection of ethnographic exhibits and Islamic art.

Kuwait - 'Iihna Huna

Rzeczpospolita Polska - W Jedności Naprzód

Poland is a parliamentary republic in Central Europe. The capital of the country is Warsaw (Polish Warszawa), the largest conurbation in the metropolitan region (GZM) around Katowice. Other cities with over 400,000 inhabitants are Kraków (Krakow), Lodz (Łódź), Wrocław (Wrocław), Poznań (Poznań) and Gdansk (Gdańsk). Poland is a unitary state divided into 16 voivodeships. With an area of ​​312,696 square kilometers, Poland is the sixth largest country in the European Union and the fifth most populous with 38.18 million inhabitants. The climate is predominantly oceanic in the north and west and continental in the south and east of the country.

In the early Middle Ages, during the migration period, tribes of the western Polans settled in parts of today's state territory. The first documented mention of Poland dates back to 966 under the first historically documented Polish Duke, Mieszko I, who opened the country to Christianity. The Kingdom of Poland was founded in 1025, until it united with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569 through the Union of Lublin to form the Royal Republic of Poland-Lithuania, becoming one of the largest and most influential states in Europe. During this period, Europe's first modern constitution was created in 1791.

Robbed of its sovereignty by its neighbouring states in the three partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century, Poland regained its independence in 1918 with the Treaty of Versailles. The invasion of the German Reich and the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Second World War and their occupation cost the lives of millions of Polish citizens, especially Jews. As a result of the war, Poland shifted westwards in 1945 and was henceforth under Soviet influence as the People's Republic of Poland. In 1989, thanks in particular to the Solidarity movement, the country experienced a political and economic change with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the establishment of the Third Polish Republic. Poland has been a member of the European Union since 2004.

Poland's economy developed remarkably from 2004 to 2023. After joining the EU in 2004, the country experienced strong economic growth, driven by investments, exports and EU funding. GDP per capita rose significantly and unemployment fell. Poland weathered the 2008 global financial crisis relatively well and was the only EU country without a recession. The economy diversified, with growing services and technology sectors. Strong economic growth and falling unemployment led to a general rise in living standards and an expansion of the middle class. Many Poles benefited from higher wages and better job opportunities, especially in the growing services and technology sectors.

In 2023, the liberal-conservative civic coalition led by Donald Tusk won the majority in the parliamentary elections. The new Tusk government initiated reforms to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and campaigned for the restoration of the rule of law. This led to an improvement in relations with the EU and the release of 137 billion euros in EU funds. Poland is thus turning away from the authoritarian policies of the previous PiS government and is striving for greater integration into the EU under Tusk.

Measured by gross domestic product, Poland is in 22nd or 19th place among the largest economies in the world, depending on the method of calculation. The United Nations Development Program ranks Poland among the countries with very high human development. Located between Western and Eastern European cultural areas and characterized by an eventful history, the country has developed a rich cultural heritage. Poland is a member of the United Nations, the OSCE, NATO, the Council of Europe and the European Union.

Poland - W Jednosci Naprzód

Kameruun - E Ngel Laawol

Cameroon is a country in Central Africa. It borders Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea. The country has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest. The largest cities are the capital, Yaoundé, and the port city of Douala.

Cameroon is governed by an authoritarian regime, and freedom of expression is severely restricted. Corruption and human rights violations are widespread, with torture and arbitrary arrests occurring regularly.

On January 1, 1960, French Cameroon gained independence following a referendum and the expiration of the UN mandate and renamed itself the Republic of Cameroon. In December 1960, the 15th United Nations General Assembly decided that the trust territories should also be granted independence. This could be achieved through full independence, free association with an already independent state, or integration into an independent state. The British trustees denied their trust territories the first option—full independence. The north of the British Mandate trust territory therefore voted in a referendum to join Nigeria, while the southern part opted for federation with the Republic of Cameroon. Independence and simultaneous annexation took place on October 1, 1961. The state thus formed was called the Federative Republic of Cameroon. This is the reason why two official languages, French and English, are now recognized in Cameroon.

Cameroon - E Ngel Laawol

اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان (Islāmī Ǧumhūriya-i Pākistān) - ہم ساتھ چلیں گے، (Ham Sath Jain Ge)

Pakistan is a country in South Asia. It borders Iran to the southwest, Afghanistan to the west, the People's Republic of China to the north, and India to the east. In the south, Pakistan shares a coastline with the Arabian Sea, a marginal sea of ​​the Indian Ocean.

The state of Pakistan was created in 1947 from the predominantly Muslim parts of British India, while the areas with Hindu or other majorities, as well as most of the predominantly Muslim Kashmir, were incorporated into present-day India. In 1956, Pakistan declared itself the world's first Islamic republic. The former part of East Pakistan has been independent as Bangladesh since the Bangladesh War of 1971. Pakistan's recent history is primarily characterized by its conflict with India over the Kashmir region (see Kashmir conflict).

Pakistan is plagued by chronic instability. Ethnic-religious conflicts, terrorism, authoritarianism, human rights violations, and corruption are the country's problems. Discrimination against women and religious minorities is considered particularly serious. The country has a growing middle class, but remains one of the poorest and least economically developed countries in Asia. At the same time, it possesses nuclear weapons and has the sixth-largest army in the world. Pakistan is classified as underdeveloped, ranking 161st in the Human Development Index (as of 2022).

Pakistan - Ham Sath Jain Ge

Pakistan - Ham Sath Chalin Ge

República Portuguesa - Caminho Aberto

Portugal is a European state in the west of the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost point of continental Europe. The country is therefore bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Spain to the east and north and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The Portuguese territory includes the islands of the Azores and Madeira (including Porto Santo).

Founded in the 12th century, the Kingdom of Portugal initiated the Age of Discovery in the 15th century and became the first global empire. The kingdom created the first and one of the largest colonial empires with possessions in Africa, Asia and South America, whose decline began in the course of the 17th century. In 1910, a military uprising overthrew the Portuguese monarchy, forcing King Manuel II into exile. The First Portuguese Republic came into force on October 5, 1910 and lasted until the military coup of General Gomes da Costa in 1926. After that, the country was under the authoritarian dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar for more than 40 years. The Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974 led to the overthrow of the regime and opened the way to the democratic Third Republic. It also marked the end of the longest-standing colonial empire, which was dissolved in 1975.

Portugal is a founding member of NATO (1949) and the OECD (1948) and a member of the United Nations (since 1955), the Council of Europe (since 1976) and the Schengen Agreement (since 1995). On January 1, 1986, Portugal joined the European Communities (EC) together with Spain, which later became the European Union (EU), and is also one of the founding states of the Eurozone.

Portugal has long been a country of emigration; Important centers of Portuguese culture in the diaspora today exist in France and the USA (where around 1 to 2 million Portuguese live each), as well as in Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Switzerland and Luxembourg. The most important bilateral partner countries are Brazil and Spain.

Tourism is an important source of income. With 17 million tourists per year (2015), Portugal is one of the most visited countries in the world; the most common travel destinations are the Algarve and the region around the capital Lisbon. The country is known for wine growing, especially port wine, and is the world's most important raw cork producing country.

Portugal is a very safe country; in 2023 it was ranked seventh on the Global Peace Index. The United Nations Development Program lists Portugal as one of the countries with very high levels of human development. Despite its comparatively conservative, Catholic society, the traditionally cosmopolitan country has now developed into a very liberal country, which can be seen, for example, in Portugal's liberal drug policy, which was introduced in 2001 and received international attention, or the comparatively progressive situation with homosexuality in Portugal. Full same-sex marriage was legalized in Portugal in 2010. Nuclear-free Portugal covers almost two thirds of its electricity needs from renewable energies (as of July 2021). In November 2021, the country's last two coal-fired power plants were shut down and green hydrogen and electricity from gas will be generated there in the future. The country wants to be climate neutral by 2050. In 2020, the Portuguese capital Lisbon was named European Green Capital.

Portugal - Caminho Aberto

Kongeriket Norge - Fjell Og Fjord

Norway is a country in Northern Europe on the Scandinavia peninsula. In addition to the main country, the Kingdom of Norway includes the Spitsbergen archipelago and the island of Jan Mayen. The capital and most populous city is Oslo. The country is located in the west of the Scandinavian Peninsula and borders Sweden to the east and Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway is one of the largest countries in Europe in terms of area (8th), but is sparsely populated with only 5,550,203 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2024). The majority of the population lives in the south of the country.

As a result of the agreement between Sweden and Denmark concluded as part of the Peace of Kiel, Norway moved from the Denmark-Norway union to a union with Sweden in 1814. On May 17, 1814, Norway received its own constitution. Norway finally achieved its current independence when the union with Sweden was dissolved in 1905. Norway's form of state and government is a parliamentary monarchy. The kingdom is organized as a decentralized unitary state and the mainland is divided into 15 fylkers. Norway is a member of NATO, the Nordic Council, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the United Nations, among others. Norway is not a member of the European Union (EU), but is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA).

The United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) has ranked Norway as the world's most developed country next to Switzerland for many years. In addition, according to the democracy index of the British magazine The Economist, it is the most democratic country in the world. Norway is a very wealthy country; its gross domestic product per capita was the third highest in the world in 2016. The country also has one of the most generous social systems in the world.

Norway - Fjell Og Fjord

Україна (Ukrajina) - Ми йдемо вперед (My Ydemo Vpered)

Ukraine 
is a country in Eastern Europe with more than 37 million inhabitants. With an area of ​​603,628 square kilometers it is the second largest country in Europe after Russia and the largest country whose territory lies entirely within the continent. The country borders Russia to the east and northeast, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, and Romania and Moldova to the southwest. To the south, Ukraine borders the Black Sea and the Sea of ​​Azov. The capital and largest metropolis of the country is Kyiv; other urban centers are Kharkiv, Dnipro, Donetsk and Odessa.

Ukraine, like its neighboring countries Russia and Belarus, traces its state tradition back to the medieval Kyiv Empire. Since its fall during the Mongol invasion of the 13th century, the territory of Ukraine has alternately belonged, in whole or in part, to the dominions of the Golden Horde, Poland-Lithuania, the Russian Empire, and the Habsburg Monarchy. The Ukrainian People's Republic, founded after the October Revolution of 1917 during the Russian Civil War, was the first attempt to establish Ukraine as a community and achieve state independence, but it did not control all of the territories of what would later become Ukraine. As early as the end of January/beginning of February 1918, Kyiv was (initially only briefly) in the hands of the Red Army. Almost a year later, in January 1919, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed, territorially consisting of the southwestern Krai of the Tsarist era (west of the Dnieper) and Little Russia with the governorates of Kharkov/Kharkiv, Poltava and Chernigov/Chernihiv. When the Soviet Union was founded in 1922, it was one of its founding members. At Stalin's instigation, the Soviet republics of Belarus and Ukraine also gained membership in the United Nations when it was founded in 1945. In 1954, Nikita Khrushchev subordinated Crimea, which had previously belonged to the Russian Federation (RSFSR), to Ukraine. Only after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 did Ukraine regain sovereignty, receiving international recognition for the first time. In return for Ukraine renouncing the Soviet nuclear weapons stationed on its territory, Russia, the United States, and Great Britain guaranteed the country's independence and existing borders in the Budapest Memorandum of 1994.

In February 2014, following Russia's annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas, a conflict erupted between the two countries that continues to this day. Crimea and parts of Donbas have been under Russian control ever since. On February 21, 2022, Russia recognized the "People's Republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk, proclaimed by pro-Russian separatists, as independent states from Ukraine (only to formally annex them a few months later). On February 24, 2022, the invasion of Ukraine began, with Russian troops invading Ukraine from Russia, Belarus, the Black Sea, and previously occupied territories. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared a state of war and martial law.

After the attack on the capital Kyiv, which was repelled by Ukraine, the war shifted primarily to the east and southeast of the country, with the exception of airstrikes. As of June 1, 2022, according to UNHCR estimates, 4.7 million people from Ukraine were registered as refugees in Europe. A total of over 7.9 million people have fled Ukraine, and another 5.9 million have become internally displaced within Ukraine. According to the United Nations, this is the largest refugee movement worldwide since World War II.

Ukraine - My Ydemo Vpered

Dawlat Lībiyā - Namshi Lil'amam

Libya is a 1,759,541 km² Maghreb state in North Africa with approximately seven million inhabitants. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt and Sudan to the east, Niger and Chad to the south, and Tunisia and Algeria to the west. Tripoli is the capital and, with approximately three million inhabitants, the largest city of Libya. Other important cities in this predominantly Islamic country, which was formally governed by direct democracy until 2011 but de facto autocratically, are Benghazi, Misrata, and Tobruk.

Libya, along its current borders, emerged in 1934, following the Second Italo-Libyan War, when the former Ottoman provinces of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan were combined to form the colony of Italian Libya. In 1951, the Kingdom of Libya, under Idris al-Senussi, declared its independence. In 1969, the king was overthrown and the Libyan Arab Republic was proclaimed by Muammar al-Gaddafi. Gaddafi was overthrown by armed rebels in the 2011 civil war. From the 2014 parliamentary elections until the signing of the ceasefire in 2020, another civil war raged, and the country split into western and eastern parts. In 2019, the conflict escalated when eastern Libyan forces under Khalifa Haftar, with the support of the Russian Wagner group, invaded western Libya. This led to a military agreement between the western Libyan government and Turkey in December 2019, which in turn carried out a military intervention and brought thousands of Syrian mercenaries into the country. In 2021, a unity government was formed, which was unable to assert its authority throughout the country. Free elections were also announced, but were subsequently canceled. Because the country has been controlled by various political and military forces for many years, Libya is considered a failed state according to a controversial political science definition.

Libya - Namshi Lil'amam

Sverige - Vi Är På Väg

Winner of the week: 🥇47

Sweden is a parliamentary monarchy in Scandinavia. The national territory covers the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula and the islands of Gotland and Öland. Sweden is a member of the Nordic Council, the European Union since 1995 and NATO since 2024. The capital and most populous Swedish city is Stockholm.

Sweden is a Scandinavian country with thousands of islands and lakes off the coast, as well as vast coniferous forests and glacial mountains. The largest cities, such as the capital Stockholm in the east and Gothenburg and Malmö in the southwest, are all located on the coast. Stockholm was built on 14 islands, has more than 50 bridges, and is home to the medieval old town of Gamla Stan, royal palaces, and museums such as the open-air museum Skansen.

Sweden - Vi Ar Pa Vag

Sweden 🥇 - Vi Ar Pa Vag

República Argentina - Vamos Caminando

Winner of the month: 🏆Jun'25
Winner of the week: 🥇38

Argentina is a republic in southern South America. It borders Chile to the south and west, Bolivia to the north, Paraguay and Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast.

The country's name is derived from the Latin word for silver – argentum – and dates back to the Spanish colonial period, when people hoped to find precious metals there. Until its independence in 1816, it was part of the Spanish colonial empire. Politically, Argentina is a presidential federal republic in which the individual provinces have extensive powers. According to the Argentine Constitution, in addition to República Argentina, Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata and Confederación Argentina are considered official names for Argentina.

With an area of ​​almost 2.8 million km², Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world and the second-largest in South America and the fourth-largest in the Americas. Due to its large north-south extension, the country is located in several climate and vegetation zones. In terms of population, with approximately 45 million inhabitants, it is the third-largest in South America (after Brazil and Colombia) and the fifth-largest in the Americas. About a third of the population is concentrated in the metropolitan area of ​​the capital, Buenos Aires, which is considered an important cultural center of the Americas and where, among other things, Argentine tango originated. Other urban centers are the cities of Córdoba, Rosario, Mar del Plata, and Mendoza. Large parts of the dry and cold south, in contrast, are very sparsely populated.

Until around 1950, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world. Traditionally, agriculture, livestock farming and raw material extraction played a major role in the economy, although today the service sector accounts for the largest share of GDP at around 60%.

Politically and culturally, the country was strongly influenced by immigration from Europe, especially Italy and Spain, until the mid-20th century. The most important stages since then have been Peronism (1946–1955; 1973–1976), several military dictatorships (particularly from 1976 to 1983), redemocratization (after 1983), and neoliberalism (1990s), up to the Argentine crisis (2001–2005) and the subsequent consolidation.

Argentina 

Argentina 🏆🥇 - Vamos Caminando

Reino de España - Vamos En Camino

Winner of the week: 🥇35

Spain is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, and two exclaves in North Africa.

Its form of government is a parliamentary hereditary monarchy. Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities and two autonomous cities (Spanish: ciudades autónomas), Ceuta and Melilla. The capital and largest city is Madrid; other metropolitan areas are Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Seville, Bilbao, Zaragoza, and Málaga.

Spain is a member of the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It is one of the most highly developed countries and among the 20 largest exporting and importing nations (2021). Spain is the second-largest country in the EU by area and the fourth-largest by population. After France, it is also the second most visited country in the world.

Spain - Vamos En Camino

Spain 🥇 - Vamos En Camino

भारत (Bhaarat) - अनंत राग (Infinite Raga)

Winner of the week: 🥇33

India is a state in South Asia. India covers most of the Indian subcontinent. The Himalayas form India's natural northern border, and the Indian Ocean surrounds the national territory in the south. India borders Pakistan, the Chinese Tibet Autonomous Region, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh. Other neighboring countries in the Indian Ocean are Sri Lanka and the Maldives. In terms of land area, India is the seventh largest country in the world. With around 1.426 billion inhabitants, India has been the most populous country in the world since April 2023, ahead of the People's Republic of China and therefore the most populous democracy in the world. Due to increasing modernization, education, prosperity and urbanization, the birth rate has been falling since the early 1980s.

The Federal Republic of India is made up of 28 states and eight federal territories. The capital is New Delhi, part of the Delhi metropolis. The most populous city and also the economic and financial center is Mumbai. Other metropolitan areas include Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Pune.

The territory of India has been civilized at least since the Bronze Age Indus Civilization. Since its independence from the United Kingdom and the British Empire in 1947, it has been a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, initially as an empire with the British monarch as Emperor of India, and since 1950 as a democratic and secular republic. Since then, India's political system has been based on a parliamentary republic modeled on the British Westminster system.

Despite constitutional freedom of religion, Indian society is dominated by a religiously hierarchical caste system. By far the largest religious group is Hindus, followed by Muslims, Christians, and the Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains, who historically originate from India. The United Nations Development Program ranks India among the countries with medium human development. In the 2021 Human Development Index, India ranked 132nd out of 191 countries worldwide.

Economically, India is considered an emerging market. It belongs to the O5 and BRICS countries and to the Group of Twenty (G20). Despite its low per capita income and wealth, in some cases severe poverty, high unemployment, and pronounced income inequality, India is the third and sixth largest economies in the world (adjusted for purchasing power and in nominal terms), respectively, due to its large population. In 2015, the country was the fastest-growing economy in the G20 for the first time, has developed into a center for information technology and services, and boasts a steadily growing middle class and one of the world's largest software industries.

Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi has been Prime Minister of India since 2014. Since then, critics have increasingly criticized his authoritarian tendencies and the restriction of minority rights.

India - Infinite Raga

India 🥇 - Infinite Raga

Република Србија (Republika Srbija) - Хајдемо заједно (Zajedno Idemo)

Serbia is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe. Serbia is located in the center of the Balkan Peninsula and borders Hungary to the north, Romania and Bulgaria to the east, North Macedonia and Albania and Kosovo to the south, Montenegro to the southwest, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia to the west.

With a population of just over 6.7 million, Serbia ranks 22nd among European countries. The country's capital and metropolis is Belgrade; other major cities are Novi Sad, Niš, Kragujevac, and Subotica. Over 80 percent of the population are Serbs, with larger groups of Magyars, Roma, and Bosniaks also living there.

Serbia's recent history is shaped by its role as the largest constituent state of Yugoslavia. Since the final breakup of Yugoslavia in 2006, it has also been the "sole legal successor" to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, founded in 1992 (2003–2006 as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro).

Serbia is a member of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), and maintains other free trade agreements. The country's economic performance declined sharply as a result of the Yugoslav Wars; it recovered somewhat between 2003 and 2008.[9] After achieving important short-term successes in the EU accession process (including the entry into force of an interim agreement for trade facilitation with the EU and the abolition of visa requirements for Serbian citizens), Serbia submitted its candidacy for membership of the European Union on December 22, 2009, and was granted candidate country status on March 1, 2012.

Serbia - Zajedno Idemo

Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka/République centrafricaine - Ti Be Ti Lo

Winner of the week: 🥇32, 🥇34

The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders (clockwise from the north) Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, and Cameroon. The capital is Bangui. However, due to the civil war that has been ongoing since 2012, the Central African Republic no longer exists as a cohesive, sovereign state.

Measured by real gross domestic product per capita, the Central African Republic is one of the poorest countries in the world.

The authoritarian government regularly commits serious human rights violations.

C.A.R. borders Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon. The capital is Bangui.

C. A. R. - Ti Be Ti Lo

Centrafrica 🥇🥇 - Ti Be Ti Lo

Slovenská Republika - Spolu Kráčame

Slovakia Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordering Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, and Hungary. The capital and largest city is Bratislava; other important cities are Košice, Prešov, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Nitra, and Trenčín.

Two-thirds of the country is mountainous, with a significant portion of the Carpathian Mountains forming part of the country. In the west, it extends to the part of the Vienna Basin north of the Danube, while the south and southeast, up to the Danube and a small part of the Tisza, are characterized by the foothills of the Pannonian Plain. Slovakia lies in the continental temperate climate zone, with differences between the lower-lying south and the mountainous north of the country.

The territory of present-day Slovakia was settled by the Slavs at the turn of the 5th and 6th centuries. Their first political entity was the Kingdom of Samo (7th century); later, Slovakia became one of the centers of the early medieval Moravian Kingdom. In the 11th century, Slovakia was incorporated into the Kingdom of Hungary, which was part of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1526 and part of Austria-Hungary from 1867. After the dissolution of the Dual Monarchy in 1918, Slovakia became part of the newly founded Czechoslovakia. With the dissolution of the latter by the Third Reich, the short-lived Slovak state emerged in 1939. After the end of World War II, the Czechoslovak Republic was restored in 1945. On January 1, 1993, following the peaceful partition of Czechoslovakia, the independent Slovak Republic was established as the nation state of the Slovaks.

Slovakia has been a member of the European Union and NATO since 2004. In 2007, border controls with EU member states were abolished under the Schengen Agreement, and Slovakia joined the Eurozone in 2009. The country is a democratic parliamentary republic. Slovakia forms the Visegrád Group with Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.

The United Nations Development Programme ranks Slovakia among the most prosperous countries.

Slovakia - Spolu Kracame

Nederland - We Zijn Onderweg

Winner of the week: 🥇45

The Netherlands are one of the four autonomous countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The country, which lies largely in northern Western Europe, is bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south and Germany to the east. The European part of the Netherlands covers 41,543 square kilometers and has 17,947,684 inhabitants (January 1, 2024). The capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, the seat of government and parliament is The Hague. The official national color is orange.

In addition to the twelve provinces of the European part, the territory of the Netherlands includes the Caribbean islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (including their respective subsidiary islands), which are special municipalities of the country. Other Dutch Caribbean territories are not part of the country of the Netherlands, but are autonomous countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. These are the countries of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

After belonging to the Middle Kingdom, Eastern Francia and the Holy Roman Empire, the year 1581 with the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe is considered the birth of the United Netherlands, which was finally recognized in 1648 with the Peace of Münster. The Netherlands became a trading, colonial and maritime power. The 17th century is described as the Golden Age. During this period, the Netherlands was the “laboratory of capitalism” and developed institutions and technologies such as joint stock companies, stock exchange trading and cashless payments. “The Dutch can claim, more than most other nations, to have invented globalization” (Christoph Driessen). The constitution of the Netherlands dates back to the time of the Congress of Vienna in 1814/1815.

Together with Belgium and Luxembourg, the Netherlands forms the Benelux Union. The Netherlands is a founding member of the Montanunion in 1951, from which several successors and the European Union (EU) developed in 1992.

Netherlands - We Zijn Onderweg

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المملكة العربية السعودية (al-Mamlaka al-ʿarabīya as-saʿūdīya) - على دروب (Ealaa Durub)

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Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy in the Near East. It is located on the Arabian Peninsula and borders on its neighboring states (see “National Border” section below), the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The country has existed within its current borders since 1932. The country's capital and largest city is Riyadh, the second largest is the port city of Jeddah.

Two of Islam's three holiest sites, the Kaaba in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, are in Saudi Arabia. Islam of the Hanbali school of law in the special form of Wahhabism is the state religion in Saudi Arabia. The public image of religion in the country is fundamentalist and there is a conservative interpretation of Islamic law. Saudi Arabia supports and finances the spread of Islamist neo-fundamentalism. The views of the terrorist organization Islamic State were strongly influenced by the Saudi Arabian interpretation of Islam, of which they are a particularly violent continuation.

In 1992, absolutism was enshrined as a form of government in the basic order. To this day, the country is governed by authoritarian rule and there is no freedom of expression. Serious human rights violations occur every day in Saudi Arabia; Punishments such as amputation, stoning, flogging and the death penalty are regularly carried out, the latter also for homosexuality (see also: Homosexuality in Saudi Arabia). Although social restrictions have been somewhat reduced since Mohammed bin Salman took over the reins of government, the country is still one of the lowest places in the world when it comes to women's rights, according to the Global Gender Gap Report.

Through its army, Saudi Arabia is the largest military power in the Middle East. Its military intervention in Yemen since 2015 is considered destabilizing and a contributing factor to the humanitarian catastrophe there. Despite the various criticisms of domestic and foreign policy, most governments in the Western world maintain good relations with Saudi Arabia because their countries are dependent on its oil. Saudi Arabia is one of the richest countries in the world thanks to its oil exports; In terms of gross domestic product per capita (adjusted for purchasing power), it was ranked 29th worldwide in 2021. The United Nations Development Program ranks Saudi Arabia as one of the countries with very high levels of human development.

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Republik Indonesia - Urang Leumpang

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Indonesia is an island nation in Southeast Asia. With over 277 million inhabitants, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world and the world's largest island state. Indonesia is also the country with the largest number of Muslims in the world.

Indonesia is largely part of the Asian continent, but its part on the island of New Guinea is part of the Australian continent. Indonesia borders Malaysia on the island of Borneo, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea and East Timor on the island of Timor. The country is spread over a total of 17,508 islands with the main islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Indonesian Kalimantan), Sulawesi and New Guinea. More than half of the population lives on Java; Indonesia's largest city, Jakarta, is also located here, which is also the capital. Due to various problems in Jakarta, a new capital called Nusantara is created on the island of Borneo.

In 1949, the Indonesian War of Independence ended with the country's independence from the Netherlands. Today, Indonesia is a democracy and the eighth largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity.

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Indonesia 🥇 - Urang Leumpang

République Française - Nou Sommes En Route

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France is a democratic, intercontinental unitary state in Western Europe with overseas territories. Its territory is located on all continents except Asia.

Metropolitan France, i.e. the European part of the national territory, extends from the Mediterranean to the English Channel and the North Sea and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. Its mainland is called a hexagon because of its shape. France is the largest country in terms of area and the second largest country in terms of population (behind Germany) in the European Union. It comprises the third largest territory in Europe (after Russia and Ukraine). Paris is the capital and, as an agglomeration with the municipal association Métropole du Grand Paris and the surrounding areas of the Île-de-France region, the largest metropolitan area in the country, ahead of Lyon, Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, Lille and Toulouse.

Emerging from the western part of the Frankish Empire, France expanded its cultural and military influence in Europe during the Middle Ages, mostly in rivalry with the Kingdom of England and the Holy Roman Empire, until France finally achieved a European leadership role in the 17th and 18th centuries held supremacy.

The political and cultural impact was significant: the court of Louis Development towards democracy interrupted by setbacks.

France twice built a colonial empire overseas. The first included, among other things: large parts of North America and was largely lost in the Seven Years' War in the mid-18th century; the second, centered in Africa, was the second largest in the world in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 21st century, France and Germany are seen as the driving force of European integration.

The French Republic is declared in its constitution to be indivisible, secular, democratic and social. Its principle is: “Government of the people, by the people and for the people.” The United Nations Development Program ranks France among the countries with very high levels of human development. In terms of nominal gross domestic product, it is the seventh largest economy in the world. The standard of living, level of education and life expectancy are considered high. As the most visited country in the world, France receives around 83 million foreign tourists per year.

The French armed forces are among the seven strongest in the world and were the third strongest in NATO in 2023, and the fifth strongest in 2024 after the USA, Great Britain, Turkey and Italy. The country is the only nuclear power in the European Union, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and in 2010 had the third highest number of nuclear weapons in the world. It is a founding member of the European Union and the United Nations, a member of the Francophonie, the G7, the G20 , NATO, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Latin Union.

France - Nou Sommes En Route

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Africa - Colors In The Sky

Africa is one of Earth's continents. Its area of ​​30.2 million km² corresponds to approximately 20% of the planet's total land area, and it has a population of approximately 1.4 billion people (2022). This makes it the second-largest continent after Asia, both in terms of area and population. Almost all African states are members of the United Nations and the African Union. The continent is predominantly rural and characterized by high birth rates, which are declining due to modernization. Due to the sharp increase in urbanization since around 1950, more and more Africans live in urban areas. Some African cities are among the world's largest metropolitan areas, including Cairo, Lagos, Kinshasa, Johannesburg, Luanda, and Alexandria.

According to the "Out of Africa Theory," Africa is considered the "cradle of humanity," where the development into anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) took place through hominization. One of humanity's earliest advanced civilizations developed in ancient Egypt. Over the millennia, various "great empires" emerged on the continent, such as the Abyssinian Empire. The slave trade with the African empires from the 16th century onwards and the subsequent colonization by European states ("Scramble for Africa") led to a somewhat sketchy territorial division. This was adopted by many newly formed African states during the decolonization process from the mid-20th century onwards. The heterogeneous peoples of Africa have traditionally had different settlement areas, which contributes to various conflicts and wars over territorial claims, raw materials, and power.

While most African countries were long governed by autocracy, democratic movements became more common from the late 20th century onward, with Africa performing the worst since democracy measurements began. Poverty, famine, child mortality, and health problems have been significantly reduced in recent decades through advances in education, economics, medicine, and infrastructure. The importance of African countries in the global economy in terms of GDP remains low, with a few exceptions such as South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Angola, and Morocco. However, several African countries have been among the world's fastest-growing economies since the beginning of the 21st century. The continent's raw materials and arable land are of increasing importance to African countries, as well as to the industrialized and emerging economies that trade with them.

Africa's geography and nature are diverse, with a large number of protected national parks. Africa's UNESCO World Heritage sites are extensive.

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Even as a small child I wanted to learn a musical instrument...

...since there was a music school in our small town where I grew up, but it was limited to the activities of the local musicians' band, the choice was rather limited... because piano, guitar or saxophone were not offered and that's why I decided me for the trumpet, which was not used for cast-technical reasons, so the FLÜGELHORN became my instrument...
In my youth I turned my back on music and was active in sports towards the end of my teenage years.

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