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Deutschland - Unterwegs

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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.

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Title: "In the Trees"

Verse 1
The branches whisper secrets,
A hidden path that calls to go there.
In the deep shadows, I lose my way,
Where the wild and the calm sway.

Verse 2
The leaves fall beneath my feet,
The world fades, I hear the call.
In this darkness, I find my soul,
A place where I am whole.

Chorus
In the trees, where the echoes sing,
Lost in the heart of everything.
A world apart, where I feel free,
The forest holds a part of me.

Verse 3
The sunlight fades into an emerald hue,
In the timeless woods where dreams are born.
A winding path, with no end in sight,
Guided only by a soft light.

Chorus
In the trees, where the echoes sing,
Lost in the heart of everything.
A world apart, where I feel free,
The forest holds a part of me.

Bridge
The air thickens, the silence grows,
A secret place where no one knows.
Here I am lost, and here I am found,
In roots that bind the sacred earth.

Chorus
In the trees, where the echoes sing,
Lost in the heart of everything.
A world apart, where I feel free,
The forest holds a part of me.

Outro
And when I leave, it remains behind,
A piece of peace, an entwined part.
In the trees, I will always wander,
In a wild embrace, I am home.

Hubert-Tadéo Félizé
Copyright - 09/11/2024

Into the Trees

So many songs,so many themes,...seems to me that songs/poems/stories are meant to reflect our lives and feelings in a way that we can look at things in a different way or see our way clear through a confusing background

lyrics

a song can send you soaring in the sky among the stars
leaving all your woes behind and cover up the scars

a song can tell of new found love that sets your spirit high
or remind you of a love long lost and bring tears to your dry eye

a song can bring you back to earth hold a mirror to your face
put your fantasies of life into their proper place

Remind you of what's right and wrong and shine a light on what is real
won't let you hide in some safe place pretending not to feel

a song is what we all need in one form or another
different roles for different times like a father or a mother

but most of all what it does for us
is to explain the obvious
so we can live our lives in peace and stop wasting all this time

what's in a song

I think we are bound together by the commonality of life/existence which is the essence of God . In my mind religions have always seemed to distort this bond and create false differences/false fears/distorted perspectives .
This has resulted in countless brutal wars and persecutions of all mankind "in the name of god".
So let's look to ourselves and each other for guidance and comfort..in the end we all want the same things and there is more than enough in the universe to provide for all.

lyrics

In God we trust but in religion we hide
so our hate and fears can be justified
around the world religions exist
all claiming that their god is the best
and anything other than what they have
is false and vile and must not survive

but at the end of the day I am sorry to say
this god they all talk about is the same for us all
but it's meaning and purpose is distorted
by men who want to own your soul not save it

reach up and touch the stars
reach down and touch the earth
reach out and touch each other
It's here you will find the truth
that this god they all talk about
exists in each and everyone of us


our hopes and wants and needs and fears
are the same for us all
no need to fear each other
we need  bridges not walls

so listen to your heart
not false prophets or selfish leaders
who are only interested in your attention
not  in your salvation

where is God ??

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

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

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

I sit at the bottom of a blood moon sky
Staring at the stars both fixed and falling 
I wonder
Maybe even aloud
If this is all there is down here?

These thoughts are not new to me
I have thought them all my life
But I cannot seem to give them  a name  

But If I did
It would be high and unpronounceable
Spoken in a tongue known only by me

Written with letters full of music
Scrawled in all the margins
On every single page of my 
Book of Longing

Sometimes in a delicate script
Beautiful and deft of hand
Sometimes etched so deep
the pages bleed and beg for mercy
 mercy

Maybe the wind could answer by  
Threading knowing and 
blowing it through my bare 
and broken branches.

Maybe the Sun can answer 
in its final burst of color
as it sinks beneath the horizon 
Does he know ?
I don't know
but he took my questions  with him 
when he went down

The moon is giving me comfort  
that everything will be ok...
 with her long gentle silver fingers
on the oceans face

Maybe the stars are the only ones 
that know for sure
They will lead me to the truth
 If I allow them to

The North Star whispers to me 
he has spoken with the Creator
He insisted I must do the same

 I did as the North Star asked
and I waited
and I waited


The Lion sent word
through the Comforter

He said tell her
I have read every single page
in her Book of Longing

every single word
He read every single word

Blood Moon Sky

Je pars

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

Inspired by The Screwtape Letters and 
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies
 Psalms 25

You say you've got demons deep in your head
is that so? 
They won't leave you alone
Let's invite them to lunch lets break some bread
Sit down at the table, let's examine the fables and lies they said


[Verse 2]
Pull up a chair let's hear them explain
why they wanted to cause you such pain 
No need to fear you are stronger than you think
Let them confess their dirty deeds through their teeth as they feast
One by one let your fears flee

[Pre-chorus]

Together we can stand as one
Facing demons till they're gone
every last one
every last one

[Chorus]
Face your demons one by one
pull the masks from their faces
look them in the eyes
Ask them why they fell from God's graces
The daylight exposes
this scurrilous bunch
Let's confront them at the demons' lunch

[Verse 3]
No more accusations in the dark
You've got questions, leave your mark
This won't be the first time they fall
Sort it out once and for all 

Pass the salt let's banish the pain
Seek the truth break every chain
Pour another goblet of honest 
Now you know what makes them tick
Understand they are powerless

[Pre-chorus]
Together we can stand as one
Facing demons till they're gone
every last one


[Chorus]
Face your demons one by one
pull the masks from their faces
look them in the eyes
Ask them why they fell from God's graces
The daylight exposes
this scurrilous bunch
Let's confront them at the demons' lunch


Hand them the tab
let the demons pay the bill
A hemlock feast for the wicked beasts
This will be their last meal

THE DEMONS LUNCH

Toxic love

Live Reflexion#027

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and I tried to sync on 60bpm..
forgive my mistakes as it's Live

Live Reflexion#028

جمهوری اسلامی ايران (Dschomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān) - می رویم جلو (Mi Ravim Jelo)

Winner of the week: 🥇20

Iran (historically as an exonym until 1935 and partly beyond that, Persia) is a country in the Near East. The country is bordered by the Caspian Sea to the north and the Persian Gulf to the south.

With around 90 million inhabitants (as of 2024) and an area of ​​around 1.65 million square kilometers, the state of Iran is one of the 20 most populous and largest countries in the world. The capital, largest city and economic and cultural center is Tehran with 8.7 million inhabitants; other cities with more than 1.5 million inhabitants are Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz and Tabriz. In early antiquity, the Persian Empire was a powerful civilization in today's national territory.

Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has been ruled in an authoritarian manner by a Shiite “Supreme Leader” (Ali Khamenei since 1989). Other political institutions have little power and exist more in appearance. The regime regularly commits serious violations of human rights. It also controls almost every aspect of daily life in terms of religious and ideological conformity, thereby curtailing the freedom of every citizen. Iran is a member of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Since the Islamic Revolution, Iran's good relations with Western states have turned into open hostility, which is firmly anchored in the state ideology, especially with regard to the formerly friendly USA and Israel. However, relations with Russia and China have deepened, especially since the late 2010s, and there are also military cooperations with both. In particular, Iran supports Russia in the war against Ukraine.

In the Middle East, Iran is a regional power and leads an unofficial military coalition with the Axis of Resistance, which includes, among others, the authoritarian governments in Syria and Gaza as well as Hezbollah and Houthis. With this it fights in several wars against other regional powers such as Israel and Saudi Arabia, such as the war in Syria, the war in Yemen and the war in Israel and Gaza.

Thanks to its natural resources, especially the world's largest natural gas and fourth-largest oil reserves, Iran has a major influence on the world's supply of fossil fuels. Apart from that, the Iranian economy was in a deep crisis for a long time, due, among other things, to the high proportion of inefficient state-owned companies, corruption and the sanctions as a result of the conflict over the Iranian nuclear program.

Iran - Mi Ravim Jelo

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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

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Danmark - Vi Er Undervejs

Winner of the month: 🏆Mar'25
Winner of the week: 🥇22

Denmark is a country in northern Europe and, along with Greenland and the Faroe Islands, one of the three countries in the Kingdom of Denmark. The country's territory, located between the Scandinavian Peninsula and Central Europe, covers an area of ​​43,094 km², of which 23,872 km² is on the Jutland peninsula and the rest on islands.

Denmark is one of the twelve founding members of NATO, founded in 1949, and has been a member of the European Union (or its predecessor, the EEC) since January 1, 1973.

Denmark's only land border is with Germany; since 2022, the Kingdom of Denmark has also had a border with Canada through the demarcation of the border on Hans Island. A Danish minority lives in the border area between Germany and Denmark, in the former Danish southern Schleswig. There is a German minority in North Schleswig, which belonged to Prussia from 1866 to 1920. There, German is a recognized regional minority language in accordance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Denmark - Vi Er Undervejs

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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.

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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

République Française - Nou Sommes En Route

Winner of the month: 🏆Jul'25
Winner of the week: 🥇36

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

France 🏆🥇 - Nou Sommes En Route

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.