Schwiiz - Mir Sind Am Wäg

Switzerland is a federal, democratic state in Central Europe. It borders Germany to the north, Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, Italy to the south and France to the west.

Switzerland has a population of just over 9 million people living in an area of ​​just under 41,300 square kilometers. The state is one of the most densely populated states in Europe, with the population concentrated in the Mittelland, the basin between the Jura and the Alps, and in southern Ticino. The eight largest cities and economic centers are Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne, Bern, Winterthur, Lucerne and St. Gallen.

The state has a share in three large language areas: German in German-speaking Switzerland, French in French-speaking Switzerland (Suisse romande, Western Switzerland, Welschschweiz) and Italian in Italian-speaking Switzerland; the fourth language area is Romansh (in parts of the canton of Graubünden). German, French, Italian and Romansh are the official languages ​​of Switzerland, the first three being the official languages ​​of the federal government. In order not to favor any one language, the country code is "CH", the abbreviation of the Latin term Confoederatio Helvetica.

Switzerland - Mir Sind Am Waeg

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

Republika Hrvatska - Na Putu Smo

Winner of the week: 🥇46

Croatia is a democratic constitutional state in the transition zone between Central and Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe.

Croatia's territory extends across a continental landlock, partly located in the Pannonian Plain, connected to a Mediterranean coastal and hinterland stretching along the eastern Adriatic Sea, traversed by the Dinaric Mountains, which serve as a watershed between the Adriatic Sea and the Danube Sea. Croatia's capital is Zagreb, the largest city ahead of Split, Rijeka, and Osijek. In addition to the titular nation of the Croats, national minorities are also part of the country's population, of which the Serbian minority is the largest.

Croatia's economy is heavily dependent on tourism, with tourism revenue accounting for 19.2% of its gross domestic product in 2019. Croatia is a member of the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the OSCE, and the World Trade Organization. Croatia has been part of the Schengen Area and the Eurozone since 2023.

Croatia - Na Putu Smo

Croatia 🥇 - Na Putu Smo

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

日本 (Nihon) - この道 (Kono Michi)

Winner of the week: 🥇11

Japan is an East Asian state in the Pacific comprising 14,125 islands, indirectly bordering Russia to the north and northwest, North and South Korea to the west, and Taiwan and China to the southwest. It is the fourth largest island state in terms of area and the second largest in terms of population. The de facto capital and largest urban settlement is Tokyo, which was abolished as a political entity in World War II; de jure there is a “capital area” made up of eight prefectures including Tokyo.

The formation of the Japanese state began in the 5th century under the cultural influence of the Chinese Empire. Japan had been in contact with the West since the 16th century and rose to become a great power in the 19th century, acquiring colonies such as Korea and Taiwan, taking part in both world wars and briefly ruling large parts of Southeast and East Asia. Until 1947, the Japanese Empire was a constitutional monarchy based on the monarchical principle, partly based on the Prussian model, with the Japanese emperor as head of state.
His aggressive expansion policy in the Republic of China in the run-up to and during the Second World War (Pacific War) ultimately led to defeat on the side of the Axis powers in August 1945. In the Japanese state formed under Douglas MacArthur's occupation government since 1947, the sovereign is the people, the highest organ of state power the parliament, whose chambers have since then both been directly elected by the people. The empire was not abolished, but the emperor, as a “symbol of the state,” was reduced to ceremonial tasks without independent authority in state affairs. Apart from Japan, there is no longer any country in the world whose head of state is an emperor.

Japan is one of the most densely populated countries in Asia and, with almost 126 million inhabitants, is the eleventh most populous country in the world. Most residents are followers of Shintoism and Buddhism.

As the historically first industrial nation in Asia, Japan has a very highly developed economy and was, for many decades, the world's second largest economic power behind the United States, with which it has been a military ally since 1952, until the economic upswing of the People's Republic of China in the early 2000s. As a member of the Group of Seven, Japan is one of the largest industrial nations and part of the OECD. The United Nations Development Program lists Japan as one of the countries with very high levels of human development. It is the country with the highest life expectancy and the third largest national wealth.

Japanese Studies deals with the research and teaching of the language and culture of Japan in its historical development.

Japan - Kono Michi

Japan 🥇 - Kono Michi

República de Chile - Forjando El Destino

Winner of the week: 🥇10

Chile Chile is a country in southwestern South America, forming the western edge of the Southern Cone (Cono Sur) of the continent. Chile stretches north-south between latitudes 17° 30′ S and 56° 0′ S, thus extending approximately 4,200 kilometers. From west to east, Chile lies between longitudes 76 and 64 west and has an average length of less than 200 kilometers. Because of this unusual shape—due to its location on the western slope of the Andes mountain range—Chile has often been called "the long country" since its discovery.

The country borders the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, Peru to the north (a length of 160 kilometers), Bolivia to the northeast (861 km), and Argentina to the east (5,308 km). The total length of Chile's land borders is 6,329 kilometers. In addition, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the Pacific Ocean, Salas y Gómez Island, the Juan Fernández Islands (including Robinson Crusoe Island), the Desventuradas Islands, and, in the south, the Ildefonso and Diego Ramírez Islands are part of Chile's territory. Chile also claims part of Antarctica. The country has access to the Atlantic Ocean via the Strait of Magellan, which belongs entirely to Chile.

The modern, sovereign state of Chile is one of the most economically and socially stable and prosperous countries in South America, with a high-income economy and a high standard of living. It leads Latin American nations in terms of human development, competitiveness, per capita income, globalization, state of peace, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption. According to the World Bank, Chile is an emerging economy with an upper-middle net national income.

It also ranks highly regionally in terms of government sustainability and democratic development. Chile has been a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 2010. Chile has the lowest murder rate in the Americas after Canada. The country is a founding member of the United Nations, the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), and the Pacific Alliance.

Chile is seriously threatened by global warming and has lost at least 37% of its water resources since the early 1990s. Water is also not a public good in Chile, and water sources are purchased from private individuals.

Chile - Subimos Y Corremos

Chile 🥇 - Subimos Y Corremos

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

République Togolaise - Mia Nyɔ Gbɔ

Togo is a country in West Africa, located on the Gulf of Guinea, bordering Ghana to the west, Benin to the east, and Burkina Faso to the north. Lomé is the capital and seat of government.

Togo's territory encompasses the eastern part of the German colony of Togo, which existed from 1884 to 1916. From 1916 to 1960, Togo was a League of Nations mandate territory and a United Nations trust territory under French administration. The autocratic President Gnassingbé Eyadéma dominated the country for almost 40 years. After his death in 2005, the army appointed his son, Faure Gnassingbé, as the new president, in violation of the constitution. International pressure and unrest in the country did not lead to a return to constitutionality. Gnassingbé won the subsequent elections, although the opposition and the European Union accused him of massive electoral fraud. Several thousand refugees remain abroad. Togo has been a member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 2022.

According to the Standing Committee on Geographical Names, the name for citizens of Togo is "Togoer" or "Togoerin." However, the Duden dictionary also lists the common form "Togolese" or "Togolesin."

Togo - Mia Nyo Gbo

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

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

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

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.

Russia 🏆🥇 - My Na Puti

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