Republic of The Gambia - Ka Jamaa Be Taa

Gambia is a republic in West Africa, located on the banks of the Gambia River. Except for a short stretch of coastline at the mouth of the river into the Atlantic Ocean, Gambia is completely surrounded by the state of Senegal. With a total area of ​​approximately 11,000 square kilometers, the country is the smallest country on the African mainland. The capital is Banjul.

Gambia is best known for its diverse ecosystems along the river of the same name, which flows through the center of the country. The diverse native wildlife in Kiang West National Park and the Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve includes monkeys, leopards, hippos, hyenas, and rare birds. Beaches can be found in the capital, Banjul, and nearby Serrekunda.

Gambia - Ka Jamaa Be Taa

Federated States of Micronesia (Fān Iten Chuuk) - Iwe Fansoun

Micronesia (from ancient Greek μικρός mikros "small" and νῆσοι nēsoi "islands", i.e. "Small Islands") is an island region in the western Pacific Ocean. The national territory covers only part of the island territory of Micronesia.

Micronesians refers to the inhabitants of Micronesia in Oceania.

They are closely related to the Polynesians, although the latter have darker skin.

Their culture is strongly influenced by surrounding cultures. In the east, one finds a more Polynesian culture (with chieftaincy), and in the west, a more Melanesian-Indonesian-influenced culture with chieftaincy without nobility, with the Marianas being an exception.

Today, many different ethnic groups make up the inhabitants of Micronesia, but they are all descendants of the Micronesian culture and still belong to it. The Micronesian culture was one of the last original cultures of the region to emerge. It emerged from a mixture of Melanesian, Polynesian, and Filipino cultures. A good example are the Yapese, who, on the one hand, were settled from the area around Malaysia and whose language is derived from Malay, and, on the other hand, share cultural similarities with the Melanesian peoples of the Admiralty Islands.

The lack of similar characteristics or overlap between neighboring cultures is the criterion for the Micronesian cultural area.

Micronesia - Iwe Fansoun

Repubblica di San Marino - Avanti

San Marino is probably the oldest existing republic in the world, with a history that, according to tradition, dates back to the year 301 with its founding by Saint Marinus. It is an enclave completely surrounded by Italy. San Marino is one of the six European microstates and, with a population of around 30,000 and an area of ​​approximately 60 km², the fifth smallest internationally recognized state in the world.

The capital is the city of San Marino, and the official language is Italian. The country is a member of the United Nations (UN), the Council of Europe, and the Latin Union, but not of the European Union. Nevertheless, San Marino uses the euro as its currency. Measured by nominal GDP per capita, San Marino is one of the richest countries in the world, has no national debt, and has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the world.

San Marino - Avanti

الجمهورية اليمنية (al-Dschumhūriyya al-Yamaniyya) - نبتسم (Nahn Namdi Ma'an)

Yemen is a country in the Middle East, in the south of the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the east, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea to the south, and the Red Sea to the west. The states of Djibouti and Eritrea are located across the Red Sea, about 20 and 30 kilometers apart, respectively. Yemen also includes the Socotra archipelago and numerous smaller islands in the Bab al-Mandab in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. However, the state of Yemen has collapsed due to the civil war; several de facto states currently exist on the former territory described above.

In 1990, the two former states, the Yemeni Arab Republic (JAR, "North Yemen"; capital: Sanaa) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (DPJ, "South Yemen", capital: Aden), united to form the current state. A civil war has raged since 2013. In this conflict, the Houthi militias succeeded in capturing the capital, Sanaa, and large parts of the country. On March 25, 2015, Saudi Arabia, with the military cooperation of eight other states (the Islamic Military Coalition), launched a military intervention called Operation Decisive Storm to support the central government under President Hadi and Prime Minister Khalid Bahah. This massively escalated the conflict and is considered a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. As of April 1, 2022, 4.3 million people are internally displaced due to the war in the country. Seventy percent of the population depends on international aid for survival.

Yemen - Nahn Namdi Ma'an

Mālō Saʻoloto Tūtoʻatasi o Sāmoa - Tatou Faatasi

Samoa is an island nation in Polynesia that encompasses the western part of the Samoa Islands and was therefore officially called Western Samoa (Sāmoa i Sisifo) until 1997. The nation gained independence from New Zealand in 1962 as a former United Nations Trust Territory. It is also a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The eastern part of the region, American Samoa, has been a territory of the United States since 1929.

Many islands have beaches with offshore reefs and a wild, rainforest-covered interior with gorges and waterfalls. In addition to the island of Upolu, where most of Samoa's inhabitants live, the country also includes Savai'i, one of the largest islands in the South Pacific. While some of the smaller islands have villages, others are uninhabited or designated as wildlife sanctuaries.

Samoa - Tatou Faatasi

ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ (Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao) - ພວກເຮົາໄປ (Phuak Hao Pai)

Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. The state of Laos borders on China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar and has around 7.5 million inhabitants on an area of ​​236,800 km²; The capital and largest city is Vientiane.

The authoritarian government regularly commits serious violations of human rights.

Laos - Phuak Hao Pai

سلطنة عمان (Saltanat ʿUmān) - Tītām Hēnm

Oman is a state in Western Asia in the east of the Arabian Peninsula. The approximately five million inhabitants live primarily in cities. Almost half of the population are immigrants, mainly from India. Omanis are 95 percent Muslim, predominantly Sunnis and Ibadis. The Sultanate is an absolute monarchy and at the same time has a constitution. The ministers appointed by the Sultan and the two national parliaments only have an advisory role.

The country was ruled by the absolutist ruler Sultan Qaboos ibn Said from 1970 to January 2020. Qaboos ibn Said died on January 10, 2020. His cousin, the 65-year-old Culture Minister Haitham ibn Tariq, was appointed as his successor.

Over the last few decades, Oman has developed from a severely backward to a moderately prosperous state. A 2013 United Nations report named Oman as the country that has improved its social and economic situation the most over the last 40 years.

Oman - Titam Henm

מדינת ישראל (Medinat Jisra'el) - מחייכים (Yahad Nelek)

Israel is a state in Western Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean. Israel is the only state in the world with a majority Jewish population and, according to its nation-state law, sees itself as the “nation-state of the Jewish people.” De facto, Israel is a multi-ethnic state in which a significant proportion of the population (around a quarter) are non-Jews.

Israel is geographically part of the Mashreq and borders Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt as well as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The capital and most populous city of Israel is Jerusalem; however, the United Nations and the majority of its member states do not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The largest metropolitan area is Gush Dan around the metropolis Tel Aviv-Jaffa on the Mediterranean.

The area that is today Israel is considered the cradle of Judaism and the two younger Abrahamic religions (Christianity and Islam). Israelite kingdoms existed from approximately 1000 to 587 B.C. BC (Israel until 722, Judah until 587); The area then came under the rule of the Babylonians, Persians and Alexander the Great (from 332 BC) and the Diadochi who followed him. After a phase of renewed independence under the Hasmoneans (from 165 BC), it stood since 63 BC. BC successively under Roman, Byzantine, Sassanid, Arab, Ottoman and British rule. The Jews who have lived there for around 3,000 years (Israelites or Hebrews according to biblical usage) have been expelled or forced to emigrate several times throughout history (Jewish diaspora). From the end of the 19th century onwards, there were efforts among European Jews to establish a Jewish state in what was then Ottoman Palestine (Zionism), not least due to increasing anti-Semitism in Europe (Dreyfus affair, pogroms in Eastern Europe, etc.).
A foundation stone for this was laid at the first Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897 under the leadership of Theodor Herzl. The plan to found a state took more concrete form with the British Balfour Declaration of 1917. From 1920 to 1948, the League of Nations mandate for Palestine existed, which was transferred to Great Britain after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Increased Jewish immigration and the establishment of proto-state structures led to the first conflicts with the Arab population. The UN partition plan for Palestine of 1947 had the aim of pacifying Palestine, but it was rejected by the Arab side because the partition was associated with a significant territorial renunciation to the detriment of the Arabs. During the Palestine War, Israel declared independence on May 14, 1948. The following decades were marked by the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict.

Israel's political system is based on a parliamentary system of government. The head of government is the Prime Minister appointed by the Knesset; The head of state is the president, who predominantly fulfills representative tasks. Israel is a free, democratic, constitutional state with a strong welfare state; the country is often referred to as the “only democracy in the Middle East.” The predominantly centrally administered Israeli state is divided into six districts, which in turn are divided into 71 cities, 141 municipalities and 53 regional associations (groups of smaller towns to form administrative communities).

The densely populated country has around 10 million inhabitants in 2023, of which around 7.2 million are Jews (73%), 2.1 million are Muslim and Christian Arabs (21%) and another 490,000 inhabitants, including some in the country native minorities such as Christian Aramaeans, Samaritans, Armenians, Circassians and Roma. The Law of Return allows all Jews on earth to settle in Israel. Since around 1990, an increasing number of legal Asian and Eastern European labor migrants as well as illegal immigrants from Africa have been living in the country.

Israel - Yahad Nelek

Ísland - Við Göngum

Iceland is an island state in the extreme north-west of Europe. With around 103,000 square kilometers (including land area 100,250 and water area 2,750 square kilometers; with fishing zone 758,000 square kilometers), Iceland is - after the United Kingdom - the second largest island state in Europe in terms of area. The main island is the largest volcanic island in the world and is located just south of the Arctic Circle. Iceland is a member of EFTA, the European Economic Area, the Nordic Council and a founding member of NATO.

In Switzerland, the full form of the state name is the Republic of Iceland, while in the state itself the official name is only Ísland and the Icelandic word for "republic", lýðveldi, does not form an official part of the name.

With its 396,960 inhabitants (as of the third quarter of 2023), Iceland is the least populated state in Europe and one of the least populated states in the world with a population density of 3.88 inhabitants per km². Over 60 percent of Iceland's population is concentrated in the capital region of Reykjavík. Human settlement only began in the 9th century.

Iceland is one of the leading countries in the world in terms of living standards and per capita income. The United Nations Development Program lists Iceland as one of the countries with very high levels of human development.

Iceland - Vid Gongum

Trinidad ak Tobago - We On De Road

Trinidad and Tobago are Caribbean islands essentially comprises the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The islands are the southernmost of the Lesser Antilles and lie off the coast of Venezuela.

Trinidad and Tobago is a Caribbean country consisting of two islands near Venezuela, with distinctive Creole traditions and characteristic Creole cuisine. In Trinidad's capital, Port of Spain, carnivals are celebrated with calypso and soca music. Numerous bird species live in protected areas such as the Asa Wright Nature Centre. The smaller island of Tobago is known for its beaches and the Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve, home to hummingbirds.

Trinidad&Tobago - We On De Road

République du Bénin - Nous Avançons

Benin is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Burkina Faso and Niger to the north, Nigeria to the east and the Gulf of Guinea, more precisely the Bay of Benin, to the south.

Until 1975 the country was called Dahomey. The name is in keeping with the tradition of the historic Kingdom of Dahomey, which covered the southern part of the modern state and the neighboring state of Togo until it was conquered by the French at the end of the 19th century. From 1975 to 1990 it was called the People's Republic of Benin. The name refers to the Bay of Benin, which is named after the former Kingdom of Benin, located predominantly in what is now Nigeria.

Benin - Nous Avancons

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.

Trinidad&Tobago - We On De Road

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