I have assigned 198 countries a number. The countries I've chosen are the 193 members of the UN plus those recognised by at least 20 UN members. Each week I will pick a country using a random number generator and we will discuss that country.

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Country of the Week for week 1: Central African Republic

Population: 4.7M

Location:


Flag:


Edited 10/8/2015 13:04:21

At least it has a cool flag ... I guess

Can't say I heard of it before thought

The centre of the earth...........dundudndudn.

a suggestion: more informations would be great dear Mister Clement Atlee

It's in a pretty shit position.

The flag is cool though

it's acronym is CAR

Edited 10/8/2015 15:19:53

Some former French colony.

Great country to hide in case of global nuclear war; worthless and low but pretty even population density (lower population density than Russia, even).

How do you get there thought

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap3d/

Also Fun link for you Жұқтыру

You can hide in case of global nuclear war, but you may face a civil war with people armed and threatening you with machetes... Not the best place I think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republic_Civil_War_%282012%E2%80%93present%29

A few tribes there hunt a kind of burrowing python, I believe. The snakes have tunnels more than 10 feet long ending in a lair. Boys and men crawl into the tunnels headfirst with little protection and haul out the snake to get its skin and meat.

By the way, this Country of the Week thing would finish in like 2018 or something. Some of us could be dead by then. Better make it a one or two day thing.

Edited 10/8/2015 16:50:01

Nah weekly seems fine

My mother visited it a few years ago, when I was smaller. And she said its dangerous there... Thats not a clichee. She worked for people who helped against the lack of water there and the military had to guard them becuase its just not safe there.

a suggestion: more informations would be great dear Mister Clement Atlee

I wanted to keep the information at the start brief. You can bring more info through the discussion.

It looks like a beautiful place to visit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Republique_Centrafricaine_-_Boali_-_Chutes_de_Boali.jpg

Plus, the war has only displaced or killed 1/4 of the people living there. That means that 3/4 of the people are still alive, and not homeless. This is even safer than Syria!

safer than Syria!

That definitely means it's the ideal place for vacation then

This is even safer than Syria!

If there's a country where that doesn't apply to, then it's a pretty shit country.

It looks like a beautiful place to visit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Republique_Centrafricaine_-_Boali_-_Chutes_de_Boali.jpg


However, that picture does look nice.

Edit: I had to put the link outside of the quote because putting it inside the quote makes it go weird.

Edited 10/8/2015 19:56:08

You should give more facts about it, then that would be super cool.

You should give more facts about it, then that would be super cool.

Read though the comments first. Angry Koala already said something similar to that and I've already given a response.