Countries by trivia

Elephants go deep underground in search of salt-rich rocks in mountainous regions of this country

The equator does not actually cross its land territory

Named after a biblical king

Formerly ruled by an extremely paranoid dictatorship, nearly 180,000 military bunkers dot its landscape

Abolished its army after a brief but bloody civil war in 1948

Very frequently confused with a similarly-named country to its south

The world's newest sovereign state, having declared its independence in 2011

The third-biggest consumer of Guinness, after the UK and Ireland

Thor Heyerdahl claimed that the Norse gods of the Aesir came from this country, partly because its first two syllables sound similar to "Aesir"

Home of the dodo until 1662

There are not enough Ps in a set of English Scrabble letters to spell its name

Its full official name is the longest in the world with 56 characters

Very frequently confused with a similarly-named country to its north

Half of the 23 million people of this country are less than 15 years old

In 1889, Russia established a colony which they called New Moscow in what is now this country, but the would-be settlers were routed by French forces a month later

King Sobhuza II ruled it for 82 years, 254 days - the longest verified reign of any monarch

Known as the Graveyard of Empires

Partitioned by more powerful neighbours in 1772, 1793, 1795 and 1939

Its people are so known for their stylish neckwear that the cravat derives its name from the country

Has been a republic for more than 1700 years