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#1 ·
This is another one of those threads where you give us a bit of interesting information about yourself - but in this case it is your country and it requires a bit of research, and also improves everyone's geography of your area. Don't know if this should be in the general discussions forum instead, but I wanted quite an intelligent conversation going on ;).

Here is an example from me:

Country: UK

Square Miles: 244,820

Population: 60,610,000

Capital: London

Currency: Pounds Sterling

Language: English

Major Religion(s): Christianity (71.6% of people in the UK claim to be Christian)

Highest Mountain: Ben Nevis (1344m in Scotland)

Population Density per Square Mile: 383 (England); 142 (Wales); 125 (Ireland); 65 (Scotland)

Climate: Temperate, more than 1/2 of days are overcast (that's why we always grumble about 'Typical English Weather')

National Dish/Common Foods: No national dish but meals consist mainly of beef, lamb, pork, chicken, fish, potatoes and vegetables.

National Dress/Common Clothes: None for England (though I'm beginning to think that Jeans are becoming a nation dress - I detest them myself). Casual clothes and very smart ones when appropriate.

I don't know actually how true some of these facts are, they're from here and there, so if some of you there think that something else is the case, then feel free to comment.

Really I have done the UK instead of England, but since I have many origins from Scotland and Wales I'd prefer to do that instead :).

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Country: South Africa

Square Miles: 470,979 Square Miles ( 25 largest)

Population: 47,4 million.

Capital: Pretoria (administrative) Cape Town (legislative) Bloemfontein (judiciary)

Currency: Rand ( bout 1 Rand to 12 Pounds about)

Language:
Here i go.......

Afrikaans
English
IsiNdebele
IsiXhosa
IsiZulu
Northern Sotho
Sesotho
Setswana
SiSwati
Tshivenda
Xitsonga

Major Religion(s):Christian,Hindu,Islam are the main ones with lots of Native and others put in it.

Highest Mountain: Drakensberg Range ( 3000 M ^)

Population Density per Square Mile:39


Climate:Climatic conditions generally range from Mediterranean in the southwestern corner of the country to temperate in the interior plateau, and subtropical in the northeast. A small area in the northwest has a desert climate. Most of the country has warm, sunny days and cool nights. Rainfall generally occurs during summer (November through March), although in the southwest, around Cape Town, rainfall occurs in winter (from June through August). Temperatures are influenced by variations in elevation, terrain, and ocean currents more than latitude.

Temperature and rainfall patterns vary in response to the movement of a high pressure belt that circles the globe between 25º and 30º south latitude during the winter and low-pressure systems that occur during summer. There is very little difference in average temperatures from south to north, however, in part because the inland plateau rises slightly in the northeast. For example, the average annual temperature in Cape Town is 17ºC, and in Pretoria, 17.5ºC, although these cities are separated by almost ten degrees of latitude. Maximum temperatures often exceed 32ºC in the summer, and reach 38ºC in some areas of the far north. The country's highest recorded temperatures, close to 48ºC, have occurred in both the Northern Cape and Mpumalanga.

Frost occurs in high altitudes during the winter months. The coldest temperatures have been recorded about 250 kilometers northeast of Cape Town, where the average annual minimum temperature is -6.1º C. Record snowfalls (almost fifty centimeters) occurred in July 1994 in mountainous areas bordering Lesotho.

Climatic conditions vary noticeably between east and west, largely in response to the warm Agulhas ocean current, which sweeps southward along the Indian Ocean coastline in the east for several months of the year, and the cold Benguela current, which sweeps northward along the Atlantic Ocean coastline in the west. Air temperatures in Durban, on the Indian Ocean, average nearly 6º C warmer than temperatures at the same latitude on the Atlantic Ocean coast. The effects of these two currents can be seen even at the narrow peninsula of the Cape of Good Hope, where water temperatures average 4º C higher on the east side than on the west.

Rainfall varies considerably from west to east. In the northwest, annual rainfall often remains below 200 millimeters. Much of the eastern Highveld, in contrast, receives 500 millimeters to 900 millimeters of rainfall per year; occasionally, rainfall there exceeds 2,000 millimeters. A large area of the center of the country receives about 400 millimeters of rain, on average, and there are wide variations closer to the coast. The 400-millimeter "rainfall line" has been significant because land east of the rainfall line is generally suitable for growing crops, and land west of the rainfall line, only for livestock grazing or crop cultivation on irrigated land.


National Dish/Common Foods: No national dish, but lots of variety for instance braai,samoosa,boboquati and stews , poqui for example. All of this from the slaves and immagrants.

National Dress/Common Clothes: Lots of traditional african dress,aswell as western influences
and typical "gangsta look" no emos though!

Well another cool thing about SA is the variety of people you get almost every kind of person here! The only Ethnic group missing seems to be Latino's :p Oh and we have Coloured people, a SA group from earlier in the Slave Trade (mischeavous Owners mixing with slaves).
 
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National Dish/Common Foods: No national dish, but lots of variety for instance braai,samoosa,boboquati and stews , poqui for example. All of this from the slaves and immagrants.
I beg to differ. Boerewors, vetkoek, bunny chow, slap chips, Biltong and many others. Some of them are adaptations of foreign dishes but they were adapted locally like bunny chow. It is a loaf of bread stuffed with curry. The curry and everything is Indian, but they don't do bunny chow in India. Slap chips are like french fries, but they have flavour and or fairly sloppy. Vetkoek is just delicious, as are koeksisters. Biltong is dried meat, our local pride (NOT JERKY, biltong is superior and prepaired differently).
Just some examples ^_^

Some more info:
V.O.I.P (voice over internet protocol) was created in South Africa. Multichoice (South Africas satellite tv) was the second ever satellite tv service created. South Africa is the only country to have willingly given up its nuclear projects to date. South Africa's Denel (which is famous for the Rooivalk attack helicopter) now holds the record for the furthest fired artillery round (75km). Despite the reputation for crime. South Africa is ranked fifth for total crimes and 10th for crimes per capita. See Stats 1 and stats 2.

Thats all for now, I'll try think of more.
 
#3 · (Edited)
Country: Scotland (meh, we're near enough another country from the UK anyways.)

Population: about 5 million (quite funny how few people there are in scotland compared to even london- 11 million)

Capital: Edinburgh

Currency: Pounds Sterling

Languages: English, scots, gaelic

Major Religion: Christianity

Highest Mountain: Ben Nevis

Climate: lets put it this way... we have two seasons, winter and june/july

National Dish/Common Foods: national dish? haggis, common food? fish and chips. national drink? whiskey and irn-bru

National Dress/Common Clothes: kilts obviously. and welly boots for national dress

facts: small country which has probebly influenced the world most in terms of inventions.
We annexed england a while back and formed GB in alot of ways.
for a country with a population les than half of london we tend to have ALOT of say in how GB is run and we are currently running for independance (turns out annexing england was a mistake and we want to let them be independant from us again :p )
scotland is taking over alot of the stuff, the big fight scene in starwars the phantom menace for example was done by 2 scots and an irishman.
one of the biggest banks in the world is the royal bank of scotland (yay!).
i could give a whole load more facts but ill be here for a while.
 
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facts: small country which has probebly influenced the world most in terms of inventions. We annexed england a while back and formed GB in alot of ways. for a country with a population les than half of london we tend to have ALOT of say in how GB is run and we are currently running for independance (turns out annexing england was a mistake and we want to let them be independant from us again :p ) scotland is taking over alot of the stuff. the big fight scene in starwars the phantom menace for example was done by 2 scots and an irishman. one of the biggest banks in the world is the royal bank of scotland (yay!). i could give a whole load more facts but ill be here for a while.
It's worrying because it's true. I nearly broke a rib laughing at this way of putting it.

What can I say, it'll be hilarious when Brown is PM and Scotland devolves completely.
 
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Country: Denmark (Danmark)

Square Miles: 16,639

Population: 5,431,000

Capital: Copenhagen (København)

Currency: Danish Krone

Language: Danish

Major Religion(s): Protestant Christianity (traditionally Asetro - Nordic mythology - which is still practiced by some)

Highest Mountain: Mountains? :(

Population Density per Square Mile: 326

Climate: Temperate and dry. Very cold in winter.

Government: Consitutional Monarchy

Info: The Kingdom of Denmark is the smallest and southernmost of the Nordic countries. Located north of Germany (its only land neighbour), southwest of Sweden, and south of Norway, it is in Scandinavia in northern Europe, but not on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula named Jutland (Jylland) attached to Northern Germany, the islands of Funen (Fyn), Zealand (Sjælland), Bornholm (Bornholm) and many smaller islands, often referred to as the Danish Archipelago.
Denmark is a constitutional monarchy, in fact the oldest monarchy in the world, and is part of the European Union. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are crown territories of Denmark, each with political home rule. Denmark is one of the elected members of the UN Security Council and is a leader in the "Scandinavian Model" of public services.

Interesting stuff:
- Denmark is the oldest kingdom in the world. The present monarch Queen Margrethe II can trace her bloodline back almost 1200 years to Gorm the Old.
- In the beginning of the 12th Century the Danish King Knud (Canute) ruled Denmark, England, Iceland, Norway, certain areas in Northern France and Northern Germany.
-The Danish flag 'Dannebrog' is the oldest in the world, introduced as the symbol of Denmark in 1219. Suposedly, it fell from the skies during a fierce battle and inspired the Danes to victory.
-William the Conqueror was descended from Denmark. His grandfather was a Viking from Faxe in southern Zealand named Rollo. In fact, the Normans themselves were descendants of Jutlandic Vikings. Normans = Men from the North.

Famous Danes thoughout history (off the top of my head):
-Hans Christian Andersen
-Niels Bohr
-Søren Kierkegaard
-Lars Ulrich :shifty:
-Connie Nielsen
-Viggo Mortensen
-Michael Laudrup
-Brian Laudrup
-Peter Schmeichel

Famous Danish Companies (again off the top of my head):
-Lego
-Carlsberg
-Maersk
 
#5 ·
BobaHat said:
Highest Mountain: Mountains? :(
Hey, we’ve got mountains! What about ’Himmelbjerget’ (in Danish: ‘Sky Mountain’.) It’s like 147 meters tall! See for yourself:



Just saying!

Also, don’t forget that Denmark was once described in the magazine National Geographic as ‘the World’s Most Nearly Perfect Nation’ – except in winter. ;)

~Grephaun.
 
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Hehe okay I forgot about Himmelbjerget, but that's probably because I ran out of oxygen when I was half way up last time I climbed it. :shifty:

Actually, Ejer Bavnehøj is taller than Himmelbjerget. A staggering 176m!
 
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I live in a country ...

* that spends more on defense -- $348.5 billion in 2002 -- than the next 12 countries combined.

* that, with 6 percent of the world's population and 6 percent of its land mass, generates a third of the gross domestic product (GDP), attracts a third of the foreign direct investment and spends more on research and development than the next seven countries combined.

* whose researchers won or shared the Nobel Prize in medicine in 17 of the past 20 years and took home at least a share of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 18 of the past 20 years.

* that has more churches, synagogues, temples and mosques per capita than any other country on earth; about one house of religion for every 865 persons.

* ranked 22nd among the world's developed nations in 2003 in foreign aid on a per-capita basis, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, offering one-sixth the amount of aid per citizen offered by Norway.

* where the average household contributes seven times as much to charity as its German counterpart, and whose citizens are six times more likely than Germans to do volunteer work.

* that has 62 of the most 100 valuable brands, according to Interbrand, a consulting group that annually evaluates products.

* that is the world's leading exporter and importer, whose companies spend more money establishing and expanding overseas operations than those of any other nation.

* that is the world's leading debtor nation.

* whose head of state fell off a Segway, choked on a pretzel, and can't pronounce the word "nuclear".
 
#11 ·
Isn't the UK national dish Chicken Tikka Masala?

Or is that just an urban legend?
actually Chicken Tikka Masala was indeed invented in the UK when a chef ran out of sauce for a curry. quite funny when you think about it.
 
#12 ·
Huzzah Im the 1st Aussie here.

Meat Pies are Australia's unoffical national dish. You can get your PORK and stuff it up your ******************. (Are there any swear words with that many letters?)

Country: Australia. Also known as the lucky country. No war has ever reached our soil.

Capital City: Canberra (my home), some foreigners (mostly Americans) think its Sydney as that is our largest city.

Population: 20 million last time I counted. The 20 millionth Australian to be born was in the newspaper a few months/year ago.

Area: We're a damned continent, 'nuff said.

Interests include: Meat Pies, sport of all kinds, being lazy, kicking around a smaller New Zealand.

Currency: Aus Dollars.

Climate: On the coasts we usually have slightly warmer weather. Head inland and we get all kinds of weather except snow, not much snow, even on the mountains. We also get next to no natural disasters. Tidal waves and the like all hit New Zealand since its in the way of some ocean tide thing. If you keep going into the center you get nothing but masses of desert.

Highest Mountain: Mount Kosciuszko, 2228m

Language: English

Famous Quote: A dingo ate my baby! (still being hotly debated as to whether a dingo would do this).

Australia is famous for having never had a civil war (unless you count the rum rebellion where the governor got arrested but it was hardly a war). It is one of the few nations to have
used a pen instead of a gun/sword to gain independance. Our Indigenous people did not get ANY rights until the 60's. It is the laughing stock of the world because it was started by British Convicts when America stopped accepting them.

We recently had a referendum to see if we should seperate from England and ditch the queen. We voted no.

We dominate all kinds of sports. England recently beat us at the major cricket tourney for the 1st time in 20 years. We dominate swimming at the olympics and several other sports. Horrible at running.

We had the coolest Simpsons episode ever where they wiped out Australia by bringing a bullfrog over and then unwittingly took a koala back to the U.S.

We have recently gone paranoid over terrorism thanks to America. But so has most of the world. The Cronulla riots has been the 1st sign of actual dissent in Australia since 'nam.

The government has introduced policies almost identical to the ones in France. France rioted and almost declared war on the government to remove them. Australia grumbled a bit but couldn't be bothered getting up and doing anything.

In summary, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oye, oye, oye.
 
#14 ·
No war has ever reached our soil.
Uh, what about the attacks on Darwin? And the subs in Sydeney harbour? Surely that counts as war reaching our soil. Unless you want to be really pedantic and say no land war has ever reached our actual soil ;)
 
#17 ·
Well I was only saying never had a war in Australia because its impressive to all the other countries on LO (although what i said was true, unless you count a single air raid we haven't).

What I USUALLY say is:

Our defence force is one of the few in the world who have never actually defended our country. To busy attacking i guess.

In a way your right Berny (I prefer it to visitor Q), we have a lot of troops spread out all over the pacific. Not to mention the wars America keeps sending us to like Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
#18 ·
I suppose I should stand up and be counted for my country.

Ireland the third largest island in Europe.



Ireland is divided into two different countries, the southern 3/4's is the "Republic of Ireland" while the northern quarter is ruled by England and known as "Northern Ireland". This situation has caused some problems in the past and most of Irelands history is largely affect by its relations with its closest neighbour, England.

Northern Ireland has been covered already, so everything below is for the Republic or Eire.

Total Population: 4.2 million, 1.6 of which live in the greater Dublin area

Captial: Dublin

Languages: English and Irish Gaelic, both offical

Highest Point: Carrauntuohill (Car-en-too-hill) 1041m

Longest River: Shannon 386km/240miles

Islands Area: 84,412 sq km or 32,591 sq miles

Climate: Temperate, mild weather and frequent rainfall produces lush vegatation. This has earned the country the name "The Emerald Isle" Highest temperture ever recorded was 33.3c or 91.94F, while the lowest was -19.1c or -2.38F

Areas: The country is divided into four provinces: Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster, and each of these is again divided into 32 counties.

History: Ireland has been inhabited for about 9000 years. The Romans referred to the country as Hibernia. The Irish were quickly converted to Chistianaty around sometime between 400 and 500 A.D. The Irish at this time became well known around Europe for the quality and quantity of monks/priests and religious works. This continued until invasion by the Vikings. The Vikings founded many of Irelands most important cities including Dublin, Limerick, Cork and Waterford. They settled and quickly became "more Irish than the Irish themselves".
From the year 1172 English rule became more and more pronounced. Orginally only followed in and around the area of Dublin known as "The Pale", while the rest of the Ireland was ruled by a High King in Meath in old Irish ways. By the end of the 17th century due to the English Plantations of Ulster and Munster the old Irish ways collapsed. After the Irish Rebillion of 1641, Irish Catholics were forbidden to vote or attend the Irish Parliment, this being the right of the newly arrived English Protestent planters.
In 1800 Ireland and England were merged together in the act of union forming the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland, ruled directly from London. In the middle of the 19th century saw the "Great Famine". The poor catholic majority had become dependent on the potato as their main food source. From the years 1842 to 1845 potato blight devasted the potato crop. The 1841 census showed an Irish population of 8 million people. It is estimated that during the famine 1 million people died and 1 million people emigrated, hence the large amount of people worldwide who claim Irish decendents.
Though the Irish people had tried armed risings before 1921, the guerilla tactics of the War of Independence proved very effective and the Republic of Ireland was founded in 1921 after the English and Irish leaders signed a treaty dividing the island into two. The largely Protestant majority of the north stayed under British rule while the catholic majority of the south left the British Empire. The spliting of the country and other concessions to the British caused a deep split in the Irish goverment and this lead to the "Civil War" The Pro-Treaty side eventually beating the Anti-Treaty side by 1923.
Ireland joined the European Union in 1973. The country was plagued by poverty and emigration until the mid 1990's which saw unprecedented economic success, in a phenomenon known as the "Celtic Tiger". By the early 2000's, it had become one of the richest countries (in terms of GDP per capita) in the European Union. In July of 2006, a survey undertaken by Bank of Ireland Private Banking showed that, of the top 8 leading OECD nations, the Republic of Ireland was ranked the second wealthiest, behind Japan and ahead of the UK (which includes Northern Ireland), US, Italy, France, Germany and Spain, showing an average wealth per head of nearly €150,000 (~ $190,000).

Literature and the Arts: For an island of relatively small population, Ireland has made a disproportionately large contribution to world literature in all its branches, mainly in English. Poetry in Irish represents the oldest vernacular poetry in Europe with the earliest examples dating from the 6th century; Jonathan Swift, still often called the foremost satirist in the English language, was wildly popular in his day (Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, etc.) and remains so in modern times amongst both children and adults. In more recent times, Ireland has produced four winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature: George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney. Although not a Nobel Prize winner, James Joyce is widely considered one of the most, if not the most, significant writers of the 20th century. His 1922 novel Ulysses is sometimes cited as the greatest English-language novel of the 20th century and his life is celebrated annually on June 16th in Dublin as the Bloomsday celebrations.

Wow I actually learned quite alot about Ireland doing that! If you read it all congratulations.
 
#20 ·
The United States.

In 1776 the American Colonies were newly recognized as the United States, after they broke away from Great Britain, which was the result of the Revolutionary War. Soon, the rest of the states were added. There are 50 total states within the United States of America. The civil war occured in 1861-65. The North vs. the South. In the 1930's, the great depression occured. The United States and their allies were victorious in World War I and II. The cold war ended in 1991. Today the US remains the most powerful nation. Good technology, economic growth, and low unemployment.


Area:
total: 9,631,420 sq km
land: 9,161,923 sq km
water: 469,497 sq km
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia

The United States is about half the size of Russia, comparativly speaking.

CIA Factbook said:
Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Lowest elevation - Death Valley -86 m
Highest elevatoin - Mount McKinley 6,194 m

Natural Disasters/Hazards - Tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, mudslides, forest fires, flooding, permafrost

The United States is the third largest country by size, and by population.

Population- 298,444,215 (July 2006 est.)

Ethnic Groups - white 81.7%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2% (2003 est.)

Religon - Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10%

Languages - English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%

Government - Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition

Capital - Washington D.C.

President - George W. Bush
Vice President - Richard B. Cheney

Also a Senate, House of Representetives, and Supreme Court



Ecomnomic Overview:

CIA Factbook said:
The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $42,000. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. The response to the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 showed the remarkable resilience of the economy. The war in March-April 2003 between a US-led coalition and Iraq, and the subsequent occupation of Iraq, required major shifts in national resources to the military. The rise in GDP in 2004 and 2005 was undergirded by substantial gains in labor productivity. Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage in the Gulf Coast region in August 2005, but had a small impact on overall GDP growth for the year. Soaring oil prices in 2005 and 2006 threatened inflation and unemployment, yet the economy continued to grow through mid-2006. Imported oil accounts for about two-thirds of US consumption. Long-term problems include inadequate investment in economic infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable trade and budget deficits, and stagnation of family income in the lower economic groups.
GDP (official exchange rate) - 12.49 Trillion (2005 est)

Military Branches - Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard

Military Service Age - 18; 17 with parental permission

Manpower available for military service - males age 18-49: 67,742,879
females age 18-49: 67,070,144 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service - males age 18-49: 54,609,050
females age 18-49: 54,696,706 (2005 est.)

Military Expendatures - $518.1 billion (FY04 est.) (2005 est.)

Military Expendatures percent of GDP - 4.06% (FY03 est.) (2005 est.)


All info found from here, the CIA Factbook.
 
#21 ·
Damn... I go to post, but instead see Lordlink beating me to it...:sleep:

But yeah. He forgot we're probably the country with the highest average use laevel of the words F**k & C**t. Often together.

And apart from the masses of American spies slowly creeping their ways into us, we enjoy a good lark and have high tolerance to practical jokes.

We're also the 2nd biggest Muay-thai nation on earth. Second only to Thailand itself.
 
#23 ·
Also, the only accepted male name in Australia is Bruce. The only accepted female name is Sheila.
 
#25 ·
Woah, woah, another Aussie! We pretty much rule this forum, apart from the Danes. ;)

Our defence force is one of the few in the world who have never actually defended our country. To busy attacking i guess.
I true. But! We did defend Australia in WW2, agains the Japanse Govt. of the time. Notably, the Kokoda trail. So we did, and I'm proud of it. :)

Its not really that we don't attack... more that no-one really attacks us. I mean, its hard to take us over - we are a continent. Like the Russia of Australiasia I guess. And why take us over anyways? We're not that useful to a conquering force, imho.

Anyways, just giving my own Aussie perspective on our country. :)

My takes on Australia:
Our slang/language.

We call our annoyances "mate" i.e. "Easy mate, put down that Pool Cue", and our friends bastards i.e. "You bastard? Whats up you wanker?"

We also like abbreviations:
Afternoon: Arvo
Avacado: Avo
Intelligence: Intel

And slang:
Swimmers: Togs
"Flip Flops": Thongs
BBQ: Barbie

We also have some internationally reknowned bands, notably ACDC, Crowded House, Jet, Wolfmother, just to name a few. :)

National activites:
Summer: Watching Cricket + Beer.
Winter: Footy + Beer

Oh, some unscrupulous Victorians may say we like AFL. We don't. Honestly. :)

We also like, Pink Colladas, long walks along the beach, and getting caught in the rain. ;)
 
#26 ·
Wow.. this is so weird. .suddenly i'm reading all of your guys' posts and hearing them with Australian accents! hahahah fantastic.

luckily, i like the Australian accent, so it no bad thing.

Just weird...... from now on i'm going to try and imagine that the posts in their poster's native accent.

:yes:

This thread rocks. More information! MORE! MORE!
 
#28 ·
Germany, Bundesrepublik Deutschland



Established: 3 October, 1990
Population: 82,500,000 (estimated, 2006)
Capital: Berlin
Language: German
Ethnicities: 91.5% German, 2.4% Turkish, 6.1% Miscellany
Climate: Dreary
Food: God-awful
Sense of Humor: N/A
Arrogance: Towering
Sense of Fashion: only slightly better than Americans'
David Hasselhoff Appreciation: Yeah, I don't get that either

Notable Periods in German History:

100 BCE - 800 CE
Roving Tribes of Germans muck about in the forest and generally make life unpleasant for the Romans. We don't like to discuss this period of history.

843 CE - 1807 CE
Roving Tribes of Germans find a religion-class they can all more-or-less agree on and form the Holy Roman Empire. We don't like to discuss this period of history

1814 CE - 1960 CE
Roving Tribes of Germans find out how guns work, build them en masse and a period of nearly constant warfare ensues. We don't like to discuss this period of history.

1960 CE - Present
Roving Tribes of Germans discover tourism and make life unpleasant for the natives in all the countries they visit. Others don't like to discuss this period of history, but most Germans have plenty of pictures and are more than willing to discuss

1954 - (West) Germany wins the World Cup

1974 - (West) Germany wins it again

1990 - (West) Germany wins it yet a third time, establishing themselves as the preeminent football power that does not rely on dirty play to succeed. This is something that Germans will discuss to no end.


I hope you have enjoyed this fascinating look at the proud and beautiful nation of Germany. Please visit sometime, you'll like it...probably.
 
#29 ·
Aah.. I used to be quite good at German when i was at school, sadly with practise i gradually forgot it all, which i regret considerably :cry:

now i only remember silly things like, "Ich gehe in bett mit einen ananas, kommst du mit?"

*sigh*

I do remember seeing the berling wall though.
I made a lot of german friends when I went to Japan also :D
Actually.. i made a lot of Aussie friends too. :D
 
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