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A country within a country, it is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south: Wales. It has an ancient history with human activity for at least 29,000 years. It has a long and occasionally tense relationship with Great Britain. It is…

Malaysia. A Federal Constitutional Monarchy in Southeast Asia. Another country colonized first by Portugal, then The Dutch and finally ‘stolen’ by Great Britain. After it gained it’s independence from the English in 1957, it reorganized as The Federation of Malay. The name “Malaysia” is a combination of the word “Malays” and the Latin-Greek suffix “-ia“/”-ία“which…

35 years ago the third and last Church I served in was in Waterloo Iowa. We connected with many good people and learned that the science of the soil made this place one of the most amazing places in the world to grow things. Now that we have started to travel again we took a…

The Co-operative Republic of Guyana. A country on the northern mainland of South America the capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east. Both Christopher Columbus and Sir Walter Raleigh visited Guyana. There are…

We share the world. Back when we lived in Littleton, Colorado, we had a family that lived with us every spring for five years in a row. Mom and Dad Red Fox showed-up like clock work early in the spring (even sometimes with snow on the ground) and then a few weeks later we saw…

Here are some hints: *Flag from a country in North America. *Has been changed 27 times since it’s first ideation. *It has been the official flag for 61 years. *It was designed by a musician who wrote satirical songs, the most famous of which was “The Battle of The Kegs”, this person also invented a…

The Refugee Nation. A 2015 proposal to begin to solve the global refugee crisis. The United Nations estimates there are 80 Million people who have been displaced from their homes by various situations. The Refugee Nation is the idea to create a new nation to voluntarily resettle the world’s displaced people. Refugee Nation was launched…

The Royal Banner of Scotland. Also called the Red Rampant Lion Flag. It represents the Royal (Monarchy) Family of Scotland. Scotland is a country within the United Kingdom, covering the northern third of Great Britain. It is a difficult concept for us in the US to think about a country within a country. The name…

The realm just to the north of Gondor. It is known as the ‘Kingdom of The Horsemen’ for its famous cavalry. The flag of Rohan, home to The Rohirrim. Rohan becomes an important ally of Gondor due to their invaluable cavalry support first in the Battle of Hornburg against the Wizard Saruman (not to be…

The greatest realm of Men in the West of Middle-earth at the end of the third age: Gondor. J.R.R Tolkien named it Gondor which translates in his fictional language as ‘Land of Stone’. Gondor was founded by the brothers Isildur and Anarion. From a once powerful place it fell into ruins due to allies of…