Finland is located in the geographical region of Fennoscandia in Northern Europe. The country has a total land area of about 130,128 square miles and water covers about 10% of the country in the form of approximately 188,000 lakes. Forest covers 69% of the total land area, with 8% as...

　　The July Crisis was one of the main events that catalyzed the onset of World War I. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, led to the country ordering investigations on the Kingdom of Serbia who was to cooperate, failure to which Austria-Hungary would invade...

　　The Republic of Georgia is an autonomous mountainous state in the Caucasus region, at the boundary between Europe and Asia. Whether Georgia is in Europe or Asia is dependent on many factors such as the global alliances, citizen passion, and cultural influence. 　　Georgia practices a representative parliamentary democracy with a...

　　Crown dependencies are self-governing jurisdictions of the Crown. The United Kingdom has three crown dependencies, Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel. 　　Governance of the Crown Dependencies of the UK The United Kingdom or the British Overseas does...

　　The Republic of Angola is the seventh largest country in Africa. It is located in the southern part of the continent. The largest and capital city is Luanda. Angola is among the five countries colonized by the Portuguese which also include Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe....

　　A coalition government are usually formed in a parliamentary government in which no party forms a majority after an election. In this case, multiple political parties agree to support one another to form a government and make up the majority of a single party. A coalition government can also be...

　　Various governments across the globe were formed based on different attributes depending on several factors. A majority of the contemporary governments were formed based on socio-economic attributes; they include tribalism, feudalism, despotism, minarchism, socialism, communism, totalitarianism, anarchism, distributism, and capitalism. The formation of governments based on the social-economic system became...

　　Democracy means the rule of the people. It is the most preferred system of governance in modern-day societies. A democratic society allows the masses to voice their option on the administrative process, distribution of resources and the general governance of the country. The citizens of a democratic state exercise power...

　　What Are Fireside Chats? Fireside chats were radio addresses delivered to the people of the United States of America from 1933 to 1945 by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the nation’s 32nd president. A total of 30 fireside chats are documented. They lasted for 13 to 44 minutes each and covered various...

　　The Kingdom of Thailand is located at the center of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia. The country has a population of over 65 million people and covers an area of 198,000 square miles. Vehicular traffic in Thailand drives on the left. The country is a constitutional monarchy and a...

　　Where Is Botswana? Botswana is a topographically flat country located in Southern Africa. The country is landlocked and shares its borders with Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, and South Africa. Nearly 70% of the nation’s land area is part of the Kalahari Desert. Vehicular traffic in Bostwana drives on the left. 　　What...

　　What Is an Oligarchy? An oligarchy is a form of governance in which administrative power is vested in a select few people. The class of people in power is distinguished by wealth, family ties, nobility, military or religious control. The control of oligarchic states is passed from one generation to...

　　N’Djamena is the largest and capital city of Chad. Previously called the Fort Lamy, N'Djamena was established over a century ago by the French and on April 6, 1973, the president renamed the city to N’Djamena. The name N’Djamena is borrowed from the name of a neighboring village called Nigamina...