<p>Azerbaijan- definitely for oil! and for many other things!!!</p>
<p>no. nigeria and sa are kind of neck and neck…but as of the end of '09 nigeria was the most advanced</p>
<p>China being able to fake anything ranging from eggs to sperm whales.</p>
<p>loll!!!</p>
<p>Azerbaijan- Oil and Caviar</p>
<p>Nigeria … Militancy, fraud, kidnapping, the Niger Delta and of course terrorism bcos of Farouk. But no matter what we are still the giants of Africa and the best Black teritory so we are good.</p>
<p>Scotland: Whisky, Haggis, people swimming in the North Sea, Golf, Braveheart. Scotland invented: telephone, television, steam engine, theory of capitalism (also the first country to start modern socialism), antibiotics, oil, sociology and quinine among many others.</p>
<p>Do you know in Stirling, Scotland; a guy built a sculpture of William Wallace. It wasn’t William Wallace though, it was Mel Gibson (even though it said WW on it). The local kids chopped its arms off and tried to ‘hang draw and quarter it’ and it was severely damaged. So the authorities repaired it and it is now on display in a glass case. That wouldn’t be so funny if it didn’t say ‘FREEDOM’ at the base of the sculpture.</p>
<p>Nigeria-- erm…jollof rice, ghana must go’s and crude oil…best African country ever!</p>
<p>The most toxic lake in the world (Lake Nyos) and the only country besides Canada to have both French and English as the official national languages.</p>
<p>Oh, I’m from Cameroon, by the way.</p>
<p>Another one from Sweden:</p>
<p>[ul][li]Often confused with Switzerland, for purely orthographic reasons. </p>[/li]
<p>[li]Tourists.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Clean tap water.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Snow.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Below 0 temperatures.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Cold summers.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]The midnight sun.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]The prime minister Palme murder, unsolved for over 20 years.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Obnoxious behaviour (at least that’s what we’re famous for in Norway).</p>[/li]
<p>[li]The Vikings, runic inscriptions etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Many many myths and misconceptions indeed! Mainly of a political nature…[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>To you other Swedes - remember that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!</p>
<p>Scotland is also famous for: Being a rich source of oil. Having the biggest arts festival in the world. And also the ‘Up Helly Aaah’ festival: This involves the whole village dressing as a viking in full viking armour with a sword, shield etc, eating and dancing and drinking like a viking (out of horned goblets). Then the whole village marches together with flaming torches, go to the docks to burn a fully built for purpose viking ship. It’s meant to symbolize the migration of Vikings to Scotland from Norway, and it’s rather good we remember Norway’s part in Scotland’s existence.</p>
<p>Having a weird houses of parliament that looks like a wooden labyrinth with upside down staircases etc. It looks absolutely ridiculous up close but it is meant to be viewed from the extinct volcano above (it’s meant to represent a tree and the other part are the ‘boats’ jostling for position into the harbour).</p>
<p>Being famous for a centuries old battle for a sacred lump of rock (google ‘The Stone of Destiny’).</p>
<p>Robert Burns and the Ed Wood of the history of poetry: William McGonagall. Google him, his poems are hilarious but tragically terrible.</p>
<p>Billy Connolly</p>
<p>Being the only country where a King was killed by firing his own gun. The gun/cannon was given as a gift - Mon’s Meg, a massive cannon - and the king didn’t fire it properly and it killed him.</p>
<p>Edinburgh - Where the time is told by firing a cannon (not mon’s meg). Every day at 1.00 pm a cannon is fired from the castle to announce the time after a guard marches up to it in a ceremonial way.</p>
<p>Surgeons, it has an illustrious history. There was a guy called Burke in the 17th century, he killed people and sold their bodies to surgeon colleges the recipient being ‘Hare’, Burke and Hare. Hare was cleared but Burke was hanged, his skeleton is on display in Edinburgh University and in the Royal College of Surgeons there is a book on display made out of his skin. There is a Hollywood movie being made on the story right now.</p>
<p>Rob Roy.</p>
<p>Rosslyn Chapel as featured on the De Vinci Code, officially the most mysterious church in the world, riddled with codes, secret tablature for music that has been passed down through centuries and nobody knows the purpose of it all.</p>
<p>Having difficult to understand accents for people that aren’t Scottish.</p>
<p>Ireland; drinking. I’m not even going to deny it. Our binge drinking rate is phenonmenal.
Infesting richer Anglophone countries (the British invade, we infest)
Being anti-English and loing potatoes.</p>
<p>cheese and maths (France)</p>
<p>India - The birthplace of Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and perhaps the birthplace of all modern spirituality. We’re known for being incredible hippies, with rampant drug use =P. </p>
<p>The British occupation, and Ghandi’s contribution to India’s eventual independence. </p>
<p>Deepak Chopra. </p>
<p>We’re known for having incredibly demanding, and often abusive parents, that won’t hesitate to beat the crap out of you for not getting straight A’s on your latest report card.</p>
<p>We have some of the spiciest food on the planet, and our sweets are packed with huge amounts of sugar. </p>
<p>The largest, and most profound influence that India has had on the international scene, is clearly Bollywood.</p>
<p>I was also Born in Canada.</p>
<p>Canada - Igloo’s, maple syrup, Mcgill University, Wayne Gretzky, The Montreal Canadians, really pretty girls, dumbass politicians cough* Ignatieff cough* Stephen Harper, the fact that even our conservatives are more liberal than American Democrats, beavers, Eh, and the 2010 Winter Olympics. </p>
<p>I’m also half dutch.</p>
<p>The Netherlands - Prostitutes, Magic Mushrooms, Marijuana, Hardcore Techno, and Vincent Van Gogh</p>
<p>Dutchies unite!!</p>
<p>“Dutchies unite!!” </p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Angerfist - Gas met die Zooi (remixed by tha playah)](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sDN0ZAYpyM]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sDN0ZAYpyM)</p>
<p>Let Hardstyle dancing commence!!!</p>
<p>Korea- A nation that is still divided. </p>
<p>Americans ask whether I’m North Korean or South Korean. </p>
<p>I thought that was a joke, but it wasn’t. lol</p>
<p>And Koreans love Soccer!!! Park Ji-Sing for Man U, Lee Chungyong for Bolton and Park Joo Young for AS Monaco!!!</p>
<p>New Zealand - being green. Sheep, lamb, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson…</p>