Not So Popular Countries

Bahrain (Manama)
Meaning two seas in Arabic, the official language of the Bahrainis.This country located in the persian gulf is the third  smallest country in the Asia and  has a population of about 1,378,000.
Although, it was once a British protectorate, the largest religion presently is Islam.
Officially called the Kingdom of Bahrain, it runs a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

Petroleum activities contributes to 70% of the governments revenue.Its surprising to know that desert makes up 92% of this arid archipelago, making them rely heavily on food imports since very little land can be used for farming.
Bahraini uprising took place in 2011, which was inspired by the Arab spring.
Women’s rights was increased in 2002, when they were allowed to vote for the first time since its independence in 1971.

Kyrgyzstan ( Bishkek)
Literally meaning we are forty, from the Turkic word for “forty”. This landlocked and mountainous place located in  central Asia is officially referred to as the Kyrygz republic runs a unitary parliamentary republic that broke from the soviet union in 1991, though the official language is still Russian, but the national language is Kyrygz , with a population of 6,
Known as the second poorest country in central Asia is divided into 7 regions , with Bishkek being the largest and the capital.
Its high terrain, makes it isolated and less than 8% of the land is cultivated.
A law banning women under the age of 23 from traveling abroad without a parent or guardian to curb immorality and preservation of culture was passed in 2013.

Liechtenstein (Vaduz)
Officially called the principality of Liechtenstein, is located in central Europe with a population of 37, 340.
This mountainous country is one of the two doubly landlocked countries in the world, was once known as the billionaire tax haven – due to the low tax system that was  used to draw investors to the country at the end of the European war. This country runs a unitary parliamentary government and has a literacy rate of 100%, and has one of the highest GDP per person in the world the highest also has more registered companies than persons.
Due to its size and population, its being greatly affected by external cultural influences.

Guatemala ( Guatemala city)
The name  of this  mountainous country with patches of desert and dunes comesfrom the Nahuatl word- “Cuatemallan” meaning place of many trees.
This hurricane prone country practices a unitary presidential government ,has an estimated population of 16,176,133 and has the largest economy in central America. The service, industry, tourism and agriculture sector contributes to largely to the GDP.
The Guatemalan’s speaks Spanish as the official language and uses the “Quetzal”as its legal tender

Vanuatu( Port Vila)

This is a y-shaped  south pacific archipelago made up of 82 islands  hask an estimated population of 286,429.
Officially known as the republic of Vanatu, gotten from the word ” Vanau”, meaning land or home, has a tropical climate with frequent earthquakes.
The economy is dependent on agriculture,tourism,  offshore financial services and raising cattle.The Ni-vanatus (demonym), use the Vanatu-vanu as their legal tender