Cool Countries

Did you know that

• The island of Ireland is divided between the British constituent country of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland?
• Vatican City, the world's smallest country is barely 1square kilometer big and has only 836 people? 
• The country of Papua New Guinea has more then 800 (yes, 800!) spoken languages?
• There are only 5 remaining communist countries on Earth; Cuba, North Korea, the People's Republic of China, Laos, and Viet Nam?
• The name of the country of Belarus loosely translates in Russian as "White Russia"?
• Canada has the greatest amount of coastline of any country as a result of its numerous lakes, islands, gulfs, and bays?

Author: Avi Goel, Age 9