Ecuador straddles the equator, from which it takes its name, and has an area of 256,370 square kilometers (98,990 sq mi)...

Australia is a prosperous developed country, with a multicultural society. It ranks highly in many international comparisons of national performance such as human development, quality of life, health care, life expectancy, public education, economic freedom and the protection of civil liberties and political rights..

We all know China is a big country. It actually has 1.3 billion people which are 20% of the world’s population! There are 55 ethnic minorities in China along with the 93% Chinese! China is a Communist Republic..

France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its main ideals expressed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen..

Italy plays a prominent role in European and global military, cultural and diplomatic affairs, and it is affiliated with worldwide organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Glocal Forum, and the NATO Defence College, which are headquartered in Rome..

German athletes have won a total of 1548 Olympic medals (summer and winter combined), i.e. more than any other country in the world except the USA.

London used to be the largest and most influential city in the world. With a population of 12 million, it remains the largest city in Europe..

The name 'Belgium' is derived from Gallia Belgica, a Roman province in the northernmost part of Gaul that was inhabited by the Belgae, a mix of Celtic and Germanic peoples..

It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany..

Argentina's continental area is between the Andes mountain range in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. It borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south..

An exchange to the Netherlands offers foreign students the unique opportunity to experience one of the biggest small countries in Europe. The Netherlands is not only famous for its wind mills, tulips and wooden shoes. Explore this country below sea level by bike and see towns and cities surrounded by castle walls and canals...

Muay Thai involves boxing techniques, hard kicking and knee and elbow strikes. Low kicks to the thighs are a distinguishing technique and stand-up grappling is also used and allowed in the ring. Muay Thai practitioners develop a very high level of physical conditioning. The training involves rigorous physical training, similar to that practiced by Western boxers. It includes running, shadow-boxing, and heavy bag work. Much emphasis is also placed on various drills with the so-called "Thai pads"...