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    Bolivia is a landlocked country consisting of a large number of indigenous people. It is the most isolated nation in the South America. The country achieved its independence from the Spanish in 1825.Bolivia has natural gas reserves which have caused tensions due to their overexploitation and exportation. It is one of the largest cocoa producers in the world ("Bolivia country profile - BBC News", 2017). Many Bolivian farmers depend on coca as their source of income. Coca is a raw material used in

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    is based on present facts leading to future imaginary - yet logical - sequence of actions, all tied up with a hidden thread of logic. In order to develop the scenario of Uzbekistan, it was necessary to do a research on the characteristics of this country, including different areas describing the life in Uzbekistan. One of the new ideas

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    783 million people in the world are without access to clean sustainable water. The impact of the lack of clean water can be seen in countries such as Cambodia, Ethiopia, and India. The trash in villages of Cambodia seeps into the standing water and releases toxins in the ground which enters into the water. The lack of clean water has Cambodian children exposed to diseases. While in Ethiopia, an examination shows that fifty one percent of the populations drinking water in the rural area is unimproved

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    is a landlocked country, centrally situated in Southern Africa and sharing borders with Mozambique (to the East), South Africa (to the South), Botswana (to the West) and Zambia (to the North). With a population of about 12 million people, the country’s literacy rate is over 90% and ranked number one in Africa by UN Standards (2010). The country covers an area of 399 757km2 and has a sub-tropical climate which supports a wide range of agricultural activities. Although Zimbabwe is landlocked, the country

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    Swaziland is a developing country that is facing many problems which can only be solved through political reform. Swaziland is located in south-eastern Africa and is the last country in Africa to still have an absolute monarchy. This country has a large health problem, including the highest rate of HIV in Africa. Swaziland’s monarch, King Mswati lll, holds all of the power. Swaziland’s economy is stagnant and its economic growth is steadily declining While the king lives a life of luxury, over fifty

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    Nepal is a small landlocked country which is surrounded by two big countries, north is covered by China, and east, west, and south is covered by India. Nepal is divided into three geographical regions. Himalayan, Hills, and Terai. In addition, Himalayan is the top part of nepal which is full of mountains, Hill is the middle part of Nepal which is full of greenery, and Terai is the bottom part of Nepal which is a lowland and occupied by a lot of farmers. Nepal is very rich in natural beauty and water

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    .1 Introduction Austria is a federal republic and landlocked country, located in the central of Europe. It contains nine states and has a population of more than 8.5 million. It is bordered by Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovenia and Italy to the south, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Austria has around 84,000 square kilometers land area, and most of them is mountainous because of Alps. The capital and largest city is Vienna, a population

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    continue their ways, life will go from being hard to being almost impossible. There are places around the world that have already took that next step into changing the way they live to help the future. A great example of this is in China where the country of China is overpopulated. Chinas step into helping the future is by limiting family’s to only have one child to keep population down and in turn keep future population. This whole population idea leads into natural resources because the more humans

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    Mongolia is a landlocked, central Asian country, between China and Russia, with many mountainous and desert areas. The climate in Mongolia can be very extreme, with droughts in the summer and heavy snow in the winters. Mongolia gained its independence in 1921, and was declared a socialist nation, until the late 1980s, since around 1990, the country has had a type of free market economy. There are branches similar to the United States, where there is a president, prime minister and cabinet in the

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    The Republic of Niger, a poor, landlocked country, located in the heart of Sub-Saharan West Africa. Niger has seen its fair share of change throughout the decades; moving away from the control of the French Parliament in 1960, Niger formally declared its independence. Despite this bold act of independence, Niger would not see its first steps towards democracy until the early 1990’s, when they held their first open election as a free state. However, even with the empowerment of the people in a democratic

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