168 flags collected (including regions).
County #107 Malta Visited November 19, 2011
Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago (sometimes called an island group, it is a chain or cluster of islands.) situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, 80 km (50 mi) south of Sicily and 288 km (179 mi) east of Tunisia, with the Strait of Gibraltar 1,826 km (1,135 mi) to the west and Alexandria 1,510 km (940 mi) to the east. Malta covers just over 300 km2 (120 sq mi) in land area, making it one of the world's smallest and most densely populated countries. Its de facto capital is Valletta and the largest town is Birkirkara. Malta has a long Christian legacy and is an Apostolic See (St. Paul).
County #106 Belarus Visited November 13, 2011
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk. Over forty percent of its 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested, and its strongest economic sectors are agriculture and manufacturing.
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