Japan
Bullet trains famed for punctuality run through a country that still keeps tea ceremony and Shinto and Buddhist traditions alive.
Morocco
A country where you can watch the sun set over the Atlantic in the morning and stand among Sahara sand dunes by nightfall.
Egypt
Egypt is a vast desert country whose people crowd into a narrow, fertile strip along the Nile.
India
More people vote in a single Indian general election than live in nearly every other country on Earth combined.
Italy
Italy only became one country in 1861, which is why regional identities and dialects still run so deep.