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This wonderful and unique ancient island has been inhabited since before 6500 BC. The Isle of Man, known simply as Mann, represents a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, with Queen Elizabeth II, holding the title of Lord of Mann, as the head of state is. The Island of Man is not a part of the European Union, but has a limited relationship concerning the free movement of goods.

This beautiful, amazing country, Portugal, located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, represents a developed country with the world's 19th-highest quality-of-life. Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east, the country also posses the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, the wonderful nature of which are the dream of any tourist. Madeira, meantime, is also attractive for foreign companies as a tax-haven by its Free Trade Zone and Off-Shore Financial Centre.

The country, the name of which is transliterated as the “Rich Coast”, Costa Rica represents the only Latin American country included in the list of the world’s 22 older democracies. This Central American country is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east. Costa Rica has consistently been among the top Latin American countries in terms of the Human Development Index.

Brunei, or officially the State of Brunei Darussalam, is a Muslim micro-state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia, populated by slightly over 388,000 people. Having one of the world's fastest growing GDP at purchasing power parity, the country also can boast about the second highest Human Development Index among the South East Asia nations, after Singapore.

The unique country Liechtenstein represents one of the most amazing states across the whole world, that’s being a doubly landlocked alpine microstate in Western Europe occupies an area of just 61.7 square miles (about 160 km²) and has an estimated population of only 35,000. Liechtenstein is also the smallest German-speaking country in the world, and the only alpine country to lie entirely within the Alps. It is also the only German-speaking country not to share a common frontier with Germany.

Seychelles is an archipelago nation comprising of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, located some 1,500 kilometers east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar. Seychelles, populated slightly less than 88,000 people and has its capital in Victoria, has no indigenous population as the current Seychellois are composed of people who have immigrated to the island. Seychelles pretends to be the most highly indebted country per capita in the world, according to the World Bank estimation, with total public debt around 122.8% of GDP.

Cyprus, the ancient island with human activity known since around the 10th millennium BC, represents a Eurasian island country in the Eastern Mediterranean, located south of Turkey and west of Syria and Lebanon. Cyprus, populated by slightly over 1 million people, ranked the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of its most popular tourist destinations.

Being one of the Central American countries, Belize has more in common with the Caribbean island-states than with its Central American neighbours. That makes Belize to be culturally unique among Central American nations. This peculiarity is reflected in various languages spoken, like Kriol and Spanish; and English is official, meantime, unlike in its neighboring countries. It is the only nation in Central America with a British colonial heritage, and is the only constituent nation of the Commonwealth of Nations in its region.