FEATURED COUNTRIES

This is the list of Featured Countries on this Page.

S.No.	Country	Capital	Continent
1	Afghanistan	Kabul	Asia
2	Albania	Tirana	Europe
3	Algeria	Algiers	Africa
4	American Samoa (USA)	Pago Pago	Oceania
5	Andorra	Andorra La Vella	Europe
6	Angola	Luanda	Africa
7	Anguilla (UK)	The Valley	North America
8	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint Johns	North America
9	Argentina	Buenos Aires	South America
10	Armenia	Yerevan	Europe
11	Aruba (Netherlands)	Oranjestad	North America
12	Australia	Canberra	Oceania
13	Austria	Vienna	Europe
14	Azerbaijan	Baku	Europe
15	Bahamas	Nassau	North America
16	Bahrain	Manama	Asia
17	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Asia
18	Barbados	Bridgetown	North America
19	Belarus	Minsk	Europe
20	Belgium	Brussels	Europe
21	Belize	Belmopan	North America
22	Benin	Porto-Novo	Africa
23	Bermuda (UK)	Hamilton	North America
24	Bhutan	Thimphu	Asia
25	Bolivia	Sucre	South America
26	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Europe
27	Botswana	Gaborone	Africa
28	Brazil	Brasília	South America
29	British Virgin Islands (UK)	Road Town	North America
30	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Asia
31	Bulgaria	Sofia	Europe
32	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Africa
33	Burundi	Bujumbura	Africa
34	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Asia
35	Cameroon	Yaoundé	Asia
36	Canada	Ottawa	North America
37	Cape Verde	Praia	Africa
38	Cayman Islands (UK)	George Town	North America
39	Central African Republic	Bangui	Africa
40	Chad	N’Djamena	Africa
41	Chile	Santiago	South America
42	China	Beijing	Asia
43	Christmas Island (Australia)	Flying Fish Cove	Asia
44	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	West Island, Cocos Islands	Asia
45	Colombia	Bogotá	South America
46	Comoros	Moroni	Africa
47	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	Avarua	Oceania
48	Costa Rica	San José	North America
49	Croatia	Zagreb	Europe
50	Cuba	Havana	North America
51	Curacao (Netherlands)	Willemstad	North America
52	Cyprus	Nicosia	Europe
53	Czech Republic	Prague	Europe
54	D.R Congo	Kinshasa	Africa
55	Denmark	Copenhagen	Europe
56	Djibouti	Djibouti-city	Africa
57	Dominica	Roseau	North America
58	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	North America
59	East Timor (Timor-Leste)	Dili	Asia
60	Ecuador	Quito	South America
61	Egypt	Cairo	Africa
62	El Salvador	San Salvador	North America
63	Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	Africa
64	Eritrea	Asmara	Africa
65	Estonia	Tallinn	Europe
66	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Africa
67	Falkland Islands (UK)	Stanley	South America
68	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	Tórshavn	Europe
69	Fiji	Suva	Oceania
70	Finland	Helsinki	Europe
71	France	Paris	Europe
72	French Guiana (France)	Cayenne	South America
73	French Polynesia (France)	Papeete	Oceania
74	Gabon	Libreville	Africa
75	Gambia	Banjul	Africa
76	Georgia	Tbilisi	Europe
77	Germany	Berlin	Europe
78	Ghana	Accra	Africa
79	Gibraltar (UK)	Gibraltar	Europe
80	Greece	Athens	Europe
81	Greenland (Denmark)	Nuuk	North America
82	Grenada	St. George’s	North America
83	Guam (USA)	Hagatna	North America
84	Guatemala	Guatemala City	North America
85	Guernsey (UK)	Saint Peter Port	Europe
86	Guinea	Conakry	Africa
87	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Africa
88	Guyana	Georgetown	South America
89	Haiti	Port-au-prince	North America
90	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	North America
91	Hong Kong (China)	Hong Kong City	Asia
92	Hungary	Budapest	Europe
93	Iceland	Reykjavík	Europe
94	India	New Delhi	Asia
95	Indonesia	Jakarta	Asia
96	Iran	Tehran	Asia
97	Iraq	Baghdad	Asia
98	Ireland	Dublin	Europe
99	Isle of Man (UK)	Douglas	Europe
100	Israel	Jerusalem	Asia
101	Italy	Rome	Europe
102	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	Africa
103	Jamaica	Kingston	North America
104	Japan	Tokyo	Asia
105	Jersey (UK)	Saint Helier	Europe
106	Jordan	Amman	Asia
107	Kazakhstan	Astana	Asia
108	Kenya	Nairobi	Africa
109	Kiribati	Tarawa	Asia
110	Kosovo	Pristina	Asia
111	Kuwait	Kuwait City	Asia
112	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Asia
113	Laos	Vientiane	Asia
114	Latvia	Riga	Europe
115	Lebanon	Beirut	Asia
116	Lesotho	Maseru	Africa
117	Liberia	Monrovia	Africa
118	Libya	Tripoli	Africa
119	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	Europe
120	Lithuania	Vilnius	Europe
121	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Europe
122	Macedonia	Skopje	Europe
123	Madagascar	Antananarivo	Africa
124	Malawi	Lilongwe	Africa
125	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Asia
126	Maldives	Malé	Asia
127	Mali	Bamako	Africa
128	Malta	Valletta	Europe
129	Marshall Islands	Majuro	Oceania
130	Mauritania	Nouakchott	Africa
131	Mauritius	Port Louis	Africa
132	Mexico	Mexico City	North America
133	Micronesia	Palikir	Oceania
134	Moldova	Chisinau	Europe
135	Monaco	Monaco	Europe
136	Mongolia	Ulan Bator	Asia
137	Montenegro	Podgorica	Europe
138	Montserrat (UK)	Brades, Plymouth	North America
139	Morocco	Rabat	Europe
140	Mozambique	Maputo	Africa
141	Myanmar	Naypyidaw	Asia
142	Namibia	Windhoek	Africa
143	Nauru	Yaren	Oceania
144	Nepal	Kathmandu	Asia
145	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Europe
146	New Caledonia (France)	Nouméa	Oceania
147	New Zealand	Wellington	Oceania
148	Nicaragua	Managua	North America
149	Niger	Niamey	Africa
150	Nigeria	Abuja	Africa
151	Niue (New Zealand)	Alofi	Oceania
152	Norfolk Island (Australia)	Kingston	Oceania
153	North Korea	Pyongyang	Asia
154	Northern Mariana Islands (USA)	Saipan	Oceania
155	Norway	Oslo	Europe
156	Oman	Muscat	Asia
157	Pakistan	Islamabad	Asia
158	Palau	Ngerulmud	Oceania
159	Palestine	Ramallah and Gaza	Asia
160	Panama	Panama City	North America
161	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Oceania
162	Paraguay	Asunción	South America
163	Peru	Lima	South America
164	Philippines	Manila	Asia
165	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	Adamstown	Oceania
166	Poland	Warsaw	Europe
167	Portugal	Lisbon	Europe
168	Puerto Rico (USA)	San Juan	North America
169	Qatar	Doha	Africa
170	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	Africa
171	Romania	Bucharest	Europe
172	Russia	Moscow	Europe
173	Rwanda	Kigali	Africa
174	Saint Barthelemy	Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy	North America
175	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	Jamestown	South America
176	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	North America
177	Saint Lucia	Castries	North America
178	Saint Martin	Philipsburg	North America
179	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	Saint-Pierre	North America
180	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	North America
181	Samoa	Apia	Oceania
182	San Marino	San Marino	Europe
183	São Tomé and Príncipe	Sao Tome	Africa
184	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Asia
185	Senegal	Dakar	Africa
186	Serbia	Belgrade	Europe
187	Seychelles	Victoria	Africa
188	Sierra Leone	Freetown	Africa
189	Singapore	Singapore	Asia
190	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	Philipsburg	North America
191	Slovakia	Bratislava	Europe
192	Slovenia	Ljubljana	Europe
193	Solomon Islands	Honiara	Oceania
194	Somalia	Mogadishu	Africa
195	South Africa	Cape Town	Africa
196	South Korea	Seoul	Asia
197	South Sudan	Juba	Africa
198	Spain	Madrid	Europe
199	Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenapura-kotte	Asia
200	Sudan	Khartoum	Africa
201	Suriname	Paramaribo	South America
202	Swaziland	Mata-utu	Africa
203	Sweden	Stockholm	Europe
204	Switzerland	Bern	Europe
205	Syria	Damascus	Asia
206	Taiwan	Taipei	Asia
207	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Asia
208	Tanzania	Dodoma	Africa
209	Thailand	Bangkok	Asia
210	Togo	Lomé	Africa
211	Tokelau (New Zealand)	Nukunonu, Atafu,Tokelau	Oceania
212	Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	Africa
213	Transnistria	Tiraspol	Europe
214	Trinidad and Tobago	Port Of Spain	North America
215	Tunisia	Tunis	Africa
216	Turkey	Ankara	Asia
217	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Asia
218	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	Cockburn Town	North America
219	Tuvalu	Funafuti	Oceania
220	Uganda	Kampala	Africa
221	Ukraine	Kiev	Europe
222	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Asia
223	United Kingdom	London	Europe
224	United States	Washington D.C.	North America
225	United States Virgin Islands (USA)	Charlotte Amalie	North America
226	Uruguay	Montevideo	South America
227	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Asia
228	Vanuatu	Port Vila	Oceania
229	Vatican City	Vatican City	Europe
230	Venezuela	Caracas	South America
231	Vietnam	Hanoi	Asia
232	Wallis and Futuna (France)	Mata-Utu	Oceania
233	Western Sahara	El Aaiun	Africa
234	Yemen	Sana’a	Asia
235	Zambia	Lusaka	Africa
236	Zimbabwe	Harare	Africa
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World

In its most general sense, the term “world” refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is.^[1] The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique while others talk of a “plurality of worlds”. Some treat the world as one simple object while others analyze the world as a complex made up of many parts. In scientific cosmology the world or universe is commonly defined as “[t]he totality of all space and time; all that is, has been, and will be”. Theories of modality, on the other hand, talk of possible worlds as complete and consistent ways how things could have been. Phenomenology, starting from the horizon of co-given objects present in the periphery of every experience, defines the world as the biggest horizon or the “horizon of all horizons”. In philosophy of mind, the world is commonly contrasted with the mind as that which is represented by the mind. Theology conceptualizes the world in relation to God, for example, as God’s creation, as identical to God or as the two being interdependent. In religions, there is often a tendency to downgrade the material or sensory world in favor of a spiritual world to be sought through religious practice. A comprehensive representation of the world and our place in it, as is commonly found in religions, is known as a worldview. Cosmogony is the field that studies the origin or creation of the world while eschatology refers to the science or doctrine of the last things or of the end of the world.

In various contexts, the term “world” takes a more restricted meaning associated, for example, with the Earth and all life on it, with humanity as a whole or with an international or intercontinental scope. In this sense, world history refers to the history of humanity as a whole or world politics is the discipline of political science studying issues that transcend nations and continents. Other examples include terms such as “world religion“, “world language“, “world government“, “world war“, “world population“, “world economy” or “world championship“.

Religion

Buddhism

In Buddhism, the world means society, as distinct from the monastery. It refers to the material world, and to worldly gain such as wealth, reputation, jobs, and war. The spiritual world would be the path to enlightenment, and changes would be sought in what we could call the psychological realm.

Christianity

In Christianity, the term often connotes the concept of the fallen and corrupt world order of human society, in contrast to the World to Come. The world is frequently cited alongside the flesh and the Devil as a source of temptation that Christians should flee. Monks speak of striving to be “in this world, but not of this world” — as Jesus said — and the term “worldhood” has been distinguished from “monkhood“, the former being the status of merchants, princes, and others who deal with “worldly” things.

This view is clearly expressed by king Alfred the Great of England (d. 899) in his famous Preface to the Cura Pastoralis:

“Therefore I command you to do as I believe you are willing to do, that you free yourself from worldly affairs (Old English: woruldðinga) as often as you can, so that wherever you can establish that wisdom that God gave you, you establish it. Consider what punishments befell us in this world when we neither loved wisdom at all ourselves, nor transmitted it to other men; we had the name alone that we were Christians, and very few had the practices”.

Although Hebrew and Greek words meaning “world” are used in Scripture with the normal variety of senses, many examples of its use in this particular sense can be found in the teachings of Jesus according to the Gospel of John, e.g. 7:7, 8:23, 12:25, 14:17, 15:18-19, 17:6-25, 18:36. In contrast, a relatively newer concept is Catholic imagination.

Contemptus mundi is the name given to the belief that the world, in all its vanity, is nothing more than a futile attempt to hide from God by stifling our desire for the good and the holy.^[61] This view has been criticised as a “pastoral of fear” by modern historian Jean Delumeau.^[62]

During the Second Vatican Council, there was a novel attempt to develop a positive theological view of the World, which is illustrated by the pastoral optimism of the constitutions Gaudium et spes, Lumen gentium, Unitatis redintegratio and Dignitatis humanae.

Eastern Christianity

In Eastern Christian monasticism or asceticism, the world of mankind is driven by passions. Therefore, the passions of the World are simply called “the world”. Each of these passions are a link to the world of mankind or order of human society. Each of these passions must be overcome in order for a person to receive salvation (Theosis). The process of Theosis is a personal relationship with God. This understanding is taught within the works of ascetics like Evagrius Ponticus, and the most seminal ascetic works read most widely by Eastern Christians, the Philokalia and The Ladder of Divine Ascent (the works of Evagrius and John Climacus are also contained within the Philokalia). At the highest level of world transcendence is hesychasm which culminates into the Vision of God.

Orbis Catholicus

Orbis Catholicus is a Latin phrase meaning Catholic world, per the expression Urbi et Orbi, and refers to that area of Christendom under papal supremacy.^[63] It is somewhat similar to the phrases secular world, Jewish world and Islamic world.

Islam

Main article: Dunya

In Islam, the term “dunya” is used for the world. Its meaning is derived from the root word “dana”, a term for “near”.^[64] It is mainly associated with the temporal, sensory world and earthly concerns, i.e. with this world in contrast to the spiritual world.^[65] Some religious teachings warn of our tendency to seek happiness in this world and advise a more ascetic lifestyle concerned with the afterlife.^[66] But other strands in Islam recommend a balanced approach.^[65]

Mandaeism

In Mandaean cosmology, the world or earthly realm is known as Tibil. It is separated from the World of Light (alma d-nhūra) above and the World of Darkness (alma d-hšuka) below by ayar (aether).^[67][68]

Hinduism

Hinduism constitutes a wide family of religious-philosophical views.^[69] These views present different perspectives on the nature and role of the world. Samkhya philosophy, for example, is a metaphysical dualism that understands reality as comprising two parts: purusha and prakriti.^[70] The term “purusha” stands for the individual conscious self that each of us possesses. Prakriti, on the other hand, is the one world inhabited by all these selves.^[71] Samkhya understands this world as a world of matter governed by the law of cause and effect.^[70] The term “matter” is understood in a very wide sense in this tradition including both physical and mental aspects.^[72] This is reflected in the doctrine of tattvas, according to which prakriti is made up of 23 different principles or elements of reality.^[72] These principles include both physical elements, like water or earth, and mental aspects, like intelligence or sense-impressions.^[71] The relation between purusha and prakriti is usually conceived as one of mere observation: purusha is the conscious self aware of the world of prakriti but does not causally interact with it.^[70]

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