Albania vs Nepal

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Albania ( (listen) a(w)l-BAY-nee-ə; Albanian: Shqipëri or Shqipëria; Gheg Albanian: Shqipni or Shqipnia also Shqypni or Shqypnia), officially the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, pronounced [ɾɛpuˈblika ɛ ʃcipəˈɾiːsə]), is a country in Southeast Europe on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Sea.

It shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo into the northeast, North Macedonia to the east, Greece to the south and maritime borders with Greece, Montenegro and Italy to the west. Geographically, the country displays diverse climatic, geological, hydrological, and morphological conditions, defined in an area of 28,748 km2 (11,100 sq mi). It possesses significant diversity together with the landscape ranging from the snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps as well as the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains to the hot and sunny coasts of the Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea along the Mediterranean Sea. Historically, the nation has been inhabited by numerous civilisations like the Illyrians, Thracians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Venetians and Ottomans. The Albanians established the autonomous Principality of Arbër in the 12th century. The Kingdom of Albania and Principality of Albania formed between the 13th and 14th centuries. Before the Ottoman conquest of Albania in the 15th century, the Albanian resistance to Ottoman expansion into Europe headed by Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg won them acclaim over most of Europe. Between the 18th and 19th centuries, cultural developments, widely attributed to Albanians having accumulated both intellectual and spiritual strength, conclusively resulted in the Albanian Renaissance. Following the defeat of the Ottomans in the Balkan Wars, the modern nation state of Albania declared independence in 1912. In the 20th century, the Kingdom of Albania was invaded by Italy which formed Greater Albania before becoming a protectorate of Nazi Germany. Enver Hoxha formed Communist Albania following the Second World War and launched the Albanians on a course of oppression and decades of isolation. The Revolutions of 1991 concluded the fall of communism in Albania and eventually the establishment of the current Republic of Albania. Politically, the country is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic and developing nation with an upper-middle income economy dominated by the service sector, followed by manufacturing. It went through a process of transition following the end of communism in 1990, from centralized planning to a market-based economy. Albania provides universal healthcare and free primary and secondary education to its citizens.The nation is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, UNESCO, NATO, WTO, COE, OSCE, and OIC. It's an official candidate for membership in the European Union. It is one of the founding members of the Energy Community, such as the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation and Union for the Mediterranean.

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Nepal (Nepali: नेपाल [neˈpal]), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a country in South Asia. It is found mainly in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of this Indo-Gangetic Plain. It is the largest country by population and country. It is landlocked, and borders China in the north and India in the south, east and west, while Bangladesh is located within just 27 km (17 mi) of its southeastern tip and Bhutan is separated from it by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a varied geography, including subalpine forested hills, fertile plains, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest. Kathmandu is the capital and the largest city. Nepal is a multiethnic country with Nepali as the official language. The name"Nepal" is first recorded in texts in the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent, the era in ancient India when Hinduism was founded, the predominant religion of the country. In the middle of the first millennium BCE, Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Nepal that was southern. Parts of Nepal were intertwined with the culture of Tibet. The Kathmandu Valley is intertwined with the culture of Indo-Aryans, and was the chair of the Newar confederacy called Nepal Mandala. The traders of the valley dominated the branch of the ancient Silk Road. The cosmopolitan region developed architecture and classic art. By the 18th century, the Gorkha Kingdom achieved the unification of Nepal. The Shah dynasty established the Kingdom of Nepal and formed an alliance under its Rana dynasty of premiers, with the British Empire. The country was never colonized but functioned as a buffer state between Imperial China and British India. Parliamentary democracy was introduced in 1951, but was suspended by Nepalese monarchs, in 2005 and 1960. The Nepalese Civil War in the 1990s and early 2000s resulted in the formation of a secular republic in 2008, ending the world Hindu monarchy. The Constitution of Nepal, adopted in 2015, affirms Nepal as a parliamentary republic divided into seven provinces. Nepal was declared to the United Nations in 1955, and friendship treaties were signed in 1960 with the People's Republic of China and India in 1950. Nepal hosts the permanent secretariat of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), where it is a founding member. Nepal is the Bay of Bengal Initiative and a member of the Non-Aligned Movement. Nepal's army is the fifth biggest in South Asia; it is notable for its Gurkha history, particularly and has been a contributor to United Nations peacekeeping operations.

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