The only country that has changed the pronunciation of its name is Kenya. While it was formerly pronounced "KEEN-ya", the name is now pronounced "KEN-ya", like the last name of leader Jomo Kenyatta was pronounced.

You can be imprisoned for not voting in Fiji, Chile and Egypt - at least in theory.

Guyana is the only South American country with English as its official language.

In the last Argentinian elections, 21% of the votes were declared invalid.

What we now call Iran has, in the past, been called Persia, Parthia, or Media, depending on the ethnic group ruling it.

In Belgium, 55% of government ministers are female. The country???s first female parliamentarian was appointed in 1921.

A 180-square-mile land of deep valleys and high Pyrenees Mountains - the principality of Andorra - is ruled by two foreign sovereigns: the bishop of the Spanish town of Seo de Urgel, south of the Andorran border, and the President of France. Seven centuries ago, a Spanish bishop and the French Count of Foix settled a long-term land dispute by agreeing to become co-princes of the Andorran valley. The Spanish title was handed down the centuries to the present bishop. On the French side, the title was passed to the kings of Navarre, then to the kings of France, and now to the presidents of France.

In 1919, Kenya became the first African colony to give women the right to vote.

The United States allowed women to stand for election in 1788. 132 years later, women were finally allowed to vote in elections.