I have assigned 198 countries a number. The countries I've chosen are the 193 members of the UN plus those recognised by at least 20 UN members. Each week I will pick a country using a random number generator and we will discuss that country.

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Country of the Week for week 14: Republic of Madagascar

Population: 22M

Location:


Flag:

Capital: Antavarrio (Sorry if spelled wrong)
Colonized by French.
Only country with lemurs (I think).
Any other important facts I missed?

Had a trilogy of films based on Animals escaping from a New York zoo to arrive in boxes on the island of Madagascar.

Edited 1/7/2016 20:51:55

It was uninhabited for a very long time, before being colonised by Austronesian (I think of the Indonesian branch) peoples.

Wait there was 4 FILMS ? Since when ?
My bad just a spinoff.

Edited 1/7/2016 21:02:47

Only place with Fusa, as well.

Men in a tribe on the island are circumcised at the age of five and the father, according to ritual, is to eat the foreskin that has been cut off.

Also, a Madagascar embassy is attacked in Madagascar in Casino Royale.

Edited 1/8/2016 00:33:35

Had a trilogy of films based on Animals escaping from a New York zoo to arrive in boxes on the island of Madagascar.

Yeah, this.

Determined to be the safest place to be in case of a zombie outbreak

Determined to be the safest place to be in case of a zombie outbreak

No, thats either, Australia, Greenland or Iceland.

http://www.mostfungames.com/pandemic-2.htm

>Pick Realistic
>Choose Virus
>Name it H1Z1

Unless your disease starts in Madagascar, it ain't gonna get to Madagascar

http://www.mostfungames.com/pandemic-2.htm

>Pick Realistic
>Choose Virus
>Name it H1Z1

Unless your disease starts in Madagascar, it ain't gonna get to Madagascar

YES

2nd Safest Place on Earth in case of an Epidemic, just before Greenland

Before the invention of synthetic vanillin, it was by far the largest producer and exporter of vanillin (natural extract of vanilla beans). It's still the largest producer.

Yeah, its where fancy icecream says it gets vanilla from.
(best vanila icecream ever, so good that any form of condiment merely screws it up)

Shortly before WW2 it was very close to becoming a polish colony.