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Background Stats: compare key data on New Zealand & Papua New Guinea

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  • Full name: Full names (translated to english) of the United Nations member states, as of 2014. For a list of full names in the respective original languages of each country, check this link.
  • Land border length: The length of each country's land border. Islands are listed as having a 0.0 km.
  • National anthems: National anthem.
  • Neighboring countries and territories: The countries and territories neighboring each country. "L" means they share only a land border and "M" means they have only maritime boundaries. A blank means they share both.
  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
STAT New Zealand Papua New Guinea
Full name New Zealand The Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Land border length 0.0
Ranked 180th.
820 km
Ranked 126th.
National anthems God Defend New Zealand O Arise, All You Sons
Neighboring countries and territories Australia (M) Fiji (M) Tonga (M) Norfolk Island ( Australia ) (M) Australia (M) Indonesia Federated States of Micronesia (M) Solomon Islands (M) New Caledonia ( France ) (M)
Overview <p>New Zealand is a wealthy Pacific nation dominated by two cultural groups: New Zealanders of European descent; and the Maori, the descendants of Polynesian settlers. </p> <p>It is made up of two main islands and numerous smaller ones: the North Island (known as Te Ika-a-Maui in Maori) is the more populous of the two, and is separated by the Cook Strait from the somewhat larger but much less populated South Island (or Te Waipounamu).</p> <p>Agriculture is the economic mainstay, but manufacturing and tourism are important and there is a world-class film industry. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15357770">Full Article</a> <p>Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern part of the world&#039;s second largest island and is prey to volcanic activity, earthquakes and tidal waves. Linguistically, it is the world&#039;s most diverse country, with more than 700 native tongues.</p> <p>Some 80% of Papua New Guinea&#039;s people live in rural areas with few or no facilities of modern life. </p> <p>Many tribes in the isolated mountainous interior have little contact with one another, let alone with the outside world, and live within a non-monetarised economy dependent on subsistence agriculture. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15436981">Full Article</a>

SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states; Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land borders (Land borders) (Note: land border lengths will vary depending on the scale by which they are measured, and therefore these figures without a source accompanied by an explanation of how they were measured and at what scale makes comparisons impossible; for more information see coastline paradox .); Wikipedia: List of national anthems (Anthems of United Nations member states) ("List of Member States" . United Nations . Retrieved 2011-07-21 .); Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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