Countries

spain

1479

Spain, a country on Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, includes 17 autonomous regions with diverse geography and cultures.

Guam

1565

Guam is a U.S. island territory in Micronesia, in the Western Pacific.

Cuba

1868

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.

Hawaii

1895

Hawaii, a U.S. state, is an isolated volcanic archipelago in the Central Pacific. Its islands are renowned for their rugged landscapes of cliffs, waterfalls, tropical foliage and beaches with gold, red, black and even green sands.

Philippines

1898

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

Russia

1991

Russia, the world’s largest nation, borders European and Asian countries as well as the Pacific and Arctic oceans.