| Libya | | | | the world. More than 50% of the population lives in |
| The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya is | | | | urban areas of Tripoli and Benghazi, while 90% of the |
| situated in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean | | | | entire population lives only in 10% of the land. The |
| Sea, Egypt, Sudan, Niger, Chad, Tunisia and Algeria. | | | | vast majority of people in Libya subscribe to Sunni |
| The country has over 700 thousand square miles of | | | | Islam, and the country considers itself to be highly |
| land in which the majority is made up of deserts. This | | | | connected to the Arab community. |
| is Africa's fourth largest area and is the globes' | | | | Eritrea |
| seventeenth largest region. | | | | Eritrea, located in East Africa, borders Sudan, Ethiopia, |
| Berbers gave Libya its name. At one time Neolithic | | | | Djibouti, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and the Red Sea. |
| inhabits resided in Libya. The skillful domestication | | | | Included in Eritrea are some of the Hanish Islands and |
| natives grew crops and raised cattle in the lands. | | | | Dahlak Archipelago. |
| Later, descendents of Greece, Byzantines, Vandals, | | | | Originally an Italian colony, then governed as a British |
| Romans, Carthaginians, and Phoenicians moved to the | | | | protectorate, Eritrea gained its ultimate independence |
| area and began their rule. | | | | from Ethiopia in 1991. Since its independence, the |
| In 1947, Libya gained its independence from Italy, | | | | Eritrean government, which is an unicameral |
| and it officially gained total independence from France | | | | parliament republic-democracy, has enacted various |
| and the United Kingdom under the UN Trusteeship in | | | | economic policies to stimulate the country, but it has |
| 1951. Currently, the government is Jamahiriya with its | | | | been difficult because of the continuous conflicts |
| capital in Tripoli. | | | | surrounding the region. |
| The majority of Libya's economy is derived from the | | | | Economically, Eritrea is mostly based upon the |
| production of oil, which account for the vast majority | | | | agricultural industries, with 80% of the population |
| of export income and 25% of GDP. In fact, Libya has | | | | involved in agriculture. With a population of over four |
| the highest per person GDP values in all of Africa, | | | | million, the country is very ethnically heterogeneous, |
| and thus, Libya has a relatively low level of poverty. | | | | with many different minorities and languages. The |
| There are over six million people who inhabit the | | | | two more predominant religions in Eritrea is |
| country, and it is one of the least dense countries in | | | | Christianity and Sunni Islam. |