Catholic Hapsburgs of the East & West: Austria & Spain

 The Elders of Europe who knew the glory of history.  Long ago they clashed with Islam during the middle ages.  More recently they had ruled over nations as Spain become the ultimate naval power of the earth, while Austria was the like a powerful army who colonized nations within Europe. 

They have maintained their Catholic orientation, due to a proximity to Rome and Italy.  Nonetheless, they are different as night and day.  

 

 

St. Vincent & the Grenadines with the ye'old Grenada Flag

Lesser Antilles islands that have similar yet so different histories, so close yet completely different. Water has that way of shaping the ego and consciousness.  

 

 

Uganda & Zimbabwe - Birds of Similar Feather

 United by red, black, white, and yellow.  Both have birds of iconic destiny.  

Once upon a time they were adopted by the UK, now they are independent and have stepped into a world of their own making. 

 

 

 

Mauritius & Seychelles - Isles of Afica in India

Small sisters that are hidden gems as isles of Africa down under, hanging it lose like Australia & New Zealand.  But they are deeply tied to West Asia, than to Northern Europe. 

 

 

Angola & Papua New Guinea

 Angola & Papua New Guinea are Lands Down under who connect the common element of humanity from Africa to Australia.  Peoples with little in common, yet are distant cousins separated by eons.  

Mozambique and Sao Tome & Principe - Portuguese Princes

Portugal had an epic imprint on these two nations of America from the Atlantic to the Indian Oceans, it is reminder that Africa has much in common with Europe yet also a strong link towards Asia. 

 

The Bahamas & St. Lucia - Black, Yellow, and Blue

 Big sister Bahamas gets all the attention, but little sister St. Lucia is hardly noticed.  They are English-African cultures that lay in the wake behind the other English colonies.   During the 1776 rebellion, the Bahamas and English speaking Caribbean were apart of the 13 plus loyalist colonies that opposed the Americans.