It’s probably one of the best countries to live in but also comes with a big tradeoff in the form of a bad climate. People keep to themselves and avoid interacting with strangers. We’re also known for being quiet, humble and honest.
Finland
Correct
Slartibartfast won an award for something that is literally right outside my bedroom window.
Norway?
Yup
Must be a room with a great view!
We had the highest sheep:human ratio of any country. I think we still do, but I’m not sure.
New Zealand? Iceland?
NZ
If there’s water to be manipulated in a way to either keep it out, or to make land appear where water once was, they are going to hire people from here.
Swamp Germany!
Netherlands? Or Denmark.
Ding ding ding! Netherlands indeed.
we’ve been the cause of two world wars
Austria? Based on Franz Ferdinand and the painter?
ding ding ding we have a winner
Well well!
Germany?
not quite
Only two?
so far
Nice try fed won’t get my location that easily
Florida?
This and that post about dating yourself seem awfully sus
Idaho?
New York?
We lost a land war against birds.
Emu?
Australia
Every easter, we go from door to door and beat girl’s backs with a whip made of braided rods. They give us sweets and alcohol for exchange.
Czech or Slovakia.
It’s Czechia, indeed
There’s a word coined in this town’s specific dialect that means “catty corner, kitty corner, or diagonal”.
Hint: the first two syllables of that word are “anti”, though the “t” is not a full fricative stop.
The only possible word that comes to mind is “anticlockwise” used in (some parts of?) the UK instead of “counterclockwise”… but that doesn’t exactly match “diagonally”. Is it the word though?
The word is “antigogglin’”, pronounced: any-goggln. 🤓
Bonus hint: the area fought for the North in the Civil War.
This one is too tough for me!
What do I win? 🤩🥳
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We allow a marmot to predict our weather.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
We’ve got one of the oldest, largest, and most used transit systems in the world.
New York City?
Yessir.
London?
We have a small desert with cactii in a region that has snow 6 months, extreme cold for 2 months of the year.
A bit vague but there’s a handful of areas that more or less meet that description around Canada.
We have scammers
India
Got it
In the city where I live there are two train stations, next to each other, and with different track gauges.
Eastern Europe somewhere?
Buenos Aires?
I’d guess somewhere near the Spanish-French border, because I happen to know that Spain uses a different gauge to the rest of Europe.
We have two animals on our coat of arms neither of which can walk backwards.
Australia. I feel I’ve seen a kangaroo shuffle backwards in a fighting stance. But hearing an emu can’t walk backwards sounds ludicrous.
