Full country Name: Eritrea (er' uh'
TREE' uh)
Area: 124,320 sq km
Population: 4.4 million
People: Tigrinya (50%), Tigre; (30%), Saho and Afar (10%), Hedareb and Bilen (4.5%), Kunama, Nara and Rashaida (4%)
Language: Tigre, English, Tigrinya, Afar, Arabic
Religion: Christian (50%), Muslim (50%)
Government: nominal constitutional democracy
Head of State: President Isaias Afwerki
and per our Eritrean cabbie in Columbus:
Tourism: Italian fishermen, largely.
Noise-Pollution: Suzuki-Riding GI's
Drunk Driving: Encouraged
Law Enforcement: Quasi corrupt, and fond of a pint or seven pints or where am I?
Cabs: Possibly floored with cardboard (and outfitted with seating of the same material . . . like in Michigan, potentially?)
Ex-Patriots: Fond of perpetuating feuds betwixt midwestern (i.e. Kentuckiana vs. the Buckeyes) U.S. cities