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Iceland

Iceland's Althing, founded in 930 CE, is widely considered the world's oldest still-functioning parliament. Full sovereignty from Denmark came in 1944, and geothermal energy now powers about 90% of the country's heating.

Gullfoss, a two-tiered waterfall on the Hvita river in southwest Iceland

Gullfoss waterfall

Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0

Blue for the sea, white for glaciers and snow, red for volcanic fire: Iceland's three defining landscapes in one flag, adopted in 1915.

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