{"population":3497000,"blurb":{"text":"Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. Its capital and largest city is Asmara. The country is bordered by Ethiopia to the south, Sudan to the west, and Djibouti to the southeast. The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea. The country has a total area of approximately 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi), and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea"},"vexillology":{"text":"The flag of Eritrea is the national flag of the State of Eritrea. It was adopted on 5 December 1995. The flag combines the basic layout and colors from the flag of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front with an emblem of a wreath and an upright olive branch derived from the Eritrean flag from 1952 to 1962.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Eritrea"},"flagDesign":{"text":"The flag of Eritrea is dominated by a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side pointed toward the fly-side and then divided into two right triangles. The upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is blue with a yellow vertical olive branch encircled by an olive wreath centered on the hoist side of the triangle. The shape of the red triangle broadly mimics the shape of the country. The green stands for the agriculture and livestock of the country, blue for the bounty of the sea, and red for the bloodshed in the struggle for independence with the 30 leaves in the wreath corresponding to the thirty years spent in the struggle. The flag has proportions of 1:2.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Eritrea"},"photos":["https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/1690_Coronelli_Map_of_Ethiopia%2C_Abyssinia%2C_and_the_Source_of_the_Blue_Nile_-_Geographicus_-_Abissinia-coronelli-1690.jpg/500px-1690_Coronelli_Map_of_Ethiopia%2C_Abyssinia%2C_and_the_Source_of_the_Blue_Nile_-_Geographicus_-_Abissinia-coronelli-1690.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Al_Sahaba_Mosque%2C_Massawa.jpg/500px-Al_Sahaba_Mosque%2C_Massawa.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Asmara%2C_cattedrale_cattolica%2C_01.JPG/500px-Asmara%2C_cattedrale_cattolica%2C_01.JPG","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Asmara%2C_mai_jah_jah_02.JPG/500px-Asmara%2C_mai_jah_jah_02.JPG"]}