{"population":38274618,"blurb":{"text":"Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. Located within the Middle East, it is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Jordan to the southwest, and Syria to the west. The country covers an area of 438,317 square kilometres (169,235 sq mi) and has a population of over 46 million, making it the 58th largest country by area and the 31st most populous in the world. Baghdad, home to over 8 million people, is the capital city and the largest in the country.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq"},"vexillology":{"text":"Since the 1958 Iraqi coup d'état, the various republican governments of Iraq have used a number of different flags, all featuring the pan-Arab colors of green, black, white, and red. The current official and internationally recognized flag of Iraq was adopted in 2008 as a temporary compromise, and consists of the three equal horizontal red, white, and black stripes of the Arab Liberation Flag, that was first used by Gamal Abdel Nasser during the Egyptian Revolution, with the takbīr written in green in the Kufic script that was originally added by Saddam Hussein following the Gulf War.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Iraq"},"flagDesign":{"text":"The Iraqi flag consists of four colours: red, white, green and black, inspired by the poetic verse of Safi al-Din al-Hilli: \"Our actions are bright, our battlefields are dark, our lands are green, and our swords are red with the blood of our enemies\".","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Iraq"},"photos":["https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/5._Lake_Dukan%2C_Sulaymaniyah_Governorate%2C_Iraqi_Kurdistan.jpg/500px-5._Lake_Dukan%2C_Sulaymaniyah_Governorate%2C_Iraqi_Kurdistan.jpg","https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Asiatic_Lion_Cub.jpg/500px-Asiatic_Lion_Cub.jpg","https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Baghdad_Convention_Center_inside.jpg/500px-Baghdad_Convention_Center_inside.jpg","https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Children_puppy_sulaimania.jpg/500px-Children_puppy_sulaimania.jpg"]}