Eswatini
Eswatini (officially Kingdom of Eswatini) is a country in Southern Africa, with its capital at Mbabane, and is home to roughly 1.2M people.
Its official languages are English, Swazi; the currency in circulation is Swazi lilangeni (L) and South African rand (R); people from here are called Swazi.
- »It is one of the world's last absolute monarchies.
- »The country was renamed from Swaziland to Eswatini in 2018.
Eswatini touches two neighbours: Mozambique to the northeast and South Africa to the southwest. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Mbabane is the administrative capital, while Lobamba holds the royal and legislative seat, a division between government and monarchy.
17,092 km² (6,599 sq mi), 155th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Kuwait.
Population 1,242,822, 158th of 198 on file. That averages 73 per km² (188 per sq mi).
Depicts a Nguni shield and two spears laid horizontally, with a staff decorated in widowbird feathers, weapons shown as protection rather than aggression.