New World Order.

The USA may boast a population of 300million, have put the first man on the moon and be responsible for Jimi Hendrix and the glass harmonica but does that mean we're the best? Dixe Wills guides you through the weird world of the nation state from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe looking at flags, money, history, national anthems and popular misconceptions. Guaranteed to make you laugh at world geography like you never knew you could.

Dixe Wills is the author of Places to Hide and The Z to Z of Great Britain, both of which remain the benchmarks of their respective genres. He writes a monthly column for culture magazine Third Way, and bangs out the occasional Strindberg adaptation for the stage in a largely doomed attempt to appear deep and mysterious.