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Albania

Enver Hoxha ruled Albania from 1944 to 1985 and prepared for an attack that never came. Many of his bunkers are now cafes, bars, museums and even a hotel.

Five things to know about Albania

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Albania, on the Adriatic Sea, between Montenegro and Greece. See Albania on a map.
  2. Its capital is Tirana, and the heel of Italy is less than 80 km away across the sea.
  3. Its flag is a black two-headed eagle on a plain red field.
  4. Its people call their homeland Shqipëria, often explained as 'land of the eagles'.
  5. Its ruler feared invasion so much that he had more than 170,000 concrete bunkers built across the country.

Every line on this page is a clue or a fact from Geodar, drafted with AI and checked against a source. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.