Worth knowing
Poland
Poland's constitution was adopted in Warsaw's Royal Castle on 3 May 1791. Only the United States had a modern written constitution before it, and the date is still a national holiday.
Where its story happens
Royal Castle, Warsaw, at 52.25°N, 21.01°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Poland
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Poland, on the Baltic Sea, between Germany and Ukraine. See Poland on a map.
- Chopin and Pope John Paul II were born here, and its capital is Warsaw.
- Copernicus, who put the Sun at the centre of the heavens, and Marie Curie were both born here.
- Miners here carved chapels and statues out of salt, in a mine that was worked for about 700 years.
- In 1791 it adopted the first modern written constitution in Europe, and the second in the world.