Worth knowing
Tunisia
The pit house used as Luke Skywalker's home in the first Star Wars film is real. It is in the town of Matmata, and it is a hotel where fans can sleep underground.
Where its story happens
Matmata, at 33.54°N, 9.97°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 Tunisia
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.
- Where it is. It's Tunisia, on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, between Algeria and Libya. See Tunisia on a map.
- The ruins of Carthage, the great rival of ancient Rome and home of Hannibal, lie beside its capital.
- Luke Skywalker's desert home planet was filmed here and borrows its name from one of its towns.
- In its south, people have long lived underground, in rooms dug into the walls of open pits.
- The northernmost point of the whole African continent is on this country's coast.