St Kitts & Nevis Medium Risk medium KN Saint Kitts and Nevis emerged from a complex colonial history shaped by Carib settlement, British and French expansion, and the wealth generated by the sugar…
St Lucia Medium Risk medium LC Saint Lucia’s history was shaped by prolonged rivalry between England and France, particularly over Castries’ natural harbor and the island’s growing sugar industry,…
St Maarten Medium Risk medium SX Sint Maarten’s history reflects competing European claims, plantation-era slavery, and an economy that later shifted from salt and other commodities toward tourism…
St Vincent & Gren Medium-Low Risk medium_low VC Native Carib resistance delayed colonization until 1719, after which Saint Vincent was contested by France and England before becoming British in 1783.…
Sudan Medium-High Risk medium_high SD Sudan’s history extends from the Kingdom of Kerma and Kush through Christian Nubian kingdoms, Arab settlement, and the period of effective British colonial rule…
Suriname Medium Risk medium SR Suriname’s history reflects successive layers of European colonization, emancipation-era migration from India and Java, and independence from the Netherlands in 1975.…
Svalbard and Mayen Lower Risk lower SJ Svalbard’s background stretches from possible Norse discovery in the 12th century to its later role as an international whaling base. Norway’s sovereignty was…
Sweden Lower Risk lower SE Once a major military power, Sweden spent two centuries outside war while maintaining armed neutrality and later developing a market-based economy with extensive welfare…
Switzerland Medium-Low Risk medium_low CH Founded in 1291 as an alliance of three cantons, Switzerland gradually developed into a centralized federal state through the constitutional changes of 1848…
Syria Higher Risk higher SY Syria emerged from the French mandate in 1946 amid repeated coups, later experiencing union with Egypt, the loss of the Golan Heights, and decades of rule by Hafiz al-ASAD…
