Ireland

The Republic of Ireland is one of the main places where young, intoxicated Americans claim to be from for some stupid reason. Known for its famous drunks, potatoes, pretentious modernist writers, and things which are green, the Republic of Ireland was getting pushed around by England until 1919, when the United Kingdom reluctantly said goodbye forever to probably the most adorable accent it had in its considerable arsenal. Every March 17th, the Irish and everyone else who feels they need a decent excuse to get sloshed on a weekday celebrate St. Patrick's Day (or, as the English refer to it, "The Day When All Those Snakes Showed Up Out of Fucking Nowhere").

Irish author James Joyce wrote "Ulysses," a 1,000-word book about what a smart fellow he was.