Kuwait

Kuwait is a Middle Eastern nation that was on fire the last time anybody particularly cared about it (but presumably isn't anymore). Located on the northwestern shore of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait has a great deal of oil wealth for its relatively small size and, as a result, acts of aggression against it will not stand. An example of an act of aggression against Kuwait that was not allowed to stand occurred in 1990 when Saddam Hussein, no longer satisfied with just having a creepy mustache, decided to move on in and take that stuff. A constitutional monarchy whose capital is located in the aptly named Kuwait City, Kuwait's head honcho is Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Al-Mynameisofanimpracticallength. He has been described by Dick Cheney as "a pretty cool guy, all things considered."

This is the Prime Minister of Kuwait. I don't remember what his name is, but he sure looks pleased about something.

Iraq

Iraq is a [formerly evil] Middle Eastern nation that hasn't been an enjoyable place for anyone to live since about, well, a long time ago (Author's Note: A Google search of "When Iraq was last an enjoyable place to live" yielded two results, and they were both pornography). For many years, the Iraqis lived under the thumb of Saddam Hussein, a psychotic midget used car salesman who completely ruined the Tom Selleck Mustache™ for everybody (except for Tom Selleck). He reigned with an iron fist (well, really just a regular fist [full of chemical weapons]) until 2003, when an awesome guy named George W. Bush came along and boldly liberated those guys. As far as I know, they still haven't thanked him for that.

Dude had a throne. He was old-school.