swap_horiz Iran Alternatives

1

Italy

Italy is a republic in southern Europe occupying a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with Rome as its c...

Europe Coastal Mediterranean Mountainous

9.5 Brilliant

2

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia consisting of four main islands—Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku—alongside t...

Asia Archipelago Island Mountainous

9.5 Brilliant

3

Spain

Spain is a parliamentary monarchy occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula, with Madrid as its capital. Its regions, incl...

Europe Coastal Mediterranean Mountainous

9.2 Excellent

4

Germany

Germany is a federal parliamentary republic in Central Europe with Berlin as its capital. It was divided into West and E...

Europe Mountainous Federation Unesco Heritage

9.0 Excellent

5

Egypt

Egypt is a republic in North Africa with Cairo as its capital, centered on the Nile River, which flows north into the Me...

Desert Middle East Africa Unesco Heritage

8.8 Great

6

Mexico

Mexico is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America, with Mexico City as its capital. Its pre-Hispanic...

Coastal Tropical North America Mountainous

8.5 Great

7

Vietnam

Vietnam is a socialist republic in Southeast Asia bordering China, Laos, and Cambodia, with Hanoi as its capital and Ho...

Asia Coastal Tropical Mountainous

8.5 Great

8

China

East Asian nation spanning vast territories from mountains to deserts to coasts with ancient civilizations and modern de...

Asia Coastal Desert Mountainous

8.4 Great

9

South Korea

East Asian nation on the Korean peninsula with mountainous terrain, Buddhist temples, palaces of Seoul, and globally inf...

Asia Coastal Mountainous Unesco Heritage

8.4 Great

10

India

South Asian nation and cradle of Hinduism and Buddhism, with the Taj Mahal, Himalayan mountains, and many languages and...

Asia Tropical Mountainous Federation

8.4 Great

11

Chile

South American nation stretching north to south with the Andes mountains, the Atacama Desert, and Pacific coastline.

Coastal Desert South America Mountainous

8.3 Great

12

Turkey

Transcontinental nation straddling Europe and Asia with ancient Greek and Ottoman ruins, Mediterranean and Black Sea coa...

Europe Coastal Mediterranean Middle East

8.3 Great

13

Peru

South American nation spanning the Andes, Amazon rainforest and Pacific coast, with Incan heritage sites and indigenous...

Coastal Rainforest South America Mountainous

8.2 Great

14

Morocco

North African nation spanning Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts with the Atlas Mountains, Saharan desert, and imperial c...

Coastal Desert Mediterranean Africa

8.1 Great

15

Tanzania

East African nation with Mount Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti, Zanzibar spice island culture, and diverse ethnic groups and...

Coastal Africa Mountainous Unesco Heritage

8.0 Great

16

Poland

Poland is a republic in Central Europe with a Baltic Sea coastline and borders with Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Ukraine,...

Europe Coastal Mountainous Unesco Heritage

7.8 Good

17

Nepal

Nepal is a landlocked federal republic in the Himalayas between India and China, with Kathmandu as its capital. It conta...

Asia Alpine Mountainous Landlocked

7.7 Good

18

Israel

Israel is a country on the eastern Mediterranean coast, established in 1948, with Hebrew as its main official language a...

Coastal Desert Mediterranean Middle East

7.6 Good

19

Jordan

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Levant with its capital at Amman and a monarchy...

Desert Monarchy Middle East Unesco Heritage

7.4 Good

20

Oman

Oman is a sultanate on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, with its capital at Muscat and an Ibadi Muslim m...

Coastal Desert Monarchy Middle East

7.2 Good