"The nearest country is eight hours away.
Japan's $820 million of investments, largely in Sakhalin, dwarfed those of the nearest country, the United States with $100 million.
Reasons include backing France because it's the nearest country and Romania because it would be funny if they won.
Wealthy merchants drawn by the area's sudden accessibility (one developer, Hezekiah Pierpont, described his property as "the nearest country retreat") constructed elegant brownstone and brick homes in Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, and other popular architectural styles of the day.
Total costs for a year at the University of Warsaw – including accommodation, cost of living, three return flights to the UK, and the cost of return travel to the nearest country comes to a grand total of £4,119.16.
'They're coming a shorter distance,' says Rose, 'but they still look unusual.' The kiwi fruit, now widely cultivated in the United States, comes from Italy (the nearest country after Britain).
Most communications officers were deployed close to the disaster epicenter: to the field, to the nearest country office, or to a combination of both.
Easter Island is only 63 square miles in area and sits over 2,000 miles from the nearest country of Chile.
It also highlighted that people tend to travel to the nearest country where the required technique is available.
First, proper camps should be established near countries that contribute most to the outflow of people; there, those seeking asylum can be assessed.
