Ethiopia

"That's the most populous landlocked country in the world, Ethiopia. That's where there's food, weapons, jazz, Christianity, its history and archaeology is beloved by most Ethiopians, and yet, starvation, Eritrea, rebels and being landlocked made it what's all feared. Now things get out of hand in here."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The Wrath of the Nile

Ethiopia (/ˌiːθiˈoʊpiə/; Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ, 'Ītyōṗṗyā), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ, Ye'Ītiyoṗṗya Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk''), is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north and northeast, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. With over 102 million inhabitants, Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world and the second-most populous nation on the African continent. It occupies a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometers (420,000 square miles), and its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa.