Been around for about four thousand years and still managed to build half its cities in the last twenty.
Fun fact: Used more concrete between 2011 and 2013 than the U.S. used in the entire 20th century.
Persia had one of the greatest empires in history and then did a full rebrand, which seems like a waste.
Fun fact: The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great once held an estimated 44% of the world's entire population.