Split in two by an actual sea, which should be a problem but the food's too good to notice.
Fun fact: Taman Negara, its national rainforest, is an estimated 130 million years old, predating even the Amazon.
They built a whole ghost city on the border just to make South Korea jealous, which is commitment.
Fun fact: Pyongyang's Rungrado May Day Stadium seats 114,000, making it the largest stadium on Earth.