Named after a desert that's been there for 55 million years, making everything else feel a bit temporary.
Fun fact: Its namesake Namib Desert is around 55 million years old, making it the oldest desert on Earth.
Somehow ended up with a language that's half Arabic half Italian, which honestly sums the place up.
Fun fact: Malta's megalithic temples predate the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge by over a thousand years.