Fascinating facts about Burkina Faso

• Burkina Faso is a small nation in Western Africa, found to the North of Ghana
• It gained independence form France in 1960. It was formally known as Upper Volta. This is officially the coolest two names any one nation has had.
• It's in Africa so it probably has monkeys. In zoos at the very least. To be honest I couldn't be arsed to do much research for this one. I just like the name. It's fun to say out loud. Go on, try it if you don't believe me. BURKINAAA FASSSOO!! Oh yeah. It sounds like it could be a character in Star Wars, don't you think? Or a great name for an Indie band.
  
• It probably doesn't have weasels. It sounds too cool for that. I really don't have any evidence to back any of this up.
• None of this matters, because the name is so damn cool. Just look at it, take it in. I'm going to go now and just leave you with this...BURKINA FASO.