Geography Now Opening Lines - "L" Countries

"If you put [country] in a party and asked all the people to describe him, you'd probably get something like this:" "He's very proud of his Catholic roots, but I think he said something about being Maronite." "Oh, he was all about being Shia Muslim and loving Iran, he couldn't stop talking about Iran." "Oh man, he hated Iran. He told me he just got back from a vacation from Saudi Arabia visiting his friends." "He said he was like Druze...Like what's that?" "Oh! Nous avons eu une merveilleuse conversation sur la politique. J'étais surpris qu'il puisse me comprendre!" "Dude, he was a total, absolute party animal." "He said he loved to read." "He gave me wood, like literally he gave me this wooden cutout of [country] made out of cedar wood. So [country], who are you?!"