Due to its religious diversity, certain seats of power in the country of Lebanon are reserved for members of certain religious groups. In a pact the country agreed (though haven’t always followed the rule) that the President must be a Maronite Christian, the Prime Minster must be a Sunni Muslim, the Speaker of the Parliament…

Since it’s a rather small country in land mass, Lebanon is the only country in the Middle East where there is no desert anywhere in its borders.