The world’s two billion-person nations continue to stick to one time zone each.
Tag Archives: time zones
Nine Time Zones: A Trace of American Empire?
How the United States ended up with one of the highest numbers of time zones for a single country.
Clocking Russia from East to West
The world’s largest country has 11 time zones across its hemispheric span.
France: Global Time Zone Leader
No longer a prime meridian country, the former empire still reigns with a dozen time zones.
Russia’s Amber Waves of Grain
Being the largest country by land area helps keep Russia one of the world’s big breadbowl economies.























