Azerbaijan in the house!

That's right, people, got me some Azerbaijan first-time visitor. Azerbaijan, first mentioned as a neighbor of Armenia when Armenia's first visitor came by, is officially known as the Republic of Azerbaijan. The country is:

situated at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.[5] It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. The exclave of Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, while having a short border with Turkey in the northwest.
Azerbaijan has an ancient and historic cultural heritage, most notably in the fields of literature, music, architecture and visual arts. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republicproclaimed its independence in 1918 and has the distinction as the first Muslim-majority democratic and secular republic.[6] It was also the first Muslim-majority country to have operas, theaters and modern universities.[7] But the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1920 as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. . . . Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence in October 1991, before the official dissolution of the USSR. 

Lot of ethnic strife there following the collapse of the Soviet Union, mostly between ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis. Whole bunch of people killed in what sounds like ethnic cleansing during a civil war. That sucks, but Azerbaijan is rich in oil and other natural resources, and is a rich agricultural region. Tourism is a big part of the economy, and, if the government has it's way, will be even more important in the future:

Tourism is an important part of the economy of Azerbaijan. The country was a well-known tourist spot in the 1980s. However, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the Nagorno-Karabakh War during the 1990s, damaged the tourist industry and the image of Azerbaijan as a tourist destination.[155]
It was not until the 2000s that the tourism industry began to recover, and the country has since experienced a high rate of growth in the number of tourist visits and overnight stays.[156] In the recent years, Azerbaijan has also becoming a popular destination for religious, spa, and health care tourism.[157] During winter, the Shahdag Winter Complex offers skiing.
The government of Azerbaijan has set the development of Azerbaijan as an elite tourist destination a top priority. It is a national strategy to make tourism a major, if not the single largest, contributor to the Azerbaijani economy.[158] These activities are regulated by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan.

Might work. The place is nice-looking:

 So let's give a big Eff You welcome to Azerbaijan. Y'all come back soon, and bring your friends.