Montenegro

As its name implies, the terrain is mountainous and rugged. The narrow coastal plain is only 6 km (4 miles) wide at its greatest extent and less than 5 per cent of its territory is touched by the plough. Along the Adriatic, the mountains are skirted with vineyards, citrus orchards, and olive groves, some of the olive trees being over 3,000 years old. In contrast, in the highlands of the interior, cultivation is limited to isolated pockets of fertile soil whose small harvests consist mainly of maize and potatoes.