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[Magma]

Maybe it is nature-related. If we have to get native, what about native fauna?

Tried

[Hunting4Treasure]

[Bendover]

I was thinking that maybe something to do with adapting to the different languages, such as these failed attempts: A Berlitz Course and A Translator I think that some sort of translation tool is what is needed

[Lilian]

just thinking of vons clue to understand a country you have to go native and tried

[doublecross]

29th country!

[Rand0m]

*sigh*

You're right - good spot. Back to the drawing board...

Edit: are we absolutely sure there isn't a 30th? 30 would be a far more satifying, rounder number than 29...

[Stratman]

...ah, but it wouldn't be prime, would it?
Seriously though, good spot, but I for one still feel no nearer. Who would have thought a black card would outlive nearly all the Wave 3 silvers?
Good stuff!

[Magma]

Anyone tried UV light? I don't think there's any clues hidden on it, but I'm thinking that this card is so far past the spectrum in difficulty the border is actually UV (or maybe gamma) and thus shows up black in the visible spectrum.

[Stratman]

We have had lists of countries in their own tongue, the native languages, so just for completeness, this is the list I found of the native people's nationalities - demonyms. Not much help, as most are the same as the countries, but if you are looking the anagram route, it helps with the slight confusion around UK and USA.
Albanian
Angolan
Austrian
Brazilian
Chadian
Ecuadorean
Egyptian
Equatoguinean
Eritrean
Georgian
Guatemalan
Irishman
Israeli
Japanese
Jordanian
South Korean
Lao
Liberian
Mauritanian
Netherlander/Hollander/Dutchman
New Caledonian? (Couldn't find this one)
Omani
Russian
Somali
Spaniard
Briton
American
Uzbek
Guyanese

from
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030900a.htm

[bertyb]

[Rand0m]

I'm as sure as I can be that country number 30 is...

[Lilian]

Got fed up with this card so tried 3 random guesses.

I can now confirm that

[Hunting4Treasure]

:::::patiently waiting for ManleyM to connect the dots again:::::

[ambskunk]

Interestingly,

[Sirichj]

'Going native' as opposed to go native which was Von's clue, has implications around colonising Africa by the Europeans, it also has derogatory connotations.

I wonder if it has anything to do with imperialism ? Have a look at Conrad's 1899 book 'Heart of Darkness' which is about the height of European imperialism and the 'scramble for Africa'. Maybe the card is connected to civilisation itself? Europe saw Africa as a place not to go full of cannibals and uninhabitable terrain, so I'm lost on this one (as usual lol).

By the way I just wanted to say I think a lot of the answers by people on some of the cards are inspired and congratulations to everyone who has helped solved the cards the rest of us find impossible !