The photos you find in SD show a variety in image and color which few other countries can offer. This is remarkable, for they are, after all, of a country that, in comparison with most South American countries, is very modest in size. And equally modest in the population of around 500,000 inhabitants. The question is: to what does Suriname owe its remarkably rich and varied appearance. To an important degree, the answer lies in the physical condition of the country. No less than 80 percent of the surface is made up of unspoilt nature in the form of tropical rainforest. The wealth and unimpaired seclusion of the Suriname interior, even on comparison with other tropical countries, spectacular. Naturally, the inhabitants and the culture determine the picture of a country and in this aspect too, Suriname has a remarkable wealth. In our present-day world, multicultural societies are a relatively new phenomenon. Suriname, however, formed a multicultural society before the term had been invented.