Swaziland, authoritatively the Kingdom of Eswatini and furthermore known as Eswatini. is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa. It is flanked by Mozambique to its upper east and South Africa to its north, west and south. At close to 200 kilometers (120 mi) north to south and 130 kilometers (81 mi) east to west, Eswatini is one of the littlest nations in Africa; in spite of this, its atmosphere and geography are differing, running from a cool and precipitous highveld to a hot and dry lowveld. The populace is essentially ethnic Swazis, whose language is siSwati, otherwise called Swazi. They set up their kingdom in the mid-eighteenth century under the administration of Ngwane III. The nation and the Swazi take their names from Mswati II, the nineteenth century ruler under whose standard Swazi domain was extended and brought together; the present limits were attracted up 1881 amidst the Scramble for Africa. After the Second Boer War, the kingdom, under the name of Swaziland, was a British protectorate from 1903 until it recaptured its autonomy on 6 September 1968. In April 2018 the official name was changed from Kingdom of Swaziland to Kingdom of Eswatini, reflecting the name generally utilized in Swazi.

Mbabane is the capital and biggest city in Eswatini. With an expected populace of 94,874 (2010), it is situated on the Mbabane River and its tributary the Polinjane River in the Mdzimba Mountains. It is situated in the Hhohho Region, of which it is likewise the capital. The normal rise of the city is 1243 meters. The town developed after the country's regulatory focus moved from Bremersdorp (presently called Manzini) in 1902. It gets its name from a Chief, Mbabane Kunene, who lived in the region when British pilgrims arrived. Mbabane was established in 1887 by Mickey Wells, on the spot where the Transvaal-to-Mozambique course crossed the Mbabane stream. It was announced the capital of the new Protectorate of Swaziland in 1902. Amid this time, Mbabane comprised of a couple of shops, temples and schools established by white pioneers. Dark Africans were not permitted to live in the town and needed to dwell in adjacent rustic regions.

Leontopodium nivale, usually called Edelweiss, is a mountain blossom having a place with the daisy or sunflower family Asteraceae. The plant favors rough limestone places at about 1,800– 3,000 meters (5,900– 9,800 ft) elevation. It is non-harmful and has been utilized in conventional prescription as a cure against stomach and respiratory infections. The thick hair seems to shield the plant from cold, aridity, and bright radiation. The plant's leaves and blooms are secured with white hairs, and seem wooly (tomentose). Blossoming stalks of edelweiss can develop to a size of 3– 20 centimeters (1– 8 in) in the wild, or, up to 40 cm (16 in) in development. Each blossom comprises of five to six little yellow bunched spikelet-florets (5 mm, 3/16 in) encompassed by fluffy white "petals" (in fact, bracts) in a twofold star arrangement.

The purple-crested turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus) is a types of winged creature in the Musophagidae family. It is the National Bird of the Kingdom of Swaziland, and the dark red flight plumes of this and related turaco species are significant in the stately formal attire of the Swazi illustrious family. This winged creature has a purple shaded peak over a green head, a red ring around their eyes, and a dark bill. The neck and chest are green and dark colored. The remainder of the body is purple, with red flight quills. They live in wet forest and evergreen timberlands. They eat for the most part natural product. It is found in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Their southernmost event is at the Mtamvuna River on the KwaZulu-Natal-Eastern Cape outskirt.

Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) is a standout amongst the best-known gazelles. It is named after traveler Joseph Thomson and is at times alluded to as a "tommie". It is considered by some to be a subspecies of the red-fronted gazelle and was once in the past considered an individual from the class Gazella inside the subgenus Eudorcas, before Eudorcas was raised to family status. Thomson's gazelles can be found in numbers surpassing 550,000 in Africa and are perceived as the most well-known sort of gazelle in East Africa. The Thomson's gazelle can achieve rates of 50– 55 miles for each hour (80– 90 km/h). It is the fifth-quickest land creature, after the cheetah (its primary predator), pronghorn, springbok, and wildebeest. Thomson's gazelle is a generally little gazelle; it stands 55– 82 cm (22– 32 in) at the shoulder. Guys weigh 20– 35 kg (44– 77 lb), while the marginally lighter females weigh 15– 25 kg (33– 55 lb). The head-and-body length is normally somewhere in the range of 80 and 120 cm (31 and 47 in). Facial qualities of the gazelle incorporate white rings around the eyes, dark stripes running from an edge of the eye to the nose, rufous stripes running from the horns to the nose, a dull fix on the nose, and a light temple.