The minimum you must know

The Republic of Malawi was known as Nyasaland until 1964, when the country gained independence from the United Kingdom. It's the peaceful, eastern non-coastal country in Africa between Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania. But it doesn't seem non-coastal because of a large lake Malawi that spans nearly the country's entire eastern border, and became the country's name.

The country's name sounds very elegant in English, and it represents something beautiful in the region. But the first few letters have a negative connotation in Spanish. So the country may have a small translational nomenclature issue similar to Haiti's to Spanish speaking people in other continents. (Nomenclature may be even more of an issue for landlocked Mali in northern Africa, which is geographically close to Spanish-speaking countries in Europe.)

After gaining independence from Europe, Malawi barely intervened militarily in other countries, and only when asked by local governments. Consequently, the country is one of the more peaceful ones in the region. There were reportedly some ethnic clashes in previous decades that were resolved in the early 2000s with a declaration that the people there consider themselves once race now.

The Malawi economy is agriculturally based, and consequently developing. But there seems to be sophisticated governance. In fact, the President of the country, Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, gave a very impressive presentation about peace at the United Nations during the 79th session.

Malawi is at peace globally.