Levi Voth has written more than 230 letters and he's received 27 responses.

 

Among the 27 countries that responded to the nine-year-old's request for information: Andorra, Germany, Brazil, Liechtenstein and North Korea.

 

"I'm always pretty happy when I get a letter back," Voth said, but he thinks his favourite response was the one fromNorth Korea, often called the Hermit¹ Kingdom, due to its lack of interest in pursuing² international diplomatic³ relations.

 

"I really wasn't expecting one from there," he added. "They didn't say anything, they just sent me some newspapers and some books."

 

Voth told CBC's Radio Noon that it has been a learning⁴ experience for him, "Andorra, I had no clue about. Same with Lithuania and Lichtenstein."

 

Voth said he got the idea from a book his father read to him, "I thought it would be pretty cool to write letters to all the world leaders."

 

"And at the bottom I wrote, 'I can't wait to hear back from you. If you're ever in Manitoba, Canada I would like to go for ice cream with you," Voth said.

 

Botswana advised Voth that if he were ever in the country, to visit the Okavango Delta⁵, which was listed as a World Heritage⁶ Site in 2014.Denmarktold him to check out Dyrehavsbakken, the world's oldest operating amusement park.

 

Voth said his next project will be to write to all the provinces in Canada and states in the U.S.

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