沙皇俄國

沙 = 少 + 氵 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is selling bottles (氵) in front of the ashram (a1). Smiley (少) comes round because thon is very thirsty and buys a bottle, just to find out that it contains only sand (沙).

皇 = 王 + 白 : Just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2), the emperor (皇) is standing on Martin Luther King (王) and Helga Horse (hu) as they are weaving their white flags (白) in despair.

俄 = 亻 + 我 : As Einstein (Ø) is going to leave the elevator very soon (俄), in the kitchen (e2) Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and I (我) are trying to convince him to join Russia (俄) instead of the USA.

俄 = 亻 + 我 : As Einstein (Ø) is going to leave the elevator very soon (俄), in the kitchen (e2) Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and I (我) are trying to convince him to join Russia (俄) instead of the USA.

国 = 囗 + 玉 : Mnemonic symbol: a nation's flag. Let's say the Chinese flag.

In the observatory's kitchen (o2) Gitta Giraffe (gu) is practising her ballet performance. She got a whole crate (囗) full of jade bracelets (玉) and flags (国) and fixed one flag to each jade bracelet. This makes a perfect combination for throwing the ring with the flag waving behind it and catching the ring again after a few pirouettes.