The President Palace, designed to resemble the Washington D.C. White House is located at the end of the Green Water Boulevard. It is right behind the House of Ministry and surrounded on the back by a park. Astana is the capitol of Kazakhstan, the largest land-located country in the world. Kazakhstan (previously known as Eastern Siberia) is rich of natural resources like gas and oil and has been the last country to leave USSR in 1991. Since then has known a dramatic development attracting more and more foreigner investment. Most of its territory is composed by steppe, freezing in winter (temeperature can reach minus 50 degrees celcius) and burning in summer. However many people are moving to the capitol, Astana, attracted by the chance of a better future. In 2017 Astana will host Expo 2017 on the theme of Future Energy.