Misc: Which country would come first in an alphabetical list of countries?

Questions

What is the Professor's only concern about his most brilliant idea?

Pronounced one way, it means majestic, another way, it means a month?

New England state mentioned in a Mark Twain title, he also lived there?

Ford Prefect's home was a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of _______.?

He especially liked designing the crinkly bits in fjords.?