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Casi nunca llueve en el país más seco.

Casi nunca llueve en el país más seco.
It almost never rains in the driest country.
From Lesson 109:Superlatives (el más, la menos)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Casi nunca llueve en el país más seco.

Why is it el país más seco and not el más seco país like in English?
In Spanish, the noun usually comes before the describing words. To form a relative superlative like "the driest country", you use the formula: definite article (el) + noun (país) + más + adjective (seco).
If we already knew we were talking about countries, how would we just say "the driest" in Spanish?
You can simply drop the noun if it is already understood from the context. You would just say el más seco to mean "the driest (one)".
Do we need to add no before llueve since nunca is a negative word?
Not in this sentence. Because the negative phrase casi nunca (almost never) comes before the verb (llueve), you don't need an extra no. If it came after the verb, you would need a double negative: No llueve casi nunca.
Where is the word for "it" in llueve?
Spanish doesn't use a subject pronoun like "it" for weather. The verb llover (to rain) is just conjugated in the third-person singular to mean "it rains". Also, notice that llover has an o-to-ue vowel change in the middle to become llueve.

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