An emerging country is when 2 or more country's are bunched into each other otherwise they are emerging. Hope this helps :).
Our dreams are important steps to have such dreams and nightmares, they infect our sleep and such also our lives.
(sorry i tried i'm not good at this)
Even though it could appear that Jamie is the one who tells the story, it is actually The narrator who tells it. Hope this works for you
Its a metaphor......................
"in the past" makes the most sense here :)