Bolivia (1983: Doomsday)
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| Capital: | Sucre | ||||
| Largest city: | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | ||||
| Language: official: | Spanish | ||||
| Other languages: | Aymara and Quechua | ||||
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| Area: | 1,098,581 km2 km² | ||||
| Population: | 8,000,000 inh. | ||||
| Independence: | 1825 | ||||
| Currency: | Boliviano | ||||
Bolivia, officially Plurinational State of Bolivia (Spanish: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay and the United American Republic to the south, and Chile and Peru to the west.
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[edit] History
[edit] Pre-Doomsday
Prior to European colonization, the Bolivian territory was a part of the Inca Empire, which was the largest state in Pre-Columbian America. The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century. During most of the Spanish colonial period, this territory was called "Upper Peru" or "Charcas" and was under the administration of the Viceroyalty of Peru, which included most of Spain's South American colonies. After declaring independence in 1809, 16 years of war followed before the establishment of the republic, named for Simón Bolívar, on August 6, 1825. Bolivia has struggled through periods of political instability, dictatorships, economic woes and in 1983: global nuclear war.
[edit] Post-Doomsday
Following Doomsday, Hernán Siles Zuazo assumed temporary emergency power until the crisis of the global nuclear war had passed. Meanwhile Bolivian cardinals met in Brasilia, Brazil on November 2, 2009 to discuss the state of the Catholic Church in post-Doomsday South America.
By the late 1980s the emergency powers are gradually rescinded.
In 1990, the Andean Nations Pact (PAN) becomes the Andean Union (UA), a free market agreement between Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. All these nations are poor but all of them had had some sort of functional democracy for at least 9 years, in contrast to other South American countries. The creation of the AU marked a period of economic growth for Bolivia.
[edit] 2000s
In 2003 an terrorist attack on a Petrobras refinery on Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Bolivia, killed 80 technicians (both Brazilian and Bolivian) and injured another 142, cutting half of the gas supply to Brazil. The attack was credited to "Unión Nacional Indigenista", led by Evo Morales. Morales denied the attack and claimed that UNI is a peaceful organization. The attack was, in fact, staged by the FARC in order to destabilize international relations in South America and prevent the formation of the South American Confederation, as further investigations established.
The attacks, however, failed to discourage Bolivia in joining the SAC. In 2004 the member states of the Andean Union agreed that their organization should be absorbed into the new South American Confederation. Bolivia thus became a founding member of the SAC.
[edit] Government
Bolivia is a democratic republic, divided into nine departments.
- Beni (Trinidad)
- Chuquisaca (Sucre)
- Cochabamba (Cochabamba)
- La Paz (La Paz)
- Oruro (Oruro)
- Pando (Cobija)
- Potosí (Potosí)
- Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
- Tarija (Tarija)
[edit] Georgraphy
Bolivia's geography is varied from the peaks of the Andes in the west, to the eastern lowlands, situated within the Amazon Basin.
[edit] Economy
Bolivia is a developed country by post-Doomsday standard. The economic prosperity that happened to South America in the post-Doomsday world has made it one of the more wealthier and prosperous nations on Earth. With the breakdown of northern hemisphere industrial countries and depending on the imports of goods from those countries, Bolivia had to undergo a fast and unplanned industrialization process. Its main economic activities include agriculture, forestry and mining and manufacturing goods such as textiles, clothing, refined metals, and refined petroleum. Bolivia is very wealthy in minerals especially tin and lithium and natural gas. It also has a growing industrial section. One of the main problems in Bolivia is the geographical barrier of Andes Mountains that makes it difficult to improve the roads, railroad access and electrical grid. A network of pipelines in being built to connect to the United American Republic and Chile, the main consumers of Bolivia's natural gas.
[edit] Demographics
The Bolivian population, estimated at 9 million, is multiethnic, including Amerindians, Mestizos, Europeans and to a lesser extent Asians and Africans. The main language spoken is Spanish, although the Aymara and Quechua languages are also common. The large number of different cultures within Bolivia has contributed greatly to a wide diversity in fields such as art, cuisine, literature and music.
[edit] International relations
Bolivia is a member of the League of Nations and the South American Confederation.
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