Panama is a Tier II transcontinental nation both in South America 
and North America 
. It's considered to be the crossing between the two American continents, as it posesses the Panama Canal, which makes a way for the Caribbean Sea (The Atlantic Ocean) to connect to the Pacific Ocean (of course, excluding the North Sea), and as such, splits the two continents. The Panama Canal is one of the 4 canals in the game, and is extremely important, as most of the American continents are very wide, and their geography makes crossing them extremely difficult.
Despite this however, Panama is rarely played, due to being a relatively weak nation when it comes to its base statistics pool and geographical location. Despite having ownership of the aforementioned canal, the nation is almost always taken over by either 
Brazil or 
Mexico at some point during the game.
Background[]
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Panama (/ˈpænəmɑː/ PAN-ə-mah, /pænəˈmɑː/ pan-ə-MAH; Spanish: Panamá IPA: [panaˈma]), officially the Republic of Panama (Spanish: República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country in Central America, spanning the southern tip of North America into the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's over 4 million inhabitants. Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Canal to be completed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. The 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties agreed to transfer the canal from the United States to Panama on December 31, 1999. The surrounding territory was first returned in 1979. Revenue from canal tolls continues to represent a significant portion of Panama's GDP, although commerce, banking, and tourism are major and growing sectors. It is regarded as having a high-income economy. In 2019 Panama ranked 57th in the world in terms of the Human Development Index. In 2018, Panama was ranked the seventh-most competitive economy in Latin America, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index. Covering around 40 percent of its land area, Panama's jungles are home to an abundance of tropical plants and animals – some of them found nowhere else on earth. Panama is a founding member of the United Nations and other international organizations such as OAS, LAIA, G77, WHO, and NAM. |
Base Statistics[]
Economy[]
Panama, with no military spending, has an income of $208,122. $207,563 from tax and $559 from resources.
Resources[]
| Resources of Panama | |
|---|---|
 Copper
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+1 |
Military[]
Panama has a home guard of 20k infantry. Panama starts in the Volunteer conscription law, with a manpower capacity of 60,000 and a manpower increase of 400 every turn.
| Base Manpower Capacity of Panama per Conscription Law | |
|---|---|
| The following columns below present the manpower capacity from lowest (Disarmed) to highest (Required). RP stands for "Recruitable Population". | |
| Disarmed [1% RP] |
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| Volunteer [2% RP] |
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| Limited [5% RP] |
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| Extensive [10% RP] |
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| Required [25% RP] |
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Geography[]
Terrain[]
Panama's terrain is varied. It is mostly Hilly, though the tile east of the capital tile and the southern-most tile of the country is flat, and the northeastern-most tile of Panama is Semi-Mountainous.
Biome[]
Panama is entirely Jungle.
Borders[]
Panama borders:
Cities[]
Panama has 12 cities, including its largest and capital city, Panama City.
Politics[]
Ideology[]
The starting ideology of the nation is Non-aligned.
Formables[]
Panama only has one formable, the 
Patria Grande.
Releasables[]
Panama has no releasables.
Threats[]
- Any nation willing to form
Patria Grande. - Colombia wanting to form Gran Colombia.
- Brazil or Mexico wanting to gain access to the Panama Canal or simply expanding.
- United States needs 2 of your cities for the Empire of Liberty
Strategy[]
Defend forever and ever and ever.
Trivia[]
- The smallest city Rise of Nations in terms of population was in Panama, being La Palma with a population of only around 1,800. But since the addition of Antarctica and the city of Vostok, this is no longer the case.
- Panama used to have a second formable known as the Chibchan State but it was removed in an update.
