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Somalia is a Tier III nation, located in East Africa 
, specifically straddling the coast on the horn of Africa.
Background[]
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia is a sovereign country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by three different countries and three different bodies of water: 
Ethiopia and 
Djibouti to the west, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Guardafui Channel and Somali Sea to the east and 
Kenya to the southwest. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland, and its terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains, and highlands. Climatically, hot conditions prevail year-round, with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall.
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Somalia has been described as the most culturally homogeneous country in Africa. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis, who have historically inhabited the northern part of the country. Ethnic minorities are largely concentrated in the southern regions. The official languages of Somalia are Somali and Arabic. Most people in the country are Muslims, the majority of whom belong to the Sunni sect of Islam. In antiquity, Somalia was an important commercial center. It is among the most probable locations of the fabled ancient Land of Punt. During the Middle Ages, several powerful Somali empires dominated the regional trade, including the Ajuran Empire, the Adal Sultanate, the Warsangali Sultanate, and the Sultanate of the Geledi. The toponym Somalia was coined by the Italian explorer Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti (1855–1926). Modern-day Somalia was controlled by the Italians and British in the years leading up to World War II. The British had a colony called British Somaliland while the Italian colony was called Italian Somaliland. During World War II, the Italians conquered British Somaliland in 1940 but were pushed out of East Africa in 1941. Remnants of these Italians defending Italian East Africa surrendered on September 8, 1943. In the years before the current civil war, Somalia was a socialist state. They fought a war with Ethiopia over the contested Ogaden region, appropriately named the Ogaden War. The Somalis sought to incorporate the region into a "Greater Somalia". The Ethiopians, under a socialist regime, were supported by the Soviet Union and Cuba. The Somalis then looked to the Soviet's arch-rival, the United States, for help. Somalia lost the war and broke ties with the entire Second World and Soviet Bloc with the exception of Romania and China. The Somali Civil War started in 1990 when armed rebel groups sought to topple the Somali regime led by Siad Barre. The United Nations intervened and eventually set up a transitional government which lasted until 2009 when the current phase of the Somali Civil War started. Radical Islamists once held a great amount of territory but have since been pushed back. In the recent years, terrorist attacks have destabilized the country further. |
Base Statistics[]
Economy[]
Somalia makes $313,575 income. $260,070 from tax and $53,505 from resources.
Resources[]
Somalia has incredibly minimal resources, only having 1.11 oil present in the capital, Mogadishu.
| Resources of Somalia | |
|---|---|
 Oil
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+1.11 |
Military[]
Somalia has a small maximum manpower of 65,357.
| Base Manpower Capacity of Somalia 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[]
Somalia is completely flat.
Biome[]
The Arid biome encompasses almost the entire country, except for the capital, Mogadishu, and all territory southwest of it.
Politics[]
Ideology[]
Somalia starts with the Non-aligned Ideology.
Formable[]
Somalia can only form two formables, these are:
Somalia also has one considered formable, which is 
Soomaliweyn, a relatively small formable that would include the two countries: Somalia, Djibouti along with the Ethiopian releasable: 
Ogaden.
Formable Modifiers[]
Upon forming 
African Union, you will receive:
"Triumph of Pan-Africanism":
- Base Stability: +5%
- Integration Speed: +20%
- Building Speed: -15%
- Manpower Increase: +7%
- City Resistance: +25%
Upon forming The 
Arab League, you will receive:
"The Great Homeland":
- Integration Speed: +20%
- Military Defence: +10%
- Political Power Gain: +15%
- Resource Output: +20%
Releasables[]
Somalia only has one releasable, the de facto nation of 
Somaliland. Somaliland takes 3 cities in the north of Somalia, removing the land border with Djibouti. Combined the three cities occupied by the country hold a population of 1,225,000: accounting for ~37.5% of Somalia's population.
Threats[]
There are many threats, some of which include but are not limited to:
- European colonization, especially
Italy and the United Kingdom who want to form the Italian Empire and the British Empire respectively. - Any Arabs countries attempting to form the Arab League.
- Ethiopia attempt to form the Ethiopian Empire.
- Oman trying to form the Omani Empire.
- An over expansive India
- Any African countries wanting to form the African Union.
Trivia[]
- Somalia ranks 5th on the most dangerous countries in the world.
- Somalia is one of Africa's most culturally homogeneous countries.
- The pirates of the horn of Africa are also known as the Somali Pirates, which the country is infamous for.
- Somalia had a removed formable, the Ajuran Sultanate which could still be formed even after it was removed, this has since been fixed.
