Libya

Libya (: ليبيا, : Lībiyā, pronounced ), officially the State of Libya (Arabic: دولة ليبيا, romanized: Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the region in . It is bordered by the to the , Egypt to , Sudan to , Chad to , Niger to , Algeria to , and Tunisia to the . Libya is made of three historical regions: , , and . With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres square miles (700,000 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest country in and the , and the . Libya has the in the world. The and , , is located in western Libya and contains over three million of Libya's seven million people.
Libya has been inhabited by since the late as descendants from and cultures. In classical antiquity, the established city-states and trading posts in western Libya, while several were established in the East. Parts of Libya were variously ruled by , , and before the entire region becoming a part of the . Libya was an . After the , the area of Libya was mostly occupied by the until the 7th century when brought to the region. In the 16th century, the and the occupied Tripoli until rule . Libya was involved in the of the 18th and 19th centuries. Ottoman rule continued until the , which resulted in the occupation of Libya and the establishment of two colonies, and (1911–1934), later unified in the colony from 1934 to 1943.
During the , Libya was an area of warfare in the . The then went into decline. Libya became independent as a in 1951. A , initiated by a coalition led by Colonel , overthrew and created a . Gaddafi was often described by critics as a , and was one of the world's longest serving non-royal leaders, ruling for 42 years. He until being overthrown and in the during the wider , with authority transferred to the then to the elected . By 2014 two rival authorities claimed to govern Libya, which led to a , with parts of Libya split between the Tobruk and Tripoli-based governments as well as various tribal and militias. The two main warring sides signed a permanent ceasefire in 2020, and a took authority to plan for democratic elections, however political rivalries continue to delay this.
Libya is a member of the , the , the , the , the and . The country's official religion is , with 96.6% of the Libyan population being . The official language of Libya is . Vernacular is the most spoken, and the majority of Libya's population is .
== Mappers from Libya ==
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== List of fictive nations located in Libya ==
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== Future ==
=== Zarexian Mapper ===
The future of Libya depends heavily on whether the there can finally be ended. If this can be achieved, I see a possibility in the short term that the Libyans will rebuild their country and become wealthy by exploiting their large oil reserves. Here, of course, it again depends on whether the money remains in the hands of a few and or if it's also accessible to ordinary people. In the long term, all of this could be worthless, because if the continues to rise at this rapid pace, Libya will be one of the worst affected countries to suffer the consequences. A massive wave of refugees just like - but worse - doesn't seem unrealistic to me.
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