South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the country in . It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline that stretch along the and ; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the , and the located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a , with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over , the country is the world's and covers an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres (471,445 sq mi). South Africa has three , with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in , , and respectively. The is .
About 80% of the population are . The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (), Asian ( and ), and multiracial () ancestry. South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide , , and . Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the 's recognition of 11 official languages, the fourth-highest number in the world. According to the 2011 census, the two most spoken first languages are (22.7%) and (16.0%). The two next ones are of European origin: (13.5%) developed from and serves as the first language of most Coloured and White South Africans; (9.6%) reflects the legacy of British colonialism and is commonly used in public and commercial life.
The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a , and have been held for almost a century. However, the vast majority of Black South Africans were not until 1994. During the 20th century, the black majority sought to claim more rights from the dominant white minority, which played a large role in the country's recent and politics. The imposed in 1948, institutionalising previous . After a by the and other anti-apartheid activists both inside and outside the country, the repeal of discriminatory laws began in the mid-1980s. Since 1994, all ethnic and linguistic groups have held political representation in the country's , which comprises a and . South Africa is often referred to as the "" to describe the country's multicultural diversity, especially in the wake of apartheid.
South Africa is a in international affairs; it maintains significant and is a member of both the and the . It is a , ranking 109th on the , the 7th highest on the continent. It has been classified by the as a and has the in Africa and the most industrialized, technologically advanced economy in Africa overall as well as the . South Africa has the most in Africa. Since the end of apartheid, government accountability and quality of life have substantially improved. However, , poverty and remain widespread, with about two-fifths of the total population being unemployed as of 2021, while some three-fifths of the population lived under the poverty line in 2014 and a quarter under $2.15 a day.
== Mappers from South Africa ==
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== List of fictive nations located in South Africa ==
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== Future ==
=== Zarexian Mapper ===
The South African case is difficult once. On the one hand, it's a prime example of progress in Africa, but if you dive deeper the weeds created by decades of apartheid are far from gone. The fact that three-fifths of South Africans live in poverty and two-fifths are unemployed in the 39th largest economy says a lot about the country's stark contrasts and especially towards groups that have been discriminated against for decades. The rainbow nation is, as the name suggests, a country consisting of wildly mixed up ethnic groups which could only come together through , first by the and then by the British. With all the problems the country is going through, it would not surprise me that a or breaks out in the country, or that the nation into its individual parts.
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Category:Countries in Southern Africa