Ethiopia

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a in the . It shares borders with Eritrea to , Djibouti to , Somalia to , Kenya to , South Sudan to , and Sudan to . Ethiopia has a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres (420,000 sq mi). As of 2022, it is home to around 113.5 million inhabitants, making it the country in the world and the after Nigeria. The national and , , lies several kilometres west of the that splits the country into the and tectonic plates.
 emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the and elsewhere in the period. Southwestern Ethiopia has been proposed as a possible . In 980 BCE, the Kingdom of extended its realm over Eritrea and the northern region of Ethiopia, while the maintained a unified civilization in the region for 900 years. Christianity was embraced by the kingdom in 330, and Islam arrived by the in 615. After the collapse of Aksum in 960, a variety of kingdoms, largely tribal confederations, existed in the land of Ethiopia. The ruled the north-central parts until being overthrown by in 1270, inaugurating the and the , claimed descent from the biblical and under their son . By the 14th century, the empire grew in prestige through territorial expansion and fighting against adjacent territories; most notably, the (1529–1543) contributed to fragmentation of the empire, which ultimately fell under a decentralization known as in the mid-18th century. ended Zemene Mesafint at the beginning of his reign in 1855, marking the reunification and modernization of Ethiopia.
From 1878 onwards, Emperor launched a series of conquests known as , which resulted in the formation of Ethiopia's current border. Externally, during the late 19th century, Ethiopia defended itself against foreign invasions, including from and ; as a result, Ethiopia and Liberia preserved their sovereignty during the . In 1935, Ethiopia was occupied by and annexed with Italian-possessed and , later forming . In 1941, during , it was , and its full sovereignty was restored in 1944 after a period of . The , a Soviet-backed military junta, took power in 1974 after Emperor and the Solomonic dynasty, and ruled the country for nearly 17 years amidst the . Following the in 1991, the (EPRDF) dominated the country with a and ethnic-based federalism. Since then, Ethiopia has suffered from prolonged and unsolved and political instability marked by . From 2018, regional and ethnically based factions carried out armed attacks in .
Ethiopia is a with over 80 different . is the most widely professed faith in the country, with significant minorities of the adherents of and a small percentage to . This is a founding member of the , the , the , the , and the . Addis Ababa is the headquarters of the , the , the , the and many of the global focused on Africa. Ethiopia is considered an and , having the in countries because of in expansion of agricultural and manufacturing industries. However, in terms of and the , the country is regarded as poor with high rates of , poor respect for , and a literacy rate of only 49%. is the largest economic sector in Ethiopia, accounting for 36% of the country's as of 2020.
== Mappers from Ethiopia ==
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== List of fictive nations located in Ethiopia ==
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== Future ==
=== Zarexian Mapper ===
Ethiopia is going through difficult times right now. In contrast to most other countries in , I see them most likely emerging from the conflict as a or even a , because in contrast to almost all other African countries, the history of the Ethiopian state begins not just around 1900 and it makes sense that Ethiopia should stay together as a country. In the near future, the country will face , mainly from regions such as and . If manages to consolidate the state and ensure the prosperity of the nation, the will most likely remain part of Ethiopia.
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