Chile

Flag of Chile

**Chile** Officially the **Republic of Chile** is a long costal country on the west coast of the andes mountains. Chile like much of south america is a Unitary Presidential Republic with the president being both head of state and head of government. Chile has fought against Argentina and Bolivia recently in the Patagonian War with resulted in the ousting of the syndicalist government and the loss of the southern extreme of the country. Chile was formed during the Latin American Wars of Independence being declared on the 12th February 1818. Chile did not fight in the Second Weltkrieg as possibly the farthest country from any of the combat of the war. Chile's revolutionary fervor did not stop at the end of the Patagonian war and thus Chile has been controlled by the popular liberal candidate Arturo Alessandri ever since the end of the war. Thus Chile aligns with Brazil in the South American cold war and it thus aligns with the Entente.

## History

Chile in 1936 was not exactly the type of democracy it is today. Rather Chile was a syndicalist nation trying to spread the flames of the revolution across south America establishing more syndicalist nations. However unlike in France, Britain, and Italy, Chile did not fall into the trap of the totalists and thus was able to remain a workers paradise for several more years. When Black Monday came the relatively isolated economies of the Syndicalist nations barely felt a thing and Chile would spend these years industrializing while the rest of South America was hit with a wave of coups and attempted coups. Chile would also begin making plans with its neighbor and puppet state Patagonia to continue to spread the revolution to the rest of Argentina witch had undergone a coup in 1935 and was tightening its rule over its country. Chile and Argentina would attempt negotiation at Montevideo in a last ditch attempt to prevent fighting as neither side wished to fight a full blown war. However negotiations fell through rather quickly and Argentina declared war on Patagonia. Chile would declare war to protect is puppet state and Paraguay would take the opportunity to attack Argentina. This brought Bolivia into the war. Chile was in a very precarious situation given that it would have to manage a very long front line and would effectively have its back to the coast, however the war starting in winter gave time for the Chileans to prepare. However Patagonia did not have the same luck and it was quickly overrun by Argentine trucks. When the winter ended the Chileans did not believe that the Argentines would attempt to cross the andes mountains given the logistical challenges of such an operation. However they were wrong to assume that the Argentines would not attempt something so drastic as thousands of Argentine troops would cross in the few passes in the mountains and from there they would cut chilean forces piecemeal. Chile would lose most of its army and would be forced to surrender after the Battle of Santiago. A treaty was to be signed in Buenos Aries and one of the big questions was to be the fate of Chile. Initially the plans was to puppet Chile but Chile would end up making a deal with Argentina. Chile would demilitarize itself and the passes in exchange for keeping its independence. Argentina who did not want to have to garrison Chile would agree with this, however it would still demand the removal of the Syndicalist government. Chile accepted and would be turned back into a republic only a few months before the election was scheduled to start. It was there that a young and popular candidate was found, Artuto Alessandri a liberal candidate that still aligned with the wishes of the people but was not a Socialist or Social democrat. He would reform Chile into a mostly export and trade country throughout the Second Weltkrieg as he became ever more popular. However with the outbreak of the Ecuadorian-Peruvian war, Chile would break out of its isolation by sending over equipment left over from the Patagonian war. This combined with the support of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela was able to prevent the Peruvians from advancing leading to a draw as the conclusion of war. With the End of the Second Weltkrieg a wave of socialists and syndicalists have fled France and Britain to both Chile and Mexico for their more syndicalist alignment and it seems that the Social democratic party will gain far more popularity in the next election.

## Military

Given the rules of the Treaty of Montevideo, Chile is not allowed to have a substantial military and only a token force for defense. The Chilean army is the only really respectable force within the Chilean military and while it would definitely lose a war, it will be able to last a tad bit longer than in the Patagonian war. Chile's navy was also reduced but not as badly as its army given that it didn't do much during the war. Chile is forbidden from having an air force until 1950.