Gran Colombia

Historically, Gran Colombia was a large nation comprised of Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and Panama. It was very influential over South America and was ruled by the great Simón Bolívar after independence was gained from Spain.

## History

The idea of a Gran Colombian nation began by user davidschmavidbo during mid-November with the goal of making a peaceful prospering nation. Though in action the nation's capital, Bogotá was founded on November 28. 2022, and soon enough, the town began to grow. Two other members of Gran Colombia, ELCTGAMING and ehsodium aided the growth of Bogotá and were one of the main contributors to the birth of the Gran Colombian nation.

Gran Colombia was of course later formed on December 16. 2022, the same day the mayor of Quito, ItzErica joined Gran Colombia. Today, history is still being made by Gran Colombia, as the nation continues its upward growth.

#### Panama Canal Crisis

On January 2. 2023, player Zebone34 set out to claim land in the Panama Canal, creating tension between the Grand Colombian government and the United States, their ally. Initially, the leader of Gran Colombia, davidschmavidbo, invited Zebone34 to Bogotá for negotiations of a Panama canal leave. Zebone34 and davidschmavidbo came to agree on an exit of Panama for $100, and Zebone34 unclaimed land within the Panama canal and withdrew.

However, on January 3. 2023, Zebone34 changed their mind and reoccupied the Panama Canal, stating they were "stupid to accept the $100 deal." This caused tensions to explode between both nations and talks of war began to be thrown around.

Due to the tensions rising within the government, the leader of Gran Colombia, davidschmavidbo went ahead to discuss and report this problem to their first ally, the Republic of Amazon. The leader of Amazon, KDK10 suggested that the two nations would form a union, making Gran Colombia and autonomous province of the Republic of Amazon.

After the two leaders held a nation-wide referendum in both nations, both of them being overwhelmingly in favor, they decided to go forth with the plans, and thus, Gran Colombia joined the Republic of Amazon.

### Towns

**List of Towns:**
 Quito

### Leaders

As Gran Colombia is of course a Federative Republic, Gran Colombia is divided by federal government and provincial government. Every province and town gets a say in Gran Colombian politics, with the President being head of the federal government, and mayors being leaders of provincial/urban governments. Citizens may vote in policies and certain policies may be brought up to the federal government from mayors for voting.

### Beliefs and Ideology

Gran Colombia is a mainly-catholic nation with soon-to-be churches across the nation. Though on the political side, there does seem to be division between staying economically strong and independent and friendly, globalist trade unions. In fact, many policies brought up to the federal government in Bogotá have been turned down as the people of the nation wish to remain with the nation not relying on any trade networks.

### Claims

Gran Colombia spans all the way through northern South America, and seeps in the south of Central America. It shares a border with the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and has quite an expanded coastline. The nation is also located mainly within the Amazon Rainforest, and has some parts of the Amazon River flowing inside of it. The land area claimed by Gran Colombia is highlighted in blue. (Note: the map may change at any point due to overpopulation or changes in the nation.)

## Foreign Affairs

Gran Colombia is a friendly nation, yet quite unknown on the global scale. Due to joining the Republic of Amazon as an autonomous province, they automatically were included within the Hanseatic League, which Amazon was a part of for a long time by then, and thus, their diplomacy has expanded further than the continent they lay on.

### Alliances

Gran Colombia is a peaceful pacifist nation, although diplomacy is important. One of the first nations to work with Gran Colombia would be the Republic of Amazon. Their diplomacy was discussed even before the nation was founded. Today though, Gran Colombia has also expanded their diplomacy outside of South America with connections in the United States and Iceland.