Algeria

*"The halfzies color backgrounds where one of the colors is white is gross"*

*--Sahil Shah*

## Eulogy 1

*By Cam Cain*

Algeria is a country in northern Africa

It is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab world

The northern part of the country is Mediterranean, while the rest is dominated by the Sahara

Twenty different dynasties have ruled Algeria, including the Phoenicians and the French

It has one of the largest reserves of oil and natural gas

The national soccer team has qualified for the World Cup four times, making it out of the group stage for the first time in 2014

## Eulogy 2

*By Gregory Severin*

Algeria is the largest country in Africa

Its location position in the Mahgreb region and Mediterranean Coast has given it ties to many civilizations and empires, including Phoenicia, Carthage, both Eastern and Western Roman Empires, the Ottomans, and France

Algeria and France have a pretty spotty relationship. France conquered it in 1830 and it became one of the country's longest-held territories outside la Métropole, leading to hundreds of thousands of European immigrants moving there. They became known as pieds-noirs, and got to feeling pretty superior to the people who already lived in Algeria

Anyway after the end of World War II and the French mandates in neighboring Tunisia and Morocco, Algeria decided they wanted to separate from France as well. This started a bloody, brutal guerrilla war between Algeria and France that lasted for eight years and caused enough internal strife in France that the government straight up collapsed. Eventually Charles de Gaulle, once again the French President, signed a peace deal granting Algeria independence in 1962. This once again caused a political crisis in France, but evidently one of those happens every week

Modern Algeria didn't become a democracy until 1989, but even then the country's head of national intelligence was basically pulling the strings until his resignation in 2019. The country was also in a state of emergency for 19 years thanks to a civil war that started after an Islamist party won a bunch of elections in 1990

The first African-born athlete to win an Olympic gold medal was Algerian: marathoner Boughera El Ouafi, though he competed for France during his win in 1928. Several Algerian middle-distance runners have been Olympic champions since. Soccer is the most popular sport there, and their national team is the current FIFA Arab Cup champion

Nobel laureate author Albert Camus was a pied-noir born in Algeria, and the country is the setting of his most famous work. Soccer star and former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane was born in, competed, and headbutted for France in international play, but both of his parents were Algerian immigrants

## Tournament

Algeria was defeated by Djibouti in Round 2 Matchup 25 of FlagVote after previously defeating Niger. As the 77 seed, it was defeated by Molossia in Round 2 Matchup 51 of FlagVote 2 after previously defeating Transcarpathian Oblast. As the 250 seed, it was defeated by Poltava Oblast in Round 2 Matchup 162 of FlagVote 3.

## Results

### FlagVote

**Round 1:** Win over Niger 7-0

**Round 2:** Loss to Djibouti 5-4

### FlagVote 2

**Round 1:** Win over (436) Transcarpathian Oblast 5-1

**Round 2:** Loss to (180) Molossia 4-3

### FlagVote 3

**Round 1:** BYE

**Round 2:** Loss to (263) Poltava Oblast 8-3