The Laborwave Syndicates of Gran Colombia

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coal, natural gas, oil, cocaine, vaporwave Cd's and mix-tapes, aesthetic, hydro-power, emeralds, platinum, gold, iron, salt, uranium, zinc, phosphate, lumber

### Exports

also coal, natural gas, oil, cocaine, vaporwave Cd's and mix-tapes, aesthetic, emeralds, platinum, gold, salt, uranium, zinc, phosphate, lumber

The Laborwave Syndicates of Gran Colombia is a nation in the Extremist Map world. Located in northern south america, encompassing all of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and the Amazonias territory of Brazil. It is a nation like no other with a unique culture and architecture, inspired by a in universe art movement called Vaporlabor that was popular in the late 80's and 90's, this art movement was heavily tied with the revolution and the nations culture ever since.The current Premiere and head of council is Carlos Diaz, more commonly called by his H-pop artist name, 自由な Bolívaria Première. Colombia is known for having no laws whatsoever regarding the restrictions of rights of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as its elite and infamous all LGBT units in its army such as the Gay navy, Trans Cost guard, or Queer Air force. It also has one of the lowest average ages.

## History

Miami has been known as the capital of the Latin American world and has always had strong cultural influence over and from that region. In the 80s, Colombia and her neighbors where swept up in the the same hyper consumerist culture that gripped the people of Miami. While to the rest of the world this seemed to be a time of great wealth and prosperity for these countries, it was a hollow age of prosperity. There existed a seedy underbelly of crime, poverty, and sickness that was ignored by the powers at be. Instead they poured money into Neo-Classical architecture and sculptures to the model their capitols and cities after those in the United States, meanwhile the poor and needy starved. This growing discontent culminated on February 10th 1995 when anti-governement protests broke out in Bogotá and spread to neighboring countries. The Neo-Classical Buildings and sculptures built during the times of economic growth were transformed by street artists into pieces of protest through defacing their sterile white facades with bright neon colors, Japanese symbols, and symbols of the consumerist culture that had gripped the country. By 1996, protest movements had organized and were coordinating online through chatboards, AOL instant messenger, and various websites they operated. It became collectively know as “VaporLabor” referencing a comment a journalist made about about their strikes.

“The laborers vanish like vapor in the wind when a strike is called. Not even the strikebreakers show up to many factory owners' dismay.”

As police crackdowns escalated, the organizers, who initially merely coordinated to deliver food and water to protesters, began delivering weapons, supplied to them by the Zapatistas group in Mexico, so that demonstrators could protect themselves from the police and the military. As street battles raged, a leader, former H-Pop\* artist Carlos Diaz, known by his artist name 自由な Bolívaria Première, emerged to lead the laborers in battles against the military. By 2001, the last of the governments in these countries had completely fallen and lost control. The last groups claiming to be the government were a few gangs who hid in the jungles and countryside. On May 11th 2001, Carlos Diaz was chosen to be Head Premiere of the Laborist Communes of Gran Columbia by the Labor Council which consisted of the most prominent organizers in the early days of the revolution. Despite the overwhelming positives they have done for the region's most disenfranchised laborers, it has been nineteen years since the Council and Bolívaria Première took power and many are worried that their power has grown too great. Although they have done much good for the country they will not be able to maintain power forever and must pave the way for the dictatorship of the proletariat to be eroded and for the proletariat to manage themselves.