Chile

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**Chile**, officially the Estado Democrático de Chile, is a South America nation situated in the Southern Cone of the continent. Chile covers a vast area of over 1,835,000 square kilometers and is the home of various terrains, such as the driest desert in the world, the largest grassland in the Americas, and much more.

Thanks to it’s natural riches and smart investments the Chilean economy is a diverse, planned, stable and predictable economy. Thanks to this Chile see the highest GDP per Capita, standards of living, HDI and average gross salary in all of Latin America.

Although Chile used to be one of the most democratic and corruption-free nations on the Southern Hemisphere, due to recent events the country is now under the administration of an unelected government that has taken control of the nation with force. The “Junta Nacional” of Chile has been accused of bribery, corruption, and various human rights violations, notable mass murder and torture. The current head of the nation is Jose Augustin de la Torre, the provisional president of the Republic since October 7th 2051 (about 4 months from current time).

## History

### 2022-2030

Between the years of 2022-2030 (commonly referred to as the Federal Period) the nation was plagued by a stagnant economy and increasing cost of living. Between these years the economy grew at an average of only 1.34%, compared to the previous decade’s 2.03% and the 2030s 2.43%. Chile at this time also adopted the “Federalist Constitution”, a document which dictated the creation of more regional governments and the weakening of the central government and companies. This lead to the skyrocketing of regional debt, with the debts of some regions (specially the Metropolitan and Araucania Regions) exceeding $200,000,000,000, having to have the central government pay of their debts. Higher regional independence also lead to the increase of imports, do to the regions refusing to trade with each other since now they were busy feeding their own population. This had catastrophic effects in the Northern Regions, who lack quick access to water, this lead to a 46% reduction in the agricultural output of the nation, and the mass depopulation of the rural north. Alongside all this, around 2025, the constitution was amended by the Progressive Party government to make it so the winner of the highest % of the next presidential election would win, negating the need for unity and insuring the continuation of their rule over the country, as last election, the progressive party won with a 33% minority government.

This period is marked by massive instability, high taxes and the overall decrease in standards of living in the Nation.

The GDP of the Nation at this time was $342.4 Billion, and the population reached 22 million.

All of these factors lead to the ***Revolución con Honor***

#### Revolución con Honor (Revolution with Honor)

On September 18th 2027, the celebration of independence of the nation, 2.3 million people gathered at Independence Square, Santiago, with 783,000 in Victoria Square, Valparaiso, and ≈500,000 at Liberty Square in Viña del Mar. Around 4 Million citizens in total came out on this day to protest the government, to protest the taxes, the poverty, and all the failed promises by the government. Soon these protesters turned into rioters, who organized under the slogan “Denos devuelta nuestro honor, o murieras sin el” (literally meaning “Give us back our honor or you’ll die without it). By the end of September the rioters had organized into the P.P.R (Pueblo Para la Revolución). Soon after the start of October, protesters gather once again, this time outside of the “Palacio de La Moneda”, the seat of government of the republic, and breached in, sacking the place and forcing the President of Republic to flee via helicopter to Easter Island. With this, the P.P.R. declared victory and called for the repealing of the Federalist Constitution, the beginning of Snap Elections and the exile of the former president.

This marked the end of the Federalist Period.

### 2030-2040

After stability returned to the nation and the older 1989 constitution was reintroduced, the nation saw a boom in economy activity. Thanks to the increasing of financial activities both inside and outside the nation, the investment by foreign companies thanks to the P.P.R.’s Neo-Liberal and Free trade ideals, and the overall betterment of spending management, tax management among other things by the Central government, the chilean economy grew by 66.3%, from $342.4 Billion, to $569.3 Billion, surpassing Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay. Only being challenged by Argentina, a country 4 times the size and with a population 2.5 times larger then chile’s, and Brazil, a massive state full of natural resources and more.

This is considered to be a sort of Renaissance for the country, and the growth in overall economy made the country such an enticing home that it lead to a massive boom in immigration.

#### Immigrant during the 2030s

As Chile became a prime spot for economic growth, and with the nations of the world at this time being very aggressive towards each other, and thanks in large part to the government of Chile endorsing and actively promoting immigration to the country, the country was faced with a massive wave of immigrants from the following nations:

**Israel**

During this time the Palestinian-Israeli war reached it’s climax, and then, Israel lost. Just like that, the Jewish population of Israel was forced to once again leave their homeland and flee across the world. About 2.3 million israelis left the Israel during the first half of the decade, with most of them going to America, but a small portion, about 30,000-45,000 Israelis or so, left for Chile.

They were welcomed with open arms, as the Israelis were seen as a net positive to the nation, thanks to all the wealth they were bringing into the country and the fact they could mostly tend for themselves and didn’t require much attention. As of 2051, a total of 89,900 Israelis have arrived to the coast of Chile (bringing with them US$4.7 billion) , with the total population of Jewish people’s in the nation being around 492,900

**Germany**

Do to the various conflicts that plagued the nation during this time, including but not limited to: The German-American War, the Russo-German War, the Franco-German war, and the EU-German war, millions of Germans were forced to leave their homes and some of then we’re forced to emigrate to other nations, including Chile. During this decade, between 100,000-150,000 german citizens immigrated to Chile, bringing with them US$9.6 Billion into the nation. As such, similarly to the Israelis, they could mostly tend for themselves, some of them even opened major businesses, like the “Compania de Quimicas y Cobre de Atacama”, a company created by a German Immigrant in 2033, it is now one of the largest companies (est. value: $46,7 Billion) in the country, prioritizing in the mining of various metals in the region of the Atacama desert. In total, around 254,242 first and second generation immigrants have come to Chile since the start of the 2030s.

**Russia**

Russia in the 2030s and 2040s has been a very unstable place, with governments barely lasting 2 years before being overthrown, and with wars occurring commonly, the nation has been plagued by the deaths of thousands and the destruction of millions of houses. As such, thousands have left the country. Around 104,500 of these immigrants arrived at Chile.

While the German and Israeli immigrants were seen as a positive, the Russian immigrants are seen as a negative, according to some they are “Poor, Alcoholic, Job-stealing communist who only came to this nation to take our money and then return to their nation.”

As such, Russian migrates receive massive amounts of hate, and 7 out of the 17 Chilean Regions have refused to give them Refugee statues and life for Russians in the country has been made harder due to active discrimination, such as in job applying, rent proposals, and taking out loans.

All this actually lead to Russians being forced to flee the country, most of then fleeing to neighboring Peru and Argentina. As of 2050, 87,000 first generation and 11,340 second generation immigrants reside in the country, with only 34,000 of these having Chilean citizenship.

**The Arab States**

Just like Russia, the Arab states experienced various conflicts during this decade, leading to a mass emigration, which was encouraged by the Chilean Government. The emigrates were treated similarly to the Russia in a all ways but employment, they were payed just as much as their Chileans counterparts, which lead to the rising of islamophobia and hatred for the Arab population in the country, as they were seen as less experienced and less deserving of the money they were receiving. Over 500,000 Arab immigrants arrived on chilean shores during this time, most of them were given citizenship, and as of 2052, about 3.4% of Chile's Population, about 1.62 Million people, are of Arab ancestry, about half of those are related to the Immigration wave of the 2030s.