Sweatingrad

Sweatingrad was a large country located in South Zedici. It was part of many organisations such as the ZU and the United Nations. Sweatingrad was officially Democratic, although there was much corruption in the government by the rich and powerful individuals and companies in their country. Sweatingrad had a fragile economy which was reliant on the Zedician economic powers to keep it from shattering. There was a mass emigration problem from Sweatingrad to Charkao, with many Sweatingradians attempting to venture through the Chanurin Rainforest into Charkao. Charkao closely guarded its borders to Sweatingrad in 2063 due to too much immigrants and fearing a racial replacement. Sweatingrad joined the Reformation League during World War 4 and combined with Mossgriffin to create the RSM. The RSM then collapsed after World War 4 and split into East and West Mosatia, West Mosatia being former Mossgriffin and a Joshinstreet occupant.

## Brief History

Sweatingrad was colonised by Spanish explorers in 1645. There was a small amount of Charkaonese towns in their territory, but they were conquered by the explorers with no retaliation on behalf of Charkao. The Spanish explorers tried to expand their territory and try to take over Zedici starting with Joshinstreet, but they were pushed back by Joshinstreet legions within days. They began to realize that they could not take over the rest of Zedici and decided to take the land that they had taken from Charkao and called it Sweatingrad. In the 1600's, a large migration of ethnic Mossgriffins fled to Sweatingrad through an organised deal called Mosatia. Mosatia was the political name of Mossgriffin and Spanish controlled Sweatingrad and the deal arranged allowed the Moss race to have rights in Sweatingrad in exchange for higher taxing and forced community service. Sweatingrad was owned and controlled by Spain until 1774 when there was a successful revolution which made the country independent at last. The leader of the revolution and the first president of Sweatingrad was Eduardo Perez. Sweatingrad has remained relatively silent in international affairs since its founding. They did not get involved in WWI or II but did have a part to play in WWIII although they did not do much.

## General Information and Facts

Sweatingrad was classed as a developing nation by the United Nations. 85% of Sweatingrad adults are literate. Most Sweatingradians have a primary and secondary school education but only the rich and the very intelligent go on to have a university education, most who do have a secondary education travel to Charkao to have it. Sweatingrad has a HDI of 0.781, classified as high on the index. Most Sweatingradians live in high-rise apartments in the centre of huge cities such as New Sweatingrad. Sweatingrad has a fairly modern military with some older vehicles and technology still in use. 48% of Sweatingradians live below the poverty line, which was the 4th highest in Zedici. They share a similar culture to that seen by other countries colonised by Spanish Explorers such as Mexico. Sweatingrad was the second largest producer of cocaine and marijuana in the world behind Colombia. There are many marijuana and cocaine farms in the rainforest area of Sweatingrad where the climate was ideal. Drugs are shipped all over the world from there. The largest market that the drugs are sent too was the U.S., with many smaller markets that pay big such as Zaktopia, the U.K. and Canada. As of 2072, the tallest building in Sweatingrad was located in New Sweatingrad and was called Tim Tower. The shell of the tower was made entirely of cardboard and it sways in the wind.