Colombia

Flag of Colombia

**Colombia** Officially the **Republic of Colombia** is a large powerful republic in the north of the South American continent, well known for its amazing coffee. Colombia is a Unitary Presidential Republic with the president having nearly unchecked power over the state, but still being elected. Colombia has not fought in any wars recently however it has been supporting liberal forces on the continent like Ecuador and the Brazilian rebels during the Brazilian civil war. The Republic of Colombia formed out of the Spanish American Wars of Independence in witch the famous general Bolivar formed Gran Colombia witch later split into 3 nations. Colombia did not fight in the Second Weltkrieg however it did support the Entente by embargoing the Third Internationale from its exports. Colombia aligns with Brazil in the ongoing "South American Cold War" and thus it also aligns with the Entente.

## History

Colombia in 1936 was quite stable and rich with great Petroleum, coffee, Tobacco, Bananas, and other tropical foods. However this made Colombia reliant on the trade around the world like its northern neighbor, Panama. Thus when the Black Monday Crisis hit the world, Colombia was not spared from the economic downturn. However the liberal government was able to keep control over the state and instead of falling to Socialist or military dictatorships, democracy was able to prevail in Colombia. The Liberal government would surprisingly work with the conservative faction several times to make deals to lift Colombia out of the economic crisis, marking a time of rare unity between Left and Right wings in a country. However Colombia's neighbor Brazil was not so lucky having fallen into civil war between an Integralist and Monarchist faction versus a Democratic faction. Columbia would support the liberal faction giving them places to hide and also suppling them with many goods allowing them to sustain themselves for several years in the jungle as Columbia became a key supply route given that the port of Belém was occupied by the monarchists. The Break out of the Patagonian War in the following year would see Colombia indifferent as to weather or not it should support Argentina in crushing socialism or if the Paternal Autocratic Argentina should be the priority target. It was decided that Columbia should be neutral in the conflict allowing it to play out naturally. When the Second Weltkrieg broke out, Columbia militarily decided to remain neutral, however it would decide that economically Columbia would cut off the Third Internationale from its exports, cutting off a key supplier of Cash crops to these nations. However this made the far left within Colombia more uppity however given their minority in the government this wouldn't cause much issue. During this time the Liberal party maintained its power over the government in the elections of 1938 and 1942 allowing Columbia to continue in its more liberal policies. However Colombia's time of peace was up and directly to its south another conflict would brew. Peru wanted a lot of land from Ecuador and would declare war on Ecuador beginning the Ecuadorian-Peruvian war. Columbia was quick to support its fellow democracy and former member of Gran Columbia sending over a lot of volunteers for the fight. With Brazilian small arms, Chilean tanks, Venezuelan Funding, and Columbian manpower, Ecuador was able to deal a crushing defeat to Peru, preserving its territorial integrity. In 1946 the Liberal control over the government ended as a wave of support came for the Conservative Candidate, and thus the current president Mariano Ospina Pérez would end up winning the election. However he would keep many of the policies relating to foreign policy that the previous government had, rather focusing on economics and Social policies. Columbia seems to still have a relatively stable future ahead of it, however the situation in South America may be about to come to a head, and if it does it will not just be a local matter, but a global one.

## Military

The Columbian Military is fairly respectable for the average South American country, having recently undergone large training exercises. Columbia has a pretty good sized army witch is well trained for the mountainous warfare sure to come in a fight against Peru or Bolivia given the prominence of the Andes. Columbia's Navy is far weaker but it is the interesting position of being one of the two nations in South America that borders both the Atlantic and Pacific, with the other one being Argentina. Columbia also has plans for an air force and is looking to purchase some from Canada or the French Republic.