Ecuador

Flag of Ecuador

**Ecuador** Officially the **Republic of Ecuador** is a medium sized nation in South America. Ecuador is a Unitary Presidential republic with the President having total authority over the affairs of state, but still being elected by the populace. Ecuador has recently have a spat with its neighbor to the south, Peru, over territorial claims of Peru on Ecuadorian territory leading to a small war that resulted in Ecuador winning with foreign support. Ecuador formed along with Columbia and Venezuela in 1809 as part of the Spanish American Wars of Independence. Ecuador did not fight in the Second Weltkrieg but was rather close to the fighting between German and Hawaiin forces in the Pacific. Ecuador is allied with Colombia, Venezuela. Brazil, And Chile as the Entente-Aligned block on the continent.

## History

Ecuador in 1936 was underneath the control of a conservative lead coalition and had recently undergone a wave of instability in the 1920s. However as Ecuador was recovering from this wave a new wave of uncertainty and instability would hit Ecuador as the Black Monday Crisis caused a massive slowdown of trade all across the world and Syndicalists everywhere became agitated. However Ecuador like some countries in Latin America was able to survive the initial kick of instability and its democracy would prevail for the time being. The Outbreak of the Brazilian Civil War drove many refugees into Ecuador witch would cause some instability later on down the line, but the difficulty of crossing the Amazon would mean that they were in small numbers. Many did not come unharmed however and diseases would rock the country. Ecuador would also be shocked by the outbreak of the Patagonian war and it keenly became aware of the lack of American protection and the fact that it had disputed borders with Peru who had recently undergone a military coup. Ecuador realized rather quickly that it needed to build up its military and elect a good leader and this leader would be Carlos Alberto Arroyo Del Río who would win the 1940 election. This would allow Ecuador to begin passing reforms and it was finally able to enforce stability onto the people. However the Oubreak of the Second Weltkrieg brought new dangers to Ecuador as the Galapagos islands were hard to protect and they were relatively close by to the Pacific Theater of the Second Weltkrieg. This was empathized with the Galapagos incident in witch a Hawaiian Submarine mistook an Ecuadorian destroyer for a German one. Carlos would win the election of 1944 and he would continue his reforms but it was clear that he was ailing and that a regime change would soon be needed if he died. However the nation would be distracted by this when suddenly in 1946, Peruvian forces would cross the border and the Ecuadorian-Peruvian war began. Ecuador would gain massive amounts of foreign support from the other liberal countries and despite Peru capturing most of the eastern end of the country in the first few days, Ecuador was able to force them back. Peru would ask for a white peace and the Treaty of Lima would be signed creating a Status Quo Antebellum. Ecuador would begin the process of strengthining its military in 1947. In 1948 Ecuador officially signed a defensive pact with Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, And Chile meaning that if one of them were attacked, all would intervene. This has created quite a scary senario once the truce between the two nations of Ecuador and Peru ends. Should conflict start again it would no longer be limited to just Ecuador and Peru, but it would in-fact be a continental scale war. However should this not come to pass the rising popularity of Tourisim in Ecuador is bringing in more money as Ecuador seems to be looking for new economic oppurtunities.

## Military

Ecuador has quite the formidable military force for its size, it was capable of defeating its much large neighbor of Peru, and theirs hints it could do it again. Ecuador's army is large and has been trained in fast movement for quick encirclements witch became key in Ecuadors victory over Peru. Ecuador has a small navy mostly to protect the Galapagos islands witch are in a relatively important strategic position. Ecuador also has a small mostly inconsequential air force.