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Chile Factbook (An Imperial World)

Mercosis
16-06-2006, 18:43
Chile


Head of State: President Jorge Montt
Type of Government: Parliamentary dictatorship

Capital: Santiago
Population: 2,963,000
Official Language: Spanish
Official Religion: Roman Catholicism

Territorial claims: Easter Island (Isla de Pascua)
Isla Sala y Gomez

Military
Army:
8,000 men peacetime
approx. 40,000 men at war

Navy:
3 battleships - (Almirante Cochrane, Huascar, Capitan Prat)
6 cruisers - (Magallanes, Abtao, Blanco Encalada, Presidente Errazuriz, Presidente Pinto)
3 gunboats
10 torpedo boats

Recent history:
Current President gained control in civil war 1891. Chile won war against Peru and Bolivia, the War of the Pacific (1879-83). In this Chile occupied Lima, the Peruvian capital and received the Pacific coastal region of Bolivia, Litoral, and an area of southern Peru, Tarapaca, in the peace treaty.

Geography:
2500 miles long and between 100 and 185 miles wide. Andes mountain range on eastern border. Central valley around Santiago is very fertile. Few north-south roads; easier to travel by ship along coastline.

Politics:
Poor relations with Bolivia and Peru after War of the Pacific
Good relations with Great Britain due to business interests

Other facts:
• Large numbers of nitrate mines: nitrate vital in production of explosives. Major exporter of nitrates
• Araucanian natives live in the south under military surveillance after several revolts

ooc: military based on information availible ie. not a lot