POPULATION:	2 million
LITERACY RATE:	60% to 70%
SELF DEFENSE FORCES:	Bostwana Nationalist Army
LANGUAGES:	English (official), Setswana
ETHNIC GROUPS:	Kalahari, San, Tswana,
BORDERING COUNTRIES:	Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe

BOTSWANA - Botswana in probably the single most successful of the African independent nations.  Gold and diamond mines are in abundance.  Botswana was not always in such good shape, as frequent invasions by the Boers and Zulu forced Botswanan to turn to the British for aid.  Once part of South Africa and under Apartheid rule, Botswana regained its independence in 1966.  Soon after enormous diamond reserves were found and Botswanan  slowly gained one of the highest economic growth rates of any country in the world.  It was years however until the gross unemployment was brought under control.  Now Botswana is thriving nation, totally independent and self supporting.  In the brief war against South Afrca in 96 Botswana's main goal was to try and expand its borders, S.A. did not go for it and after limited conflict both parties called it off.

Botswana has also taken great pains in preserving and building back up its wildlife and woodlands.  One of the few places left where you can still go on old fashion safari as there are great game preserves spread throughout the country.  In 2011 Biotechnica was invited by President Nadjir to help repopulate the animals of the region, in some cases even bringing back extinct animals through the use of clone technology.  In return Biotechnica was granted its own compound some 20 square miles near Chobe.  The installation is top secret, and no one is exactly sure what goes on there,  But strange sightings have been reported in the area and there have also been mysterious dissapearance.

While generally a neutral nation, open to trade with anyone, the borders of Botswana are strictly enforced, and foreign military tresspassing is severly prohibited.