POPULATION:
2.2 million
LITERACY RATE:
72%
SELF DEFENSE FORCES:
 US  Armed Forces
LANGUAGES:
 French (official), Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi 
ETHNIC GROUPS:
French,  Fangs, Bapounou,
BORDERING COUNTRIES:
Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea 
GABON- Gabon is the wonderland of Africa, one of the expenxive countries in the world ripe with corporate trade and its pristing land a treasure trove for tourists and anthropologists.  Gabon was the third to   enter under US protectorship, and unlike most of the other countries did it not because it felt threatened or bullied, but more for the fact that it would bring in more money to country and eliminate the need for a full Gabonese military.  Film companies have flocked here for the cloud ringed volcanoes and lush jungles, as it offers all the mystique of the congo with half the danger.  Heavy conservation efforts have brought both the lowland and highland gorrillas almost to their former grand populations, as well as several other endangered species.  It is absolutely illegal to hunt anywhere in Gabon except on designated game reserves, and as part of the pact signed the US military strictly enforces this along with the national police.  All in all Gabon is on one hand one of the wealthiest most modern countries in the worl, while just outside the cities it is a virtual paradise, free from pollution, poaching, and waste.

(Written by Deric "D" Bernier)