POPULATION:
23 Million
LITERACY RATE:
67%
SELF DEFENSE FORCES:
 EDF, Tanzanian Military,
LANGUAGES:
 Swahili (official; widely understood and generally used for communication between
ethnic groups and is used in primary education), English (official; primary language of commerce, administration, and
higher education) 
ETHNIC GROUPS:
Masai, Kikyu, Kmaba, Luhya, Kisii
BORDERING COUNTRIES:
Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia 
Tanzania- Of all the countries under Euro influence in Africa, Tanzania is the best place to find yourself.   The EEC didn't have to fight to get control, they simply bought it. Originally it was the ESA's construction of the Kilimanjaro Massdriver and the mass hiring of the people to serve as orbital workgangers that was the cause of such good relations between Tanzania and the EEC.  Then European businesses started moving in, bringing up the economy.  In 2019 the EEC ruled that the ESA could not be excluded from government influence and the massdriver and spaceports were brought under EEC regulation.  The EDF has a strong presence here, but works amicably alongside Tanzania's own military forces.  Education reforms in the country have been vast, and now Tanzania boasts one of the highest literacy rates in all of Africa.

Tanzania is beautiful, relatively safe, and extremely popular with tourists, whose trade also boosts the nationwide econom of the country.  One of the reasons the tourist trade is so successful here is that most of the country is still wild, and set aside as a protected national parkland.  The wildlife here is flourishing, the air is clean, and safari trips have become all the rage for the wealthy in Japan, Europe and America.  The  island paradise of Zanzibar is also among one of the best places in the world to get away.  All these wonders plus the protection of the EDF make it an ideal vacation spot.

The people of Tanzania are prospering better than they have in the history of their country, still not everyone is happy.  Rebel groups opposed to the EDF presence have started to spring up, and actively engage EDF troops on patrol.  The leading cause of dissidence among the rebels is the rumors of what happens to the workgangers, added fuel to the fire is the fact that no one hired as a workganger is ever seen again.
 
 

(Written by Deric "D" Bernier)