POPULATION:
6 Million
LITERACY RATE:
30%
SELF DEFENSE FORCES:
 Tunisian National Armed Forces
LANGUAGES:
 Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)  
ETHNIC GROUPS:
Arabs, Europeans
BORDERING COUNTRIES:
Algeria, Libya
Tunisia- Tunisia used to be one the safest and most friendly places in all of Africa.  Its long standing amicable relations with Europe and its role  as the European doorway to Africa lasted until the Tragic events of the Mid-East Meltdown.  Much of the country escaped unscathed, but the southern portion was hit hard by misfired missiles from Libya and misses from the other countries involved.  When irradiated refugees began flooding into the northern areas of Tunisia the country petitioned the EEC for help.  The EEC already overtaxed from its aid efforts to Algeria sent what they could, but it was too little too late.  When refugee's started migrating en masse across the Mediterranean towards Italy the EEC reacted harshly and began patrolling the waters turning back the refugee boats.  In an unfortunate twist of fate in early 98 a confrontation with refugee boats and the EDF Navy came to violent resolution just off the coast of Tunisia.  A group of armed refugees had stolen a fishing boat and were heading towards Sicily but were intercepted by an EDF patrol boat.  Scared of being turned back the refugees opened fire on the patrol boat who in turn returned fire.  A stray shot hit the fuel supply and the boat exploded.  Unfortunately there were several families on the boat, including unarmed women and children.  Tunisia went into uproar over the incident.  Riots erupted across the country and any europeans on the street were violently attacked.  The Tunisian police and military attempted to control the situation, but when they failed to stop the rioting after a week the EDF moved in.  While on paper the EDF was only there to evacuate European zens, a news broadcast showing EDF troops shooting tunisians on the street emerged and the riots escalated.  Getting the last europeans who wanted to go out of the country the EDF pulled out.  Many europeans stayed in Tunisia.  They agreed with the Tunisians and disowned their home countries.  Governments on both sides tried to make sense of the situations, but public outcry in Tunisia was hard to suppress.  Finally talks began again and officially the EEC and Tunisian governments are on good terms again.  Unofficially many of the Tunisian people now despise the europeans, and several rebel and terrorist groups have formed.  Most provide aid and reinforcements to Algeria and the VOW.  There are also reports of boats loaded with explosives ramming into EDF Naval Ships and crashing into Sicilian harbors, rumor has it these boats are from terrorist groups based in Tunisia.

(Written by Deric "D" Bernier)