WESTERN SAHARA- The single poorest country in the world. no one here has any money, there is no government, and there is no law.  The roads in Western Sahara aren't paved, there are no true major es, in truth this region is the land that time through away.  Not that there was much here to begin with, the whole country is nothing but desert, with a very few scattered oasis'.  The people who do live here are nomadic tribes, wandering the sands for survival.  While many of the tribes have a history of aggression, real conflict is rare, mainly since none of the tribes can afford it.  Still the war chief mentality is in full effect and tensions are running high as food and water grow short due to drought.  Western Sahara is one of the harshest places on earth.  You can easily dy of heat exhaustian and dehydration during the day, you can freeze to death at night.  It is a wasteland, unfit for even the scorpions, vipers, and asps.  Tourists, while free to do so, are strictly advised not to travel here as the only real business going in the Sahara is the slave trade.  And since there is no law and little EDF presence in the interior you will be traveling completely at your own risk.

The EDF patrols the area with free reign.   And while the EDF has no official jurisdiction, since there is no government whatsoever there is no one to protest.  Whats odd is that they haven't simply let Morroco and/or Mauritania  claim the Western Sahara for themselves, opting instead to keep it as a free territory.  There is word in the region of forming a government in which each of the tribes is represented, with one man elected to act as the president.  On the surface nothing about this seems out of the ordinary, until however you learn that the EEC is secretly funding the entire movement.   Whats clear is that the one with the EEC backing is going to become a very important player.  Rumors also fly of Algerian influence among the more splintered and discontented tribes.   Still the EDF is the only true power in the region, and they patrol the borders fiercely.