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Name: Republic of Chile
Motto: "Por la razón o la fuerza" ("By reason or force")
Anthem: Himno Nacional de Chile
Official Language: Spanish [1]
Ethnic Groups: 65% Mestizo, 30% White/European, 5% Indigenous, 4% Mapuche, 0.6% Other indigenous groups.
Capital: Santiago
Home of Legislative Body: Valparaíso
Government: Federal Republic
Head of State: Edmond Vizcarra (Federalist Party of Chile)
Population: 13,450,000 (approximate, includes Chilean Bolivia) 2% growth rate
Land Area: 756,950 km² (292,183 sq mi); Chilean Bolivia adds 307,600 km²
National Currency: Chilean Peso (uses $)

Notes:
[1]Chile gained its independence around the time Iberia formed, and the Spanish language is retained rather than Iberian.

Breakdown of Ethnic Groups - 1937
Chilean:................3595921........35.575% [1]
Basques:...............2254084........22.3%
Iberian:.................6570.2..........0.065%
Japanese:.............5963.72.........0.059%
Chinese:...............5963.72.........0.059%
Irish:....................172644.64.....1.708%
Atlantean:............545500..........5.4%
English:................546164..........5.4%
Croat:..................226924.6.......2.245%
Scottish:...............47709.76......0.472%
Greeks:................70756............0.7%
Swiss:..................154652.4.......1.53%
Welsh:.................29818.6.........0.295%
Arab Christian:.......477603..........4.725%
Arab Muslim:.........37905............0.375%
Dutch:.................29818.6..........0.295%
French:................303240...........3%
Italian:.................477097.6........4.72%
Jewish:................44475.2..........0.44%
German:..............357823.2.........3.54%
Hungarian:...........23854.88.........0.236%
Nordish:...............30829.4..........0.305%
Mapuche:.............454860...........4.5%
Other Indiginous:...207820.48......2.056%
Total:..................10,108,000

Embassies of the Republic of Chile
Embassies are sent to the capitals of nations Chile has diplomatic contacts with.

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ankara, Turkey
Athens, Greece
Bangkok, Siam
Beijing, China
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Berlin, Germany
Bern, Switzerland
Bogota, Colombia
Brussels, Belgium
Bucharest, Romania
Budapest, Hungary
Cleito, Atlantis
Copenhagen, Denmark
Cordoba, Argentina
Dublin, Ireland
Edo, Japan
Holy See
Hyderabad, Bharat/India
Gibraltar, UK
La Paz, Bolivia
Lima, Peru
London, UK
Madrid, Iberia
Manila, The Philippines
Mexico City, Mexico
Moscow, Russia
Ottawa, Canada
Paris, France
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Pretoria, SAE
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rome, Italy
Stockholm, Nordmark
Sydney, Australia
Tehran, Persia
Warsaw, Poland
Washington DC, USA

Consulates of the Republic of Chile
Consulates are sent to cities where no Chilean embassies are located, but where Chile wishes to have local contacts.

Algiers, France
Caracas, Atlantis
Havana, Cuba, Iberia
Hong Kong, United Kingdom
Illisus, Atlantis
Jakarta, DEI, Netherlands
Los Angeles, USA
Montevideo, SAE
Panama City, Panama, Iberia
Papeete, French Polynesia, France
Quito, Ecuador, Iberia
Saigon, French Indochina, France
San Francisco, USA
Tunis, France
Vancouver, Canada
Wellington, New Zealand, Australia

Relations of the Republic of Chile
All relations are set to neutral by default

- No contact
- At war
- Poor
- Cool
- Neutral
- Fair
- Good
- Excellent
- Ally

Alliances and Leagues
FAR - Ally, Excellent. Chile is a member of FAR.
ABC - Ally, Excellent. Chile is a founding member of ABC.
League of Nations - Good. Chile thought the League dragged their feet during the Andean War, but otherwise is on good terms.
GNUK - Neutral. Chile sees this alliance as a loose regional affiliation.
SATSUMA - Neutral. Chile has some tense dealings with the Philippines in the past.
AEGIS - Neutral. Chile has some tense dealings with Peru but was pleased by recent overall trends.
NATO - Good.

Individual Nations

Europe
France - Excellent, Ally. FAR member.
Russia - Excellent, Ally. FAR member.
Byzantium - Good.
Nordmark - Good. The majority of the Chilean battle-fleet is Nordish built.
Switzerland - Good, but little contact.
United Kingdom - Good.
Denmark - Fair
Germany - Good. Chile looks to Germany for several Army traditions.
Iberia - Fair.
Italy - Fair.
Ireland - Fair. Chile has regard for the homeland of their liberating hero.
The Netherlands - Fair.
Belgium - Neutral.
Coldmere - Neutral.
Czechoslovakia - Neutral.
Greece - Neutral.
Hungary - Neutral.
Latvia - Neutral.
Lithuania - Neutral.
Luxembourg - Neutral.
Monaco - Neutral.
Poland - Neutral.
Romania - Neutral.
San Marino - Neutral.
Turkey - Neutral.
Yugoslavia - Neutral.
Andorra - No contact.

The Americas
Argentina - Excellent, Ally. ABC member.
Colombia - Excellent, Ally. FAR member.
Chile - Excellent, we like ourselves.
United States - Good to excellent.
Brazil - Good, Ally. ABC member.
Canada - Good.
Mexico - Neutral to fair.
Paraguay - Neutral.
Bolivia - Poor to cool.
Peru - Poor.

Africa
Atlantis - Excellent, Ally. FAR member and main foreign military supplier.
Kongo - Neutral to fair. Associates of the Dutch, so they're okay.
South Africa - Neutral to cool. The SAE's war with Chile's allies earned extreme concern, but Chile wants to try to patch up relations with them.

Asia and Australia
Australia - Good.
China - Fair.
Siam - Neutral, little contact.
Persia - Neutral. Chile thinks Persia is a loose cannon in Asian affairs and is an Indian puppet-state.
India - Neutral. India's sales of military hardware to Peru has raised eyebrows but is not a cause for serious concern.
Japan - Neutral. The entire nation appears to be mildly insane.
Chosen - No contact.
Formosa - We're not sure what the heck is going on here.
The Philippines - Cool.
Armenia - No contact.
Afghanistan - No contact.
Azerbaijan - No contact.
Hedjaz - No contact.
Nepal - No contact.
Saudi Arabia - Neutral.
Tibet - No contact.
Yemen - Neutral.

Territorial expanse:
Written by Ithekro

Chile currently covers the western coastal region of South America from Tierra del Fuego north to and including the Regions of Tacna and Arica (disputed with Peru). Its primary interior border is the Andes Mountains. It borders Argentina along most of this border, Bolivia on the Northern end of the Mountains and Peru from the Mountains to the Sea north of Tacna.

Chile's claim to all of Tierra del Fuego is contested by Argentina, and dispite efforts to gain the land through diplomacy and warfare, the tip still remains with Argentina. Brock's note: with the Esquel Treaty, these claims were dropped and Chile has no territorial disputes with Argentina as of 1937.

The Region of Antofagasta is disputed by Bolivia as being their rightful coastline, taken during the War of the Pacific by Chile along with the Peruvean Regions of Tarapacá, Tacna, and Arica. (Tarapacá is not contested by Peru directly, though hints of Bolivian influence have colored Peru's view on this land of late. If Peru does not want it back, then Bolivia would like to add it to Antofagasta).

Chile also maintiantains control over the islands of San Felix, San Ambrosio, Sala y Gomez, Archipelago Jaun Fernandez (includes Robinson Crusoe Island), Easter Island, and is attempting to lease or buy the Pitcairn Islands from the United Kingdom as a forward naval patrol station (which it currently does by an agreement with the United Kingdom as part of their payment for coaling rights in British ports) due the to current unsuitability of Easter Island as a naval base.

Chile also has a (1926) disputed claim to the Paracels Islands in the South China Sea that has been mostly withdrawn in favor of League of Nations control of those islands under an Iberian Mandate. Chile has the only grave on the islands from the unexpected death to a sailor in 1926.

Chile also holds a claim to a wedge of Antartica between 90 degrees W and 120 degrees W.



Since the Andes War from 1932 - 1934 Chile has expanded its borders into Bolivia and the Gran Chaco. They however lost the Providence of Tacna to Peru for help in the war against the aggressive Bolivia.

[SIZE=3]Defense Companies of Chile[/SIZE]
The Republic of Chile has a number of companies which are seen as vital to national defense, are underwritten directly by the government or military, or sell equipment to the Chilean military. This is a partial list of those companies.

ASMAR - Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada
The Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada (translated "Shipyard and Arsenal of the Navy), or ASMAR, is charged with overseeing all Chilean naval construction, from keel-laying to final delivery. ASMAR also maintains its own engineering team, separate from the Naval Engineering and Construction Bureau; in this role ASMAR offers a number of civilian (non-military) vessels such as trawlers, freighters, tankers, and all manner of other vessels. ASMAR is also responsible for manufacturing torpedoes.

ASMAR operates four main facilities:
- Astillero de Talcahuano
- Astillero de Magallanes
- Astillero de Valparaíso
- Astillero de Mejillones

ENAER - Empresa Nacional de Aeronáutica de Chile
ENAER (National Aeronautical Enterprise of Chile), like ASMAR, is a government-funded company which started as the Central Aviation Workshops, charged with maintaining the Chilean Air Force's aircraft. In 1936 the group was reformed to start it's own manufacturing division, forming a strategic partnership with FMA (Fabrica Militar de Aviones) of Argentina. ENAER is building a factory in Puerto Montt to license-build FMA I-01 Buchon fighters for the FACh.

FAMAE - Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército
FAMAE is the Chilean military small-arms producer, also holding the necessary licenses to manufacture artillery and small-arms ammunition. FAMAE is capable of producing lighter artillery in small qualities, along with bombs and demolition explosives.

Oyama Pacific Ordnance Works
Founded by the legendary Tochiro Oyama, Oyama Pacific Ordnance Works is a company dedicated to manufacturing artillery pieces. OPOW holds the license to manufacture the 10"/45cal gun and has developed a 10"/L55 gun, a 15"/51cal gun, and 17"/48cal gun.

Valdivia Aviación: Valdivia Aviación is a smaller aircraft-manufacturing company which has recently branched out of sport-training gliders to start producing transports. Valdivia makes three designs that have entered military service - a one-engined liaison plane (Valdivia Condor), a twin-engine transport (Valdivia Twin Condor) and a military assault glider (VEP-11).

Austral: Austral is a company that designs and manufactures engines, primarily for naval applications. Austral has developed the steam turbines for the recent cruiser Constitucion and the carrier Libertad, as well as their turboelectric drives. Austral also builds diesel engines for nautical use. Austral is preparing to enter the aircraft engine industry to license-build engines.