Basic Facts

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The Republic of Gran Colombia



Abbreviation: GC
Capital: Cartagena (in OTL Colombia)
Flag: Horizontal gold, navy, and crimson bars

Ethnicity:  Primarily Spanish, with a Norman minority in Jamaica and some Indigenous peoples, primarily in the more rural interior.
Official Language: Spanish; Norman is legal in Jamaica, and indigenous languages still used locally.
Official Religion: Roman Catholicism; Protestantism unrecognized but tolerated in Jamaica, for now.

Government Type: Authoritarian Republic
Head of Government: President For Life, Rey Enrico Alizandro

Location:

-Northern part of South America and the Darien isthmus of Central America (historical Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, plus their historical offshore possessions; also the historical Brazilian states of Roraima and Amazonas)

-The Caribbean (historical Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and the Windward Islands from Trinidad to St. Lucia.

Neighbours: Peru (to the southwest), Rohan (to the northwest), UKA Bahamas and CSA (to the north), Spanish Puerto Rico and French island colonies (to the northeast), Dutch Suriname (to the east), Brazil (to the southeast),

Climate: A mix of tropical and humid equatorial; warm humid in the Cordillera

Lowest Point: The coasts, 0 m.
Highest Point: Chimborazo, Ecuador, 6,310 m.

Natural Resources: Copper, iron, manganese, lead, zinc, mercury and aluminum; silver, emeralds, and limited gold, platinum and alluvial diamonds; salt, suplhur; coal, oil and natural gas fields (latter not currently exploited or likely even known); coffee, bananas, cocoa, corn, cotton, wheat, citrus fruits, rubber; cattle, shellfish, fish.

Natural Hazards: Volcanoes, earthquakes around Colombia; hurricanes in the Caribbean; malaria and yellow fever widespread.