Talk:Deadly 2016: Panzerkampfwagen Schadenfreude/@comment-26031225-20161031173930

Republic of Colombia | Bolivarian Federation
 * Goverment: Armando Paredes continues to crack down on drug cartels, increasing military operations in the south even further. An unexpected alliance is also done with former FARC guerrillas, whom are collaborating with the goverment in anti-drugs operation as they have a vast knowledge of the rainforest areas of the country. Although this movement is not well seen by all of the population, this is starting to change because colombians are slowly seeing a positive change in their quality of life now that cartels are weaker than ever.
 * Military: Another 100,000 troops are recruited this year and now it is estimated that the total number of troops is above one million, with nearly 650,000 being active frontline personnel and the rest being reserve personnel. Colombia also continues to modernize by adquiring new equipment from foreign countries, particularly tanks, since they barely have any (hahaha no military stats for you yet because lazy).
 * Wars & Conflicts:
 * War of Nicaraguan Liberation: In early 2017, a terrorist attack occurs of San José, in the Costa Rican Autonomous Region. A person broke into a mall and opened fire against the civilians for no apparent reason. The perpretator was eventually shoot down by the police, not before killing 2 policemen and hurting another 3. The total death toll was 41 people. After investigating the case further, the Colombian goverment said that the terrorist was part of a communist nicaraguan group that attempted to gain control of Costa Rica. However the truth is that this was a false flag attack and was only done to get an excuse to attack Nicaragua, but only a few people in the goverment know this. After this the Colombian goverment demanded an explanation of Nicaragua but of course they denied everything, so Colombia decided to declare war of it in order to "make it democratic" and "guarantee the safety of Costa Rica and the rest of Colombia". 100,000 troops cross the border into Nicaragua and they quickly head to the capital, Managua. They manage to capture the city by late July, causing Nicaragua to capitulate. After the war some border lands are integrated into Costa Rica to compesate the terrorist attacks, while a puppet goverment is installed in Nicaragua.
 * War of Colombian Unification: Since Ecuador has refused to join us peacefully, the president Armando Paredes decides to declare war on them in order to achieve the ultimate Gran Colombia goal. However, he says that Ecuador is a corrupt nation and that they are supporting drug cartels by allowing their leaders to stay in order to make up an excuse since otherwise this war would be seen as pure imperialism. War is declared on May 2nd and 200,000 troops supported by 300 AFVs and an undeterminated number of fighter jets cross the border into Ecuador on the same day, making quick advances since the attack was a surprise for the ecuadorians. While the war wages on the mainland, an small expedition force consisting of 600 troops is sent to secure the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, in case some other country tries to take the chance and invade them. Meanwhile, Colombian forces surround Quito after heavy fighting, and Ecuador finally capitulates on November 29th. Ecuador is annexed as an autonomous region just like Costa Rica and Panama. However, Colombia is renamed to Bolivarian Federation in order to have a more inclusive name.
 * Venezuelan Civil War: Since our rebellion funding was succesfull we start sending support to the rebels so they are able to overthrow the venezuelan goverment. Although we don't officially declare war on Venezuela, around 50,000 volunteers join the civil war on the rebels' side. Adittionally, several armored vehicles and combat airplanes are given to the rebels, increasing their strenght and llowing them to advance further.
 * War on Fascism (Operation Baguette): Along with the rest of the world Colombia condemns the French support of ISIS and their fascist policies, however, Paredes decides to go an step further by declaring war on France and calling all the free nations to rise up against the French. Since Colombia is in the other side of the world, we can not do much but to invade their near colonies. Therefore, the French Caribbean territories (just like 2 islands in the lesser Antilles) are invaded and annexed in an small operation along with French Polynesia (that huge archipielago near South Amrrica). After succesfully "liberating" the peoples of the French Antilles and Polynesia, Colombia schedules a naval invasion of French Guyana for next year.
 * Economy: Not much focus is put into it but it is "good enough" to say the least. When asked about the economy president Armando Paredes "Uhh..well yeah we have a tremendeous economy...really good economy...now if you excuse me I will continue to make Colombia great again!"
 * Diplomacy:
 * China: We agree on buying Panama for 5 billion (however China still controls the canal) and it is annexed as an autonomous region, just like Costa Rica.