Nigeria

From Gothpoodle

• Population: 440 million
• Aspects: Unstable, Controlled, Poor, Third Wave

The most important nation in West Africa is Nigeria. Nigeria’s regional influence is due less to its technological base than its large population and oversized military. Its government is democratic and has been reasonably stable since the mid-2070s, although the military is an important factor in local politics and has deposed the civilian government on occasion in the past.

Nigeria is undergoing serious internal difficulties at present. For decades, local politics have been dominated by Muslims of the Hausa and Fulani ethnic groups. This dominant faction is strongly Preservationist. Meanwhile, a Africanized version of Transhumanism has taken root in the mostly Christian Yoruba population, encouraging them to begin wholesale gengineering of their offspring toward several Homo superior parahuman designs. Violence between the two factions has grown more common of late, and a full-scale civil war with ethnic and religious overtones seems possible.

Meanwhile, Nigeria has often found itself at odds with the smaller nations of West Africa, particularly Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. Nigeria’s government has often used threats of force when trying to resolve disputes with its neighbors.