Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part by funds from the drug trade. Although the violence is deadly and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence, the movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government. While Bogota continues to try to negotiate a settlement, neighboring countries worry about the violence spilling over their borders.
Demographic Data
Capital: Bogota
Government type: Democracy
Government stability: 78.1%
Government efficiency: 87.0%
Population's support to government: 78.3%
Area: 1,038,700 square kilometers
Habitable land: 84.0%
Farmable land: 4.0%
Total population: 36,200 thousands
Population's growth: 1.7%
Country's development level: 8,400
Economic Data
GNP: 172,400,000,000
Industralisation: 72.7%
International funding: 431,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 4684
Military Data
Technological generation: 2
Number of rebels: 6,516
Rebels development: 7,560
Rebels technological access: 5,879