In 1994, 20 years after independence from Portugal, the country's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held. However, the transition to democracy has not been a smooth. Guinea-Bissau's agriculture based economy is among the least developed in the world and their government has a long history of instability. Some predict, that if the current situation in Guinea-Bissau fails to improve, the will army rebell. This could trigger a bloody civil war that would drive hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, spelling disaster for the country.
Guinea-Bissau follows a non-aligned foreign policy. The nation seeks friendly and cooperative relations with a wide variety of states and organizations.
Demographic Data
Capital: Bissau
Government type: Democracy
Government stability: 84.1%
Government efficiency: 31.1%
Population's support to government: 83.8%
Area: 28,000 square kilometers
Habitable land: 93.0%
Farmable land: 11.0%
Total population: 1,124 thousands
Population's growth: 2.4%
Country's development level: 2,970
Economic Data
GNP: 900,000,000
Industralisation: 22.2%
International funding: 2,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 560
Military Data
Technological generation: 1
Number of rebels: 101
Rebels development: 2,673
Rebels technological access: 2,078