Bactria (Revolution 1)

Bactria, formerly known as Afghanistan is a Southwest Asian country located northwest of India. It is a free union as of 1996.

Statistics
Population: 23,000,000

Ethnic groups: Bactrian 38%, Pashtun 28%, Tajik 9%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 8%

Religion: Sunni Muslim 70%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, Psychedelian 11%

Capital: Kabul

Government type: free union republic

Active troops: 93,000

Defense budget: $283,650,000

Expense per soldier: $3,050

Industries: textiles, soap, furniture, shoes

Crops: wheat, nuts, wool

Natural resources: natural gas, oil, coal, copper, sulfur, talc, chromite, iron ore, salt

GDP: $22,379,000,000

GDP per capita: $973

Recent History
The government of Afghanistan collapsed in 1973, when republicans took over the country. They managed the country poorly until 1978, when Leninists overthrew the republic. However, many Afghanis resented the communists, and removed them from power later that year. In 1979, the Soviet Union declared an invasion of Afghanistan to defend what they considered to be 'a country begging for communism.'

The resistance to the Soviet invasion was great. Four major factions helped to resist the Soviet invasion for 10 years. Free unionists, supplied by the New American government, fought alongside the Islamic extremist group al-Qada (which was backed by the Saudi government), an Iranian-led expedition of Shi'a Muslims, and the Pashtun Coalition (a group of Pashtun tribesmen).