Ríonegro (The Sky Filled With Stars)

To do- Write something about Spanish immigrants coming to the area (OTL Georgia) in the mid and late 17th century to escape Europe, attempted coexistence with the natives, eventual civil war in 1730, another one in 1738, a military coup in 1801, suppression of native tribes (sort of like 1930's Germany and the Jews) between 1802 and 1827, a coup in 1827 and the restoration of limited rights to the natives, native uprising in 1840 leading to massacre of Europeans, counter massacres lead to the proclamation of a Cherokee monarchy independent of the Spanish that collapses in 1865 due to instability and agents hired by the Europeans, further suppression of natives (especially their religion) ensues. Military coup in 1909, leading to civil war in 1910. Current constitution adopted after a coup in 1955. Attempt to expand south fails in 1962 when the army is trapped in the mangrove swamps of southern Florida and massacred by the natives. This failed invasion leads to mass riots and eventually revolt, entire government is violently removed and replaced with more populist candidates. Attempt by deposed officials to return to power leads to massacres, many problems are blamed on the natives, murders become common, Cherokee and Creek begin conducting guerrilla campaign against any European who comes into the west. This comes to a head in 1966 when the government officially abolishes the currency because it's completely worthless, at this point the chance of surviving childhood due to the disease, poverty, and war is under 20%. In 1973 the international community decides to intervene, some measure of order is restored, but the country collapses after the withdrawal of international troops in 1979 when the white and the yellow Cherokee start butchering each other, the north secedes, and three coups occur in a single month with the military eventually gaining control of the government. The nation (CREATE NAME SOON) to the south sees the instability, invades, and obliterates the few local militias that stand in its way. A puppet government is established in the capital, which is moved from Pologua to Costa Rica. The invading troops invade the west and make good progress until the two Cherokee camps settle their differences and expel the invaders. International troops once again intervene in 1982, the country is liberated, the economy is restored, and hospitals are constructed. In 1984 a civil war breaks out, the international troops withdraw to regroup, and eventually the major cities are bombed into rubble. Hyperinflation once again makes the Mark effectively worthless, and the nation once again collapses. This time, the largest group is composed of the Creek and White Cherokee who dominate the south and northwest of the country, the rest is split between competing factions, city-states, and terrorist organizations. In 1999 one of the nations claiming to be the true Rionegro finally captures Costa Rica and declares that it has ended the decade and a half of strike, at which point agents from other organizations start riots which last for weeks, culminating in the burning down of 60% of the city. In 2005 a foreign syndicate begins hiring White Cherokee mercenaries, and in Late December they capture the East of the country. Trade is reopened, schools and hospitals are constructed, unemployment drops to a manageable 45%, the rule of law is enforced, and the occupied region manages to attain the rating of fourth-world nation. In 2008 another foreign syndicate began hiring Spanish and Yellow Cherokee mercenaries, and the two syndicates became locked in a proxy-war played out between their rival governments with the mercenary armies, as well as hired gangs in the cities, and city-states or local organizations bribed to fight each other. As of 2015, both foreign-backed nations are claiming to be the true Rionegro, Yellow Cherokee forces are rapidly advancing on Costa Rica, the west is in complete chaos, and in the entire region unemployment and disease is rampant, education is nonexistent, the largest trade is in drugs and arms, and the population is divided between the jungles, where the people spend their times huddling in squalid huts, and the cities, where overcrowding is rampant, the majority of annual deaths are from violence (with Malaria a close second), the streets are crowded with charred rubble from terrorist attacks, bombings, or invasions, pigs are regularly traded in the street, and the populace considers living in a tin shack as a luxury, or indeed sleeping an entire night without being woken up multiple times by screaming.