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| Official languages | Afrikaans |
| Capital | Johannesburg |
| Largest Cities | Johannesburg: 1,021,000 |
| Population | 3,442,000 |
| HDI | 0.816 High |
| Nation formed | 1857 |
| Currency | BFG (Boer Free Guilder (Gulden)) |
| Our Timeline Equivalent | Historical "Orange Free State" and the "Transvaal Republic". |
The Boer Free State is a nation situated near the southern tip of Africa, just northeast of Good Hope. After the British gained possession of the Cape of Good Hope colony (now known as Good Hope), some Voortrekkers (Afrikaaner pioneers) migrated away and into new lands, where they eventually established their own nation. Boer Free State has the second largest European population in Africa after Good Hope. However, racial tensions still exist from various policies against the non-Europeans, including depriving them from voting until as late as 1972. Racism continues to figure largely into the picture, but things have improved substantially in the past 30 years.
Demographics[]
Vegetarianism[]
- 69% Non-Vegetarian
- 31% Vegetarian
Ethnic Groups[]
- 46% Khoisan
- 43% Europeans (chiefly Afrikaaners)
- 07% Ethiopians (Sub-Saharan Africans) (chiefly Bantu groups)
- 04% others (Orientals, Indians, etc)
Languages[]
- 61% Afrikaans
- 34% Khoisan languages
- 05% others (Bantu languages, English, etc)
Religions[]
- 35% Christian
- 21% Protestant
- 08% Catholic
- 06% Quaker
- 30% Cathar
- 20% Non-religious
- 12% agnostic
- 08% atheist
- 13% various indigenous beliefs
- 02% others