Paquador
Banana Republic of Paquador República Bananera del Paquador (Spanish) | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Motto: "Patria o la Tumba" "Fatherland or the grave" | |
| Anthem: Paquador! | |
| Capital and largest city | Concepción |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Demonym(s) | Paquadorian |
| Government | Banana republic |
| Waldo Gustavo Prat | |
| Legislature | Military junta |
| Independence from Spain | |
• Declared | 14 May 1811 |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate | 4,711,000 |
| Currency | Peso (PAP) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (UTC) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (UTC) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +595 |
| ISO 3166 code | PQ |
| Internet TLD | .pq |
[b]Paquador[/b], officially the [b]Banana Republic of Paquador[/b] (Spanish: República Bananera del Paquador), is a small, landlocked country in {{wpl|South America|South America].
With a population of 4 million people Paquador is the smallest nation in South America in terms of both area and population. It has one of the worlds poorest and smallest economy. 90% of its people live below the poverty line and it has a high corruption rating as well as the worst income equality rating in the world. The nation's economy is primarily agricultural. Paquadorian society has extremely stratified social classes, with a large impoverished lower and working class which is primarily agricultural and rural based, and a ruling-class plutocracy, composed of the business, political and military elites of society. Wealth is concentrated in the country's urban centers and in the hands of a few prominent families. Due to this Paquador is the birthplace of the pejorative term '[i]banana republic[/i]' .
Following independence from Spain at the beginning of the 19th century, Paquador was ruled by a series of authoritarian governments who generally implemented nationalist, isolationist and protectionist policies. In the early 1900's the country entered a period of military dictatorships, that lasted until 1992. This marked the beginning of the "democratic era" of Paquador. Throughout its history Paquador has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere and is notable for never having a single peaceful handover of power throughout its 200 years of history.
Paquador is famous for having the worlds longest national anthem, the highest number of coups throughout its history as well as having guinea pig as the nations favourite dish. Its national football team is more famous for their horrendous haircuts than their skill at the game.