History UsefulNotes / CentralAfricanRepublic

** Prime Minister: Firmin Ngrébada

The '''Central African Republic''' (French: ''République centrafricaine''; Sango: ''Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka'') is a Central UsefulNotes/{{Africa}} country started as a [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire French colony]] until it gained its independence in 1958, which kicked off a series of power struggles, and the country ended up falling in the hands of Col. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, a certified nutcase. Bokassa quickly turned the repression machine on [[AxCrazy high speed]], decided to transform the republic into [[TheEmperor an empire]] (the Central African Empire), where he crowned himself in a [[SmallNameBigEgo ridiculously expensive ceremony]] (which cost roughly 1/3 of the national GDP for that year, for an example of how extravagantly wasteful it was he had a giant eagle shaped gold plated throne commissioned for the ceremony), and generally made a spectacle of himself internationally until he was eventually deposed and tried.

The '''Central African Republic''' (French: ''République centrafricaine''; Sango: ''Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka'') is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Central]] UsefulNotes/{{Africa}} country started as a [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire French colony]] until it gained its independence in 1958, which kicked off a series of power struggles, and the country ended up falling in the hands of Col. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, a certified nutcase. Bokassa quickly turned the repression machine on [[AxCrazy high speed]], decided to transform the republic into [[TheEmperor an empire]] (the Central African Empire), where he crowned himself in a [[SmallNameBigEgo ridiculously expensive ceremony]] (which cost roughly 1/3 of the national GDP for that year, for an example of how extravagantly wasteful it was he had a giant eagle shaped gold plated throne commissioned for the ceremony), and generally made a spectacle of himself internationally until he was eventually deposed and tried.

The '''Central African Republic''' (French: ''République centrafricaine''; Sango: ''Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka'') started as a French colony until it gained its independence in 1958, which kicked off a series of power struggles, and the country ended up falling in the hands of Col. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, a certified nutcase. Bokassa quickly turned the repression machine on [[AxCrazy high speed]], decided to transform the republic into [[TheEmperor an empire]] (the Central African Empire), where he crowned himself in a [[SmallNameBigEgo ridiculously expensive ceremony]] (which cost roughly 1/3 of the national GDP for that year, for an example of how extravagantly wasteful it was he had a giant eagle shaped gold plated throne commissioned for the ceremony), and generally made a spectacle of himself internationally until he was eventually deposed and tried.

The Central African Republic ('''French:''' ''République centrafricaine''; '''Sango:''' ''Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka'') started as a French colony until it gained its independence in 1958, which kicked off a series of power struggles, and the country ended up falling in the hands of Col. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, a certified nutcase. Bokassa quickly turned the repression machine on [[AxCrazy high speed]], decided to transform the republic into [[TheEmperor an empire]] (the Central African Empire), where he crowned himself in a [[SmallNameBigEgo ridiculously expensive ceremony]] (which cost roughly 1/3 of the national GDP for that year, for an example of how extravagantly wasteful it was he had a giant eagle shaped gold plated throne commissioned for the ceremony), and generally made a spectacle of himself internationally until he was eventually deposed and tried.

* '''Currency''': Central African CFA franc (FCFA) (XAF)

* '''Highest point:''' Mont Ngaoui (1420 m/4,659 ft) (155th)

* '''Lowest point:''' Ubangi River (335 m/1,099 ft) (30th)

* '''Highest point:''' Mont Ngaoui (1420 m/4,659 ft) (140th)

* '''Highest point:''' Mont Ngaoui (1420 m/4,659 ft) (158th)

* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' CF

->Ô Centrafrique, ô berceau des Bantous !
->Reprends ton droit au respect, à la vie !

The Central African Republic ('''Sango:''' ''Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka'') started as a French colony until it gained its independence in 1958, which kicked off a series of power struggles, and the country ended up falling in the hands of Col. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, a certified nutcase. Bokassa quickly turned the repression machine on [[AxCrazy high speed]], decided to transform the republic into [[TheEmperor an empire]] (the Central African Empire), where he crowned himself in a [[SmallNameBigEgo ridiculously expensive ceremony]] (which cost roughly 1/3 of the national GDP for that year, for an example of how extravagantly wasteful it was he had a giant eagle shaped gold plated throne commissioned for the ceremony), and generally made a spectacle of himself internationally until he was eventually deposed and tried.

The Central African Republic started as a French colony until it gained its independence in 1958, which kicked off a series of power struggles, and the country ended up falling in the hands of Col. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, a certified nutcase. Bokassa quickly turned the repression machine on [[AxCrazy high speed]], decided to transform the republic into [[TheEmperor an empire]] (the Central African Empire), where he crowned himself in a [[SmallNameBigEgo ridiculously expensive ceremony]] (which cost roughly 1/3 of the national GDP for that year, for an example of how extravagantly wasteful it was he had a giant eagle shaped gold plated throne commissioned for the ceremony), and generally made a spectacle of himself internationally until he was eventually deposed and tried.

* '''Area:''' 622,984 sq km (240,535 sq mi) (44th)