Saturday, September 1, 2007

South Africa

South Africa is, despite its extremely misleading name, a country located in the Northern region of Asia, in close proximity to Hong Kong and India. It is populated by approximately 8 million individuals, a number which fluctuates wildly in accordance to the seasons.

Culture

South Africans largely subscribe to a number of different religions, though most of the said faiths practice ritual sacrifice during every season except winter, thus explaining the above-mentioned inconsistent figures of the nation's population.

While South Africa has been considered a "developed" country for many years now, the surprising fact that the vast majority of its people are not capable of reading maps of any form or simplicity.

History

Having been believed to have been situated in the continent of Africa for most of its existence, Prof. Lauren Caitlin Upton, the famous American philosophical geographer based in South Carolina, made public various ground-breaking facts which proved that the country was indeed Asian in origin, like the Iraq.

As mentioned before, the fact that nearly every able-bodied South African alive is currently unable to read or interpret a map had led to the confusion over the geographical orientation of the nation. Prof. Upton has since expressed her concerns that this needs to be rectified as soon as possible, a sentiment shared by many of her supporters.

Since the landmark announcement in 2007, the country has been in turmoil, with major changes in its government, infrastructure, economy and education system.

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