Alien, I already took the Congo up as part of my ASN contracts. Yes, it managed to absorb the French Congo but it isn't advanced and it's still developing. Funding issues has called for large cuts in their army and to supplement contracting out for cheaper PMC/PMF work, which ASN holds all of. The Congo is still a developing nation with a lot of its infrastructure significantly behind. But with the fall of Ethiopia and India as food exporters (or Ethiopia in the sense the huge amounts of land India and China bought to farm food for themselves) the Congo and other African states have scrambled over the past year or two to try and fill in the gaps and take advantage of the soaring cost of food. At this point, I think if you want to continue you'll need to come with me. I got major lore dibs across central Africa and major plans ahead for the region. You are more tied to me than you think, oZode.