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Basic information:
Official Name: Republic of Korea
Official Language: Korean
Capital: Seoul
Demonym: Korean
Population: 20,670,000

History: Korea has a rich history of various dynasties taking power of their own Kingdoms. With various dynastic rises and falls until the establishment of the Empire of Korea when Korea was unified. However, the lifespan of the Korean Empire was short as the Empire of Japan invaded and annexed the peninsula. For several decades, the Korean peninsula was occupied by the Japanese until the end of WW II when the Japanese Empire had to surrender all of its Imperial expansions. Korea was left without a leader and was governed for a few years by a 4 party council (US, USSR, UK, and France). However, despite the invasion, Korea was left with a modern infrastructure system and the beginnings of a solid industrial base. Therefore, the future seemed decent. Then came the split. The North was largely controlled by the USSR and picked Kim Ill Sung as leader of Korea while the UN picked Dr. Rhee as the proper leader of Korea. This spit would eventually lead to the Korean War.

Politics and Government: The government of the Republic of Korea is currently a strong, central government with much of the power enjoyed by its leader, Dr. Rhee.

Military:
The Korean Military consists of 4 branches:

The ROK Army
-554,267 Men under 3 corps

The ROK Marine Corps
-22,174 Marines under a single Regiment
-Total: 576,441 Ground Forces

The ROK Navy
-15,000 Men with 57 Vessels

The ROK Airforce
-11,461 Men under 1 combat wing and 1 support wing
-110 aircraft: 79 fighter-bombers, three fighter squadrons, and one fighter wing

Comments/General Information about Military: The ROK military is under the UN Command. In addition, it should be noted that the ROK military's equipment is virtually all US equipment. The beginning of the Korea War saw the ROK forces armed with surplus/hand me down US equipment, but once the UN intervention arrived, the ROK forces received a much needed rearmament of modernized equipment. 

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Economy:The ROK economy is substandard with the GDP per capita being around 79$. This problem was made worse due to the Korean War as the infrastructure and industry of the ROK was damaged, but not to the extent of North Korea where US Pilots report the lack of any significant bombing targets. Still, the ROK relies heavily on agriculture, but is making steps to becoming an industrial nation.

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