POPULATION:	1.4 million
LITERACY RATE:	72%
SELF DEFENSE FORCES:	Gambianese  Armed Forces
LANGUAGES:	English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars
ETHNIC GROUPS:	French,  Fangs, Bapounou,
BORDERING COUNTRIES:	Senegal

GAMBIA- Gambia is one of the smallest and most overlooked countries in all of Africa, it is almost completely surrounded by Senegal and completely under Senegalese military protection, although the country itself is completely neutral.    This co-existence has been attempted before without success, the “Senegambia Confederation" of 1981 failed due to conflicting politics, however the new alliance seems to be working well for both countries.  Gambia has stayed away from from the EEC-Senegal conflict, but increasing pressure and the ever present threat of Senegal merely taking over the country may soon force them to choose sides.

Gambia is made up mostly of swamp lands as the entire country is for the most part nothing more than the banks of the Gambian River.