I created one such place called the Parliamentary Republic of Central Africa (PRCA), or the Centrality for short. The Centrality arose during the unrest that accompanied the independence of the Belgian colony of Congo. Originally, the nation controlled only the former Congolese provinces of Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu, and eastern Maniema as defined by the Lualaba River. From independence in 1961 to victory over a set of Soviet-backed enemies in 1996, the Centrality experienced a remarkable rise from poverty-stricken Central African backwater to one of the better-developed states of sub-Saharan Africa.
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“We’re not innovating. We’re selectively imitating.” June Bernstein, Acting President of the University of Arizona in Tucson, November 15, 1998.
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