Tunisia+(M.P,+L.A.)

Part 1: A Look at the Nation

Demographics
 * Most of the people in Tunisia are around 30 years old.
 * Tunisia has a population of 10,589,025.
 * 90% of the people are Arabs, 1% are Berbers, and 1% are Jewish or another race.

Geography
 * In northern Africa and borders Mediteranian sea
 * Slightly larger than Georgia
 * Mild rainy winters, and hot and dry summers
 * Mountains in the North and a dry central plain
 * Natural resources- phosphate, iorn, lead, zinc, and salt.



Economic Resources
 * Imports- Textile, machinery and equiptment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, and food. There is about $17.37 billion﻿ in imports each year.
 * Exports- Clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, and electronic equiptment. There is about $13.39 billion in imports each year.
 * GDP- Tunisia: $95.6 billion vs. America: $14,120,000,000

Part 2: History

URL: //Tunisia+%28M.P%2C+L.A.%29#// Visit · Change · Remove **Part III:** **Protection of rights:** He had the country in a police state; therefore he did not protect their rights. **Resolving social conflict/ public services:** An unemployed man set his self on fire, therefore the government is not providing public, or helping to resolve conflicts. **Economic decision making:** **Part IV:** The leader of Tunisia was forced out of power by the people (he ended up being exiled by the military). He was actually toppled by them. They were angry because of the strict laws, and what added more fuel to the fire, and made things worse is Bouazizi setting himself on fire. The people held spontaneous protests. The government reacted by creating nighttime curfews, and becoming even stricter with what they let people do.
 * May 2002- President Ben Ali wins a referendum on constitutional changes
 * October 2001- President Ben Ali wins a fifth term
 * December 2010- Protests begin to break out
 * February 2011- Prime minister Ghannouchi resigns.
 * Common Defense:** The government boosted the polices pay to keep them loyal.

== =(Bouazizi on fire)=

= (Bouazizi after he set himself on fire)=