Congo

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo also often referred to as DR Congo, DRC, RDC or formerly as Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, The Congo, Congo-Leopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire (or Zaïre in French), is the third largest country by area on the African continent.

[edit] Congo in Southern Victory

Congo was Belgium's only colony prior to the Great War. Following the conquest of Belgium by Germany, the Congo became another one of Germany's African colonies. Though the Belgians had been stomach-churningly cruel in their oppression of the native Congolese, the Germans were worse.

[edit] Congo in Worldwar

Congo was quickly and easily conquered by the Race's Conquest Fleet and was annexed to the Ssumaz Empire under the terms of the Peace of Cairo.

[edit] Congo in "Les Mortes d'Arthur"

The Republic of Zaire was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between October 27, 1971, and May 17, 1997. The name of Zaire derives from the Portuguese: Zaire, itself a mispronunciation of the Kongo word nzere or nzadi, or "the river that swallows all rivers" and is often still used to refer to that state. The country's post-independence name Republic of the Congo was used from 1960 until 1964, when it was changed to Democratic Republic of the Congo, to distinguish it from the neighbouring Republic of the Congo. By the Twenty-second Century, the name Zaire had re-emerged.

Not a wealthy country, it was able to afford to send only a small team to Mimas, a moon of Saturn, for the sixty-sixth Winter Olympic Games.