Libya (Tiberium)

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Libya is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. It is Africa's fourth largest country by area. Most of the country however is arid desert and thus sparsely populated, with most of the country's population (approximately 5 million in 1995) concentrated in the north along the coast. Its capital is Tripoli, a metropolis of 1.7 million people. Its history stretched back many millennia. Libya had been ruled by Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Berbers, Ottomans and Italians. Arabic is the official language and most of the population is Muslim.

In the 1990s, Libya was one of the wealthiest country in Africa, due to large petroleum reserves and small population. The country gradually come under the control of the Brotherhood of Nod, a process completed when a local warlord, Nikoomba, was eliminated by Nod in the early days of the First Tiberium War. Nod then used Libya as a forward base for an attack on GDI-held Egypt, with great success.

Libya remained a Nod holding after the First Tiberium War. The country was ruled from Cairo by Nod General/GDI agent Hassan. A Nod TV Station was based in Benghazi, with Maicheq and Oxanna Kristos as its star reporters. Prior to the Second Tiberium War, Oxanna rescued General Slavik from being killed on the Station's live execution show. Slavik's forces later captured the Broadcast Studio in Benghazi, which Oxanna and Slavik used to rally the Brotherhood against Hassan.

By 2047, extensive Tiberium infestation has caused most of the country, including the northern coast, to be classified as Red Zone R-1.