Botswana!

Irbe's Pads   5 April 2017

So, thanks to a random joke about a Chinese-Botswanan war courtesy of Sippy (Which Botswana would win handily btw), the beautiful Republic of Botswana is now the official country of SJST and the San Jose Sharks hockey club! (Note, this claim has not been officially confirmed by the San Jose Sharks hockey club) So, I think it is in all our best interests to learn the history of the nation of Botswana! So behold, the history of Botswana! On a Sharks fans website for some reason

HISTORY:

Ok so there’s some native people and food and lions blah blah blah and oops sudden Shaka Zulu. In the 1700’s, Zulu moved his armies into conflicts with nearby tribes, and these tribes desperately relocated to what is now modern day Botswana, attempting to settle down. And boom some Europeans showed up and “Jesusified”  the population, completing Christianization under the reign of the King Khama III. Britain claimed the land in the 1881 Scramble of Africa. Some tribes fought, but overall, the British occupation of the land was pretty tame compared some of their other conquests. When South Africa unionized in 1910, Botswana was not a part of it, instead becoming the Protectorate of Bechuanaland, which meant Botswana was able to dodge apartheid, because Botswana is cool like that. Botswana remained a protectorate for 54 more years, peacefully broke away from Britain and declared their independence in 1964, and establishing their capital in Gaborone. Independence leader Seretse Kharma became the first president of the glorious Botswanan nation. became the first   Since then, even as nearly all their neighbours set themselves on fire, Botswana has set a precedent for being a democratic nation with multi party elections. There’s also a lot of aids But regardless Botswana is glorious nation and best nation to represent SJST.

Military:

You wanna talk about the strongest military in the world, look no further than the Republic of Botswana. As of 2013, Botswana has a whole 12,500 troops in their army. Damn, that’s incredible! They have a total of 50 Artillery pieces! Wow! To top it all off, Botswana has a total of 9 Attack Aircraft! Holy moley!

Geography:

Desert and and shit. According to SJSTFan, Botswana is 38% national park. And since SJSTFan is the god emperor of the site, I’ll go with it.

To finish off this introduction, here’s the Botswanan national anthem.