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Liberia has an interesting origin story
From perplexity:
Liberia was founded in 1822 as a settlement for freed American slaves, organized by the American Colonization Society. The name "Liberia" means "land of freedom." The settlers established a colony that declared independence on July 26, 1847, becoming Africa's first republic. Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a freeborn Black American, became its first president. Despite its founding by freed slaves, the country has a complex history of social stratification, with Americo-Liberians dominating politics until a coup in 1980 led to civil wars that devastated the nation[2][3][4][5].
Sources
[1] PC Games and Computer Video Games for Download - Electronic Arts https://www.ea.com/games/library/pc-download
[2] History of Liberia - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Liberia
[3] Liberia country profile - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13729504
[4] [PDF] A Brief History of Liberia - International Center for Transitional Justice https://www.ictj.org/sites/default/files/ICTJ-Liberia-Brief-History-2006-English.pdf
[5] Global Connections . Liberia . History - PBS https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/liberia/essays/history/
[6] Liberia - Colonialism, Civil War, Reconstruction - Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia/History