Editing History of Zamastan (section)

===="Relative Neutrality"====
As the US's prowess under the use of two nuclear weapons at the end of the second world war resulted in a sudden revelation that Russia was also creating weapons of epic mass destruction, Marvin Gaviria carefully made certain to not take either side in this new world reality. This, where other countries had become the feeding ground for USSR or US invasion, resulted in both superpowers vying for Zamastan's interests. On one hand, the United States had been a staunch ally of Zamastan's since the Parabocan War and helped assist in protecting the nation from the Japanese during the Pacific theater. On the other, the USSR was willing to provide billions of dollars into infrastructure costs, whereas the USA was more interested in military assistance. Gaviria denied both nations from taking a major role in their foreign affairs. Instead, the Gaviria government decided to take a route similar to that of the Netherlands, who was beginning to make expedition projects where they outsourced construction and trade to newly developed or freed nations. In 1948, in the wake of America's own Marshall Plan, Zamastan started reaching out to Eastern Africa with the [[Parrish Plan]] (named after Secretary of Infrastructure, [[Stephan Parrish]]). This created an influx of trade routes and projects that funneled massive sums of money to Zamastan. As the Parrish Plan created Zamastan’s own economic rise prompted a rise in capitalism and a renewal of big business, small businesses grew profoundly as well. Family owned business became a dream for many, and to current day, one of the most popular activities for tourists is visiting local family owned cafes and shops. This was the beginning of a near undisrupted economic build upwards for the next 70 years.