It used to be the that first things that an emergent nation did were:
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- Get rid of its Democratically Elected Government in a military coup - usually by a sergeant or corporal (or occasionally a lieutenant).
- Get an airline - mostly run-down Aeroflot planes from the Soviet Union.
- Get its own currency.
