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Zanzibar Land is a fictional, heavily fortified territory in '''', as well as the setting of the game. It was located between the former Soviet Union , China , Pakistan , and Afghanistan . The closest location meeting this description in reality is Badakhshan . Solid Snake was sent to the territory to retrieve a kidnapped biologist, however, his mission ended up quite a bit more complicated. In the ''), all mentions of "Zanzibar" were corrected to "Zanzibar Land." The ''Metal Gear 2'' game manual was never officially translated into English, however, fans of the series have done translations of their own. The following information comes from a rough translation of the game manual. DESCRIPTION
The south of the country is desert. The north is steppe, mountains, and plateaus. The climate is arid, with a large temperature difference between daytime and nighttime. The area was formerly Zanzibar Province, an autonomous zone of the USSR. Opposition to the old regime mounted in the early 1990s , after the secession of the Baltic states. The period of crisis inspired nationalism in the area's leaders, who proclaimed Independence in 1997 . Despite the intervention of major powers from both the Eastern and Western blocs, or, according to Metal Gear Solid's Previous Operations file, the CIS , the small tribal nation won its sovereignty. Primary credit for the success is generally given to the Mercenaries from around the world that participated in the war. Because of this, Zanzibar Land's war of independence is also called "The Mercenary War," and brought back to global attention the profession of the gun for hire. After the war, Zanzibar Land became a heavily fortified nation. Then Zanzibar Land contacted Petrovich Madnar through one of their agents and persuaded him into constructing a new Metal Gear: Metal Gear D. Zanzibar Land used Metal Gear D to steal every single nuke in the world, becoming the world's sole nuclear power. MERCENARY FORCE Zanzibar Land hosted an elite mercenary force much like the one hosted by . The names are identical in the MSX2 version unless otherwise noted.''
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