Chile (elongated state),”-Advantages-Southern hemisphere: timber resources, fast growing hardwood-Central: Mediterranean, leading agriculture exporter of fruits and veggies to U.S. (Dec-March) b/c its winter here in the U.S but summer there; most population lives in Central-Northern: desert; -Atacama Desert: dryest desert on planet; still valuable b/c of copper and nitrates reserve are there which are components of fertilizers, pesticides
and explosives-Disadvantages: -defending long coastline-connecting north and south in communication”