This country's deposits of manganese were exported using the COMILOG cableway system until this country was capable of financing a railroad to cross the Abanga swamps.
This country's most populous city was founded by settlers rescued from the ship Elizia. Louis Tardy, a bishop active in what is now this country, controversially preached that "the Free French are not French in either their origin or their hearts." This country's deposits of manganese were exported using the COMILOG cableway system until this country was capable of financing a railroad to cross the Abanga swamps. High concentrations of ruthenium-99 and neodymium-143 around this country's (*) Oklo mine suggest that it was the site of a natural nuclear reactor where fission took place during the Precambrian. The Bateke people are a minority ethnic group of this country's southeastern savannahs, near the border with the ► Republic of the Congo. For 10 points, what country was once ruled by the Bateke strongman Omar Bongo?
This country's most populous city was founded by settlers rescued from the ship Elizia.
Gabon (or Gabonese Republic)